Well, I have to this point succesfully managed to avoid prison. My experience with the police was not quite as bad as them slapping the cuffs on and throwing me in a lineup but it wasn't nearly as innocuos as "we just need you to make a statement to close out our investigation" either. It was pretty much a full-blow interrogation, complete with putting me in a little room with a two-way mirror and grilling me for about 20 minutes, and then leaving me locked inside by myself for another 20. But then he came back and asked me questions for about 5 minutes and that was it. Oh well, hopefully that is the end of it. Supposedly, the correct thing to do with your plates after you've used them is to return them to the DMV. Because if there's one thing everybody wants, it's another trip to the DMV.
Anyway, hot on the heels of maintaining my freedom it looks like I will be going into a different sort of prison: getting a home mortgage. Last week Christy and I made an offer on a condo in Evanston and, after some back and forth, we have a signed contract! There are still of course a couple of (hopefully) minor hurdles to clear, but as of now we are tentatively closing on December 24th and moving on the 26th. Not the stress-free Christmas I was imagining (but really does such a thing even exist?) but it will be nice to be in the new place to start the new year. It will be especially nice for Christy since her commute will be getting cut more than in half and right at the time of the year when snow can make any commute an absolute nightmare.
Right now I am down in Houston relaxing. Going to see a couple movies this afternoon (probably Beowulf and 30 Days of Night). Haven't been doing a whole lot else so far; mainly watching football. Tonight I get to break that up by watching the first televised Illini basketball game (10:30 tonight against Arizona St.), so that's exciting.
Think that's about all for now. If I don't blog again before then (likely) have a good Thanksgiving everyone and enjoy arguing with all your relatives!
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They should have locked you up. For excessive sexiness.
That's what I'm talking about!
(hey you called me Christmas in your post, it's never a good thing to forget your wife's name)
Ha! You totally did! Awesome. I didn't even notice that the first time I read it.
I did no such thing! (OK, I totally did but I corrected it now). In my defense, I was typing really fast and this was the first post I didn't proofread before posting. That'll learn me.
i went back and looked for it before noticing that you changed it. not fair!
Hey, speaking of, guess what I saw at a market when I went to Mexico this past weekend? They were selling old U.S. license plates as trendy collectibles.
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