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Noticed water was not actually falling from the sky for the first time in days. Threw on clothes. Took Blanche down to the 76 Station on Webster only to discover they stopped doing smog tests three months ago.
Came home. Consulted phone book.
Drove BACK across Alameda and into Oakland Chinatown to the 76 Station at 8th and Harrison instead. Waited my turn to get smogged while wondering if the tow truck that came to pick up the lady in the Mercedes with the flat tire was going to take me out (because while the 76 station sells overpriced gas and does smog tests, it could not fix this woman's flat). The good news? Blanche passed.
Drove back into Alameda, stopped at the ATM at Marina Village only to discover that it did not like the taste of the check I was trying to deposit. Perhaps it was all that black ink and Anakin Skywalker's pouting face on the front. Four tries and no go. That branch does not have Saturday teller hours and I didn't have a deposit slip on me either. Cell phone rings in the middle of it. Can't hear first three words out of caller's mouth because of passing cars and ranty homeless guy on nearby bench. The good news? It was an invite frommamapduck to come hang out - just too darn busy today to take her up on it!
Came home. Picked up checkbook just in case!
Drove down to the bank at The Ninth Circle of Hell - South Shore Center. In the two years I've lived on Alameda, South Shore is STILL undergoing heavy construction 60% of the stores are empty and yet parking is completely inadequate. The good news? The ATM ate Scowling Anakin just fine and I didn't have to stand in line.
More good news, a completely disarming post from one of the Hatless Bushi of the Tousando about how psyched he is about going to his first Estrella all the way from Nova Scotia and can he bring us anything? I am looking forward to meeting Sakurai-dono. Oh, and he's camping with the East's royalty and I just remembered that Ice is king right now.
And now, I must go back downstairs and outside because I just realized I left the smog paperwork in the truck and I need it to pay DMV for my registration!
Noticed water was not actually falling from the sky for the first time in days. Threw on clothes. Took Blanche down to the 76 Station on Webster only to discover they stopped doing smog tests three months ago.
Came home. Consulted phone book.
Drove BACK across Alameda and into Oakland Chinatown to the 76 Station at 8th and Harrison instead. Waited my turn to get smogged while wondering if the tow truck that came to pick up the lady in the Mercedes with the flat tire was going to take me out (because while the 76 station sells overpriced gas and does smog tests, it could not fix this woman's flat). The good news? Blanche passed.
Drove back into Alameda, stopped at the ATM at Marina Village only to discover that it did not like the taste of the check I was trying to deposit. Perhaps it was all that black ink and Anakin Skywalker's pouting face on the front. Four tries and no go. That branch does not have Saturday teller hours and I didn't have a deposit slip on me either. Cell phone rings in the middle of it. Can't hear first three words out of caller's mouth because of passing cars and ranty homeless guy on nearby bench. The good news? It was an invite from
mamapduck to come hang out - just too darn busy today to take her up on it! Came home. Picked up checkbook just in case!
Drove down to the bank at The Ninth Circle of Hell - South Shore Center. In the two years I've lived on Alameda, South Shore is STILL undergoing heavy construction 60% of the stores are empty and yet parking is completely inadequate. The good news? The ATM ate Scowling Anakin just fine and I didn't have to stand in line.
More good news, a completely disarming post from one of the Hatless Bushi of the Tousando about how psyched he is about going to his first Estrella all the way from Nova Scotia and can he bring us anything? I am looking forward to meeting Sakurai-dono. Oh, and he's camping with the East's royalty and I just remembered that Ice is king right now.
And now, I must go back downstairs and outside because I just realized I left the smog paperwork in the truck and I need it to pay DMV for my registration!
