Monday, August 21, 2006
DUI Night
This all happened hours after Jessica's wedding so, if it's anyone's fault...
After we left the winery, Chris and I changed at my house. Because he was
supposedly already too drunk to drive, he left his car at my house and I
drove us to Juarez to meet up with some people. After several unremarkable
hours, Chris and I decided to go do something else.
We hop in the car to go somewhere else and, upon pulling out of the
parking lot, we were immediately pulled over. The cop walks up to the car
and the first thing he asks is if I've been drinking. I say only a couple,
which is more than a lie. He clearly senses this lie and says he "smells a
strong scent of alcohol." I have to step out of the car and do some tests
of balance heavily biased towards making the person look drunk. I can't
see how if I didn't pass them anyone could have passed them, but it's not
like I can say anything because I am, though not greatly, "under the
influence."
The police officer says I have to call someone to pick me up or else I
will be arrested. This process made me wonder how things worked in the
days before cell phones. For whatever reason, I have to sit in the
backseat of his cruiser while I do this. Let me tell you, nothing is more
uncomfortable than that molded plastic called a seat. So I call everyone
in my phonebook and finally someone answers who hasn't also been drinking.
Another half hour of waiting and finally Danny gets there.
We figure out some way to get Danny's and my car away from the cops so I
can drive home, though I will take most of the credit for the genius.
Danny goes home and Chris and I sit around for a while at my dad's office
trying to get the alcohol out of our system. After about ten minutes of
sobering up, I decide it's time to drink again.
My cousin turns out to be at some party so we head there. It was dumb. No
further detail needed.
The DUI ended up costing only $35.00 so I'm content.
After we left the winery, Chris and I changed at my house. Because he was
supposedly already too drunk to drive, he left his car at my house and I
drove us to Juarez to meet up with some people. After several unremarkable
hours, Chris and I decided to go do something else.
We hop in the car to go somewhere else and, upon pulling out of the
parking lot, we were immediately pulled over. The cop walks up to the car
and the first thing he asks is if I've been drinking. I say only a couple,
which is more than a lie. He clearly senses this lie and says he "smells a
strong scent of alcohol." I have to step out of the car and do some tests
of balance heavily biased towards making the person look drunk. I can't
see how if I didn't pass them anyone could have passed them, but it's not
like I can say anything because I am, though not greatly, "under the
influence."
The police officer says I have to call someone to pick me up or else I
will be arrested. This process made me wonder how things worked in the
days before cell phones. For whatever reason, I have to sit in the
backseat of his cruiser while I do this. Let me tell you, nothing is more
uncomfortable than that molded plastic called a seat. So I call everyone
in my phonebook and finally someone answers who hasn't also been drinking.
Another half hour of waiting and finally Danny gets there.
We figure out some way to get Danny's and my car away from the cops so I
can drive home, though I will take most of the credit for the genius.
Danny goes home and Chris and I sit around for a while at my dad's office
trying to get the alcohol out of our system. After about ten minutes of
sobering up, I decide it's time to drink again.
My cousin turns out to be at some party so we head there. It was dumb. No
further detail needed.
The DUI ended up costing only $35.00 so I'm content.
// posted by Unknown @ 11:20 PM 
