Revision update

[feuervogel]

I revisited the scene I worked on yesterday and fleshed it out further, adding another 171 words for a total of 77699. I should come up with one more word to make it round, but I don't feel like it.

I got a parking ticket on a poorly-marked no parking zone today. Fuck you, Town of Chapel Hill. See if I ever go eat lunch in your fake-progressive town again. Every public lot was full, and there's so little street parking to begin with, so my $10 sushi lunch turned into $60. Assholes.

I went to the soccer.com warehouse sale (60% off EVERYTHING), and I got a Schweinsteiger/7 jersey for $30, including tax. They're usually $70 (or $100, with customization, but this one was tagged at $70, and I'm not arguing.) I also "liked" them on facebook to get a free shipping voucher (good through mid-July), which means I can save money on the Özil jersey I want. I looked, and they didn't have any on the racks, just lots of Bastis.

Comments

[faithful-summer.livejournal.com]

I would take a picture of the location where you parked and dispute it. I know someone who easily got a ticket dropped because they had supposedly parked in a "painted" loading zone. There was a sign, but the "zone" supposedly covered a good chunk of curb that was painted yellow. Except the yellow paint had been long worn off and the person was a good ways away from the sign. She got the ticket dropped and the city actually came out within just a few weeks to repaint.

[feuervogel]

I took a picture of the sign, but I wasn't close enough for it to be readable. I asked on twitter if anyone was around and could photo that sign better for me, but no one's said they would. http://yfrog.com/z/hsejdnbj

[kirin]

Yeah, I'm pretty sure all the signs on that street just say No Parking 9-5 with an arrow, and the green sign below saying except with residential permit. Not incredibly obvious that that arrow continues past the driveway.

[anacoluthon.livejournal.com]

Hrmmm, is the arrow under the sign pointing both directions? <--->
It's tough to see but that's what it looks like to me. I can't read the text at all but I'd assume a both-way arrow means "not on either side of this sign."

Stupid parking tickets. =( It's really easy to get them here, which I guess is a reason I'm glad I don't drive much. A friend got one this week because he didn't turn his wheels the proper direction while parking on a slight hill. They are all about curbing wheels here, which I guess is understandable.

[feuervogel]

Yes, it's pointing both directions. I've never seen a "no parking between signs" sign that DIDN'T say "no parking between signs." If it had, I'd have looked for the OTHER SIGN. What I thought it meant was no parking between here and this curb cut/driveway.

Seriously, the downtown commission is all "HOW do we get out-of-towners to come spend money here???" and the fake-hippies are all "take away parking and 'encourage' public transportation!" But there aren't good buses between not-Chapel-Hill/Carrboro and Chapel Hill/Carrboro, and buses from not-student-housing-areas to anywhere SUCK ASS.

Fucking fauxgressive elitist assholes. They don't REALLY want non-downtowners to come to their town. They want Those People to stay away.

[skogkatt.livejournal.com]

Oh wow, that totally sucks about the parking ticket. :(

Hey, cool about the jersey, though!

[feuervogel]

Yeah :( Chapel Hill parking is shit.

I'm pretty pleased with my bargain purchase! I'm not surprised they didn't have any of Özil's, since he's really popular and the classy black away jersey is backordered into JUNE. He's an amazing player, and I love watching him.