i closed my account. so dont bother sending me any crap for my anti-fun wall.

i want to leave here. i want to drive. i want to go south.i want to leave all my things behind. and go. with chisai. and not come back.

yesterday was my day off. a full moon. and a full lunar eclipse. visible from almost anywhere. except the lookout at cypress mountain. so at six o'clock i got back into okee and drove back down the mountain to the auto mall in north van. there was the moon - or rather lack thereof since i missed the first half of the eclipse being stuck in traffic. but i set up my cameras and sat down and just watched. it was beautiful and amazing. i didnt want to disturb the lenses of my recording devices so i sat at a picnic table right in front of okee.

and then an rcmp car pulled right up to my van and turned his lights on. they said they had just gotten a call about some suspicious behavior around my van. there were probably twenty other vehicles parked all the way down the strip - as far as i could see each one was just as suspicious as me. various people. various cameras. various suspicions. but they picked me. im lucky like that.

so i complied and handed over my id and my registration (including the inspection report which must be kept with the registration for the next year). he concluded that although i had passed the inspection, which specifically noted the camera in the license plate, i was not allowed to have a camera in my license plate and he was going to have to seize my plates right then and there.

by that time his backup had arrived and now there was full flashing lights and two shiny badges interrupting the lunar eclipse.

they made me remove my plates while they stood around and watched (i wonder what they would have done if i wouldnt have had any tools in my van or if i had a broken hand or lacked the know-how on how to do such tasks) as i crouched on the ground disconnecting my camera and license plate bracket (which has a third brake light as well). i was trying to snip the wires and remove the hardware as quickly as i could while they stood there questioning me about where i work and what i was doing there at the time and how much a setup like that cost and how did i know what i was doing and other questions that just made the whole process that much more difficult.

he gave me his card and said if i get stopped by the vpd on the way home (without having any plates on my vehicle) that they could just call him. i have to get a new set of plates today (and pay for them) because even though we have to pay for these things they remain the property of icbc and so we are not allowed to do anything to them. or else we pay a hefty fine and still get them seized (which i was informed was my other option).

so i missed the last half of the eclipse because once again the police were there to serve and protect me and the rest of the general public that i was putting at risk because of my behavior.

i had just left my house and was driving up georgia (with a cold engine) and just as i had changed lanes i noticed in my rear view camera (the one that i have because i am paranoid) pigs flying up georgia in the lane i was just in. they didnt have their lights on and they slowed for the red light at burrard that i had just come to as well. all of a sudden when the light turned green they werent in any hurry at all. and then i saw the lights behind me.

when i asked what i did wrong he said i was going a little fast and i replied that i wasnt going over 40 - but he assured me that it was a little farther back that i must have been breaking the law (dont forget with my cold engine - uphill - hitting every red light - right).

i recognized his partner who obviously didnt want me to see him because he was snooping through the windows with his flashlight and when i saw his face he pointed it right in my eyes and ducked away to the back of the van.

so they took my dl and registration. asked me all the same questions. and then let me go. no search this time. no drug experts with blue gloves. no k-9. no backup.

could it be that they might be starting to give up on me? i doubt it.

wtf

singing roads?

its true.

and oh so simple.

 

 

its a leap year.