An NWA song

The system works! At least it did for me yesterday, and there aren't too many times in my life I can say that and actually believe it. I had two traffic court dates yesterday. One in Marina and one in Walnut Creek. The first was because they added fines to something I would have paid if they would have done their job and notified me of it. They didn't, added $300 and I had to call them on it. The judge, who denied my original letter for an extension, more or less admitted the court's mistake and gave me an extension that I didn't ask for as well as rescinded the $300 collection fee.

The second, in Walnut Creek, was because the officer that pulled me over wrote me a ticket for being in the diamond lane, but then scoffed at my explanation for it. What happened: I was following an unsafe driver and the lane to my right was traveling at speeds 20 or mph faster than I was so it was unsafe to go into the right lane, so I passed the unsafe driver in the carpool lane. The cop was sitting there when I did, but didn't listen to me when I told him that, so I plead not guilty. I won.

So I put 300 miles on my car but saved $951 in fines. Worth it. But, at the Walnut Creek courthouse I was reminded of the disgust I have police. Their arrogance is baffling. You could just see it on their faces while they sat in the court. They were ALL thinking, "I can't believe this person would challenge something I say." Arrogance doesn't always have to be cockiness. It rears it's head most when it's something as simple as not having a willingness to look at anything other than what you already think. Police are the worst when it comes to that and that is the biggest problem that faces anyone, everyone that comes into contact with them. Everything they do from beating people up and breaking their own laws to something as small as driving the state owned vehicle to run personal errands all comes from it. And in all honesty, I have personal experience with it besides what I saw yesterday. NWA said it best...some of you know what I mean.

Who is really an unsafe driver?

Today, I'm here to complain about traffic. No, not the sitting in, I live in the Bay Area I've gotten used to it, or the driving in. Which consequently, I love to do (driving not sitting) when it's moving fast, I love weaving car braids, but the difference is I know my car and it's built for it, not like the guy who mobs his '85 Honda Civic at 95 on 101, losing hubcaps and stuff. Which brings me to my point. The 8 million or so people in the Bay Area, on the road? As a whole, they're dumb. Here's a few examples:


(a) The Rubbernecker
Listen, d__kface, now there's an accident on this side of the road too because you either rear ended someone, or your insistence on slowing down to watch caused someone to rear end you.

Eyes ahead...


(b) The REAL Unsafe Lane Changer
Good one, a-hole, are you stupid, or something?

Now, when I'm driving, I don't care if there is only a little space in front of me and you think you can get in. If you can fit, go for it. Just stay with traffic, don't mess up my commute. I'm told that cops (a-whole-nother topic in itself, and not just traffic cops...I'm sure I'll have something to say about the arrogance of police in another blog, some other time) will write tickets for "unsafe lane change"; however, it doesn't seem that they write 'em to the brilliant dude/chick that went from the right lane to the left lane and didn't take into account the flow of traffic. Which brings me to my next point:


(c) Rednecks, aka Semi-truck Drivers
Nice move, f__stick. You're going to make an extra $0.11 today because everyone else on the road but you and the 4 trucks you're going to take 15 minutes to pass up this hill, on this 2-lane one-way of this interstate was doing a steady, comfortably cruise controlled 85, until you decided that you're day was more important than ours.

Can you tell I drive I-5 to Oregon and/or SoCal alot? Between b and c, I'm seriously considering making my first order of business when I finish law school to do whatever I can to force "flow of traffic" legislation. No changing lanes, unless you are NOT going to force any car in the other lane to brake in any manner. $1000 fine. Put it right next to the littering sign.


There are many other d____bags on the road. But, these are the ones that are the freshest in my mind. Feel free to add to this list. Use it to vent if you want to. I did.

Hi, my name is Buck Foston. Nice to meet you

So, since this is my first time, and I'm a little nervous about performance and satisfying you, I'll start slow. ;)


First of all, I went to Game 5 of the NBA Finals last year at Staples, in L.A. Greatest sporting event experience of my life. I can't stress enough, that if you like sports and your favorite team makes it to a championship game, go. Finals tickets, Superbowl tickets, World Series tickets, all very expensive, but if your team is there, go! It's worth it, a lot of fun, and a hugely surreal experience. Secondly, yes, I'm a Lakers fan, so there is a little bias in my research; however, I'm not making anything up.

But, I digress. The 2008 Boston Celtics are the least deserving championship team in NBA history (with the exception of Kevin Garnett), here's why:

(a) Their GM, Danny Ainge, won the NBA Executive of the Year Award and didn't split it with Kevin McHale, the GM of the Minnesota Timberwolves who handed them Kevin Garnett for almost nothing because McHale is an ex-Celtic who wanted his old team to be good again...and the Celtics fans think the Pau Gasol trade to the Lakers was a gift?

(b) On top of not even coaching the Celtics' defense, the reason they won the title, Doc Rivers, the Celt's Head Coach, makes snide little comments about Phil Jackson complaining about officiating, but Doc argues EVERY call and can't resist jumping out of his seat, enraged at the mere sound of a whistle only to sit if the call is for the Celtics, watch him, you'll see it.

(c) Paul Pierce gets M V P chants? He should be getting M L S chants (for those that don't get that, MLS is Major League Soccer and soccer players fake injuries all the time to gain referee compassion, just like Pierce did.

(d) Sam Cassell and PJ Brown signed contracts with the C's only to acquire a ring without earning it and without doing much.

(e) After the Finals, Paul Peirce pronounced himself the best player in the world. Really? Really!?! He's not even the best player on his team! All I can do is laugh at this d____bag.

(f) The 17th title? More like 4th. All those Celts championships in the 50's and 60's came when there was only twelve teams in the league and one of those twelve, the C's, had 15 of the top 20 basketball players in the world on it. Most of the people claiming the Celtics to be the best organization in history have seen the Lakers win more titles in their lifetime than the Celtics have won in 40 years.

So on and so forth, undeserving, the lot of them, except Garnett...KG, you deserve it, and congrats.

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P.S. Actually, thanks Celtics, for giving us real Laker fans a real reason to hate you again. After 21 years of "Blah" towards you because you were sucking it up in last place, we can legitimately hate you with true passion again. Thank you so much for that.

A rivalry renewed. I can't even wear green, I love the Yankess and Colts now just because their fans hate Boston, and now I even have disgust for tea and brick buildings. It's just too bad that The Celtics aren't even the 2nd best team in their conference this year (Cavs and Magic are both better teams), so they may not even get a chance to go to the Finals and prove me right.