The Avatar (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} saurik) wrote,@ 2004-06-12 04:26:00 |
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I need to stop being so nosy...
So tonight, as I left campus (at around 3am, a perfectly respectable time to leave campus if you ask me) I got pulled over. When the officer came to my car I asked him meakly "what did I do?" and he responded that I hadn't done anything specific, but that they were wondering where I was coming from. I told him I was just in I.V. with some friends, and was coming from Freebirds. I pointed out specifically that I wasn't drunk. I continued that I had parked my car on campus and was driving to Ralph's because I was very thirsty (hehe). He went back to the police car to talk on his little squalky talky thing. I could hear him say that I was seen leaving "carillo" or something like that... definitely with a C. It's then I realized that he probably thought I was stealing plants from the CCS.
See, there's this extra part of the story that I had forgotten. So I yelled out my window something like "oh, I forgot that I just now stopped at the CCS to pick up these plants!". So he talked for another few moments and came back to my car. I showed him the plants, which were all arranged on a sheet in the legroom of the passenger side of my car. He then asked me for the story with the plants. I explained that my friend Seth was leaving for Maine today, and I drove him to the train station and helped him move his stuff. But, we didn't have enough room to move some of his things. I then explained that College of Creative Studies students have keys to the CCS building, so we arranged that the plants would be left there in the computer lab (hehe) where I would come to pick them up later.
He asked why we made this arrangement (which I already vaguely explained, but I guess he wanted more clarification), so I went over in more detail how we hadn't enough room to move the plants, a bag of books, and a surf board (which I said snowboard for at first, then thought about it a second, correcting myself and explaining that I really don't know much about those things... although it wasn't for the obvious reason... Seth had both and it took me a while to think which one would have been bigger). I pointed out that I had stopped by the CCS to visit Kian and had noticed the plants, remembering that I should get them some light tomorrow, and made sure to bring them with me.
Somewhere in all of there I had explained my whole educational status: having graduated in December, but being here a lot as I commenced last week and will be starting the PhD program in the Fall. I showed him my student ID card to verify that I was, in fact, a student (at least ex- so). I gave him Seth's phone number, which he wanted me to try calling, but I got his voice mail. (I explained to the officer as I called that Seth would probably be on a plane or asleep as he was heading back to Maine, where it was then 6am.) I also gave him Kian's number, as Kian had helped me move the plants into the car and was still in the computer lab.
The officer then took a quick glance in my trunk and let me leave, saying that my story seemed to be ok.
Now, here's why he really pulled me over. I didn't think of it until about five minutes after I was driving away. (I was thinking _really_ slowly, which was even shown at Ralph's where it was taking me forever to find simple things... not even things like "soda water" but things like "isle two".) When I drove from San Rafael's lot to the CCS to visit Kian I parked in the lot across from CCS. I didn't go directly to the CCS, though. I heard a fire alarm from San Nicholas and decided to go over there and see who all was standing outside in case I knew someone. (I'm also just plain nosy when it comes to large events like this.) I went over, and even _realized_ I was looking kind of suspicious.
I then walked through the crowd of people, looking around. Out of the blue, I asked one person how long it had been since the alarm started. He gave me a funny look and then said about fifteen minutes. Having satisfied my curiosity, I walked back to CCS, where I was "seen leaving carillo" (which I believe is the dining commons right there?). A few minutes later, I was driving off campus onto 217.
I wonder if I'm still a prime suspect ;P.
So tonight, as I left campus (at around 3am, a perfectly respectable time to leave campus if you ask me) I got pulled over. When the officer came to my car I asked him meakly "what did I do?" and he responded that I hadn't done anything specific, but that they were wondering where I was coming from. I told him I was just in I.V. with some friends, and was coming from Freebirds. I pointed out specifically that I wasn't drunk. I continued that I had parked my car on campus and was driving to Ralph's because I was very thirsty (hehe). He went back to the police car to talk on his little squalky talky thing. I could hear him say that I was seen leaving "carillo" or something like that... definitely with a C. It's then I realized that he probably thought I was stealing plants from the CCS.
See, there's this extra part of the story that I had forgotten. So I yelled out my window something like "oh, I forgot that I just now stopped at the CCS to pick up these plants!". So he talked for another few moments and came back to my car. I showed him the plants, which were all arranged on a sheet in the legroom of the passenger side of my car. He then asked me for the story with the plants. I explained that my friend Seth was leaving for Maine today, and I drove him to the train station and helped him move his stuff. But, we didn't have enough room to move some of his things. I then explained that College of Creative Studies students have keys to the CCS building, so we arranged that the plants would be left there in the computer lab (hehe) where I would come to pick them up later.
He asked why we made this arrangement (which I already vaguely explained, but I guess he wanted more clarification), so I went over in more detail how we hadn't enough room to move the plants, a bag of books, and a surf board (which I said snowboard for at first, then thought about it a second, correcting myself and explaining that I really don't know much about those things... although it wasn't for the obvious reason... Seth had both and it took me a while to think which one would have been bigger). I pointed out that I had stopped by the CCS to visit Kian and had noticed the plants, remembering that I should get them some light tomorrow, and made sure to bring them with me.
Somewhere in all of there I had explained my whole educational status: having graduated in December, but being here a lot as I commenced last week and will be starting the PhD program in the Fall. I showed him my student ID card to verify that I was, in fact, a student (at least ex- so). I gave him Seth's phone number, which he wanted me to try calling, but I got his voice mail. (I explained to the officer as I called that Seth would probably be on a plane or asleep as he was heading back to Maine, where it was then 6am.) I also gave him Kian's number, as Kian had helped me move the plants into the car and was still in the computer lab.
The officer then took a quick glance in my trunk and let me leave, saying that my story seemed to be ok.
Now, here's why he really pulled me over. I didn't think of it until about five minutes after I was driving away. (I was thinking _really_ slowly, which was even shown at Ralph's where it was taking me forever to find simple things... not even things like "soda water" but things like "isle two".) When I drove from San Rafael's lot to the CCS to visit Kian I parked in the lot across from CCS. I didn't go directly to the CCS, though. I heard a fire alarm from San Nicholas and decided to go over there and see who all was standing outside in case I knew someone. (I'm also just plain nosy when it comes to large events like this.) I went over, and even _realized_ I was looking kind of suspicious.
I then walked through the crowd of people, looking around. Out of the blue, I asked one person how long it had been since the alarm started. He gave me a funny look and then said about fifteen minutes. Having satisfied my curiosity, I walked back to CCS, where I was "seen leaving carillo" (which I believe is the dining commons right there?). A few minutes later, I was driving off campus onto 217.
I wonder if I'm still a prime suspect ;P.
