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Please tell me why the MVA raised registration renewal from $103 to $180? That’s bananas, man. Loopy, even. And why don’t folks have more patience and let you know the proper steps? I went to the MVA yesterday to renew, but couldn’t because I never transferred the title to my name. Okay, my father and I have the same name, and I’ve been renewing all these years through the mail. The only reason I showed up in person was because they hadn’t cash my check that I sent like three weeks ago. So, after taking leave to even do this, I had to take off this morning, too, just to conclude the process. According to the MVA, you can’t register in person unless you hold the title.
So, I at least think ahead and go online to download the proper documentation to transfer said title and have my pops sign the forms. However, because he didn’t sign the back of the actual title, I’ll have to go back to transfer the title at a later date. (sigh) Aside from that, I’ve seen Revenge of the Sith twice (took off of work to catch the 12 noon premier and saw it on Saturday) and enjoyed it both times. I picked up a few little things Lucas did the second time around to better cement the transition from Sith to Star Wars. I was also pulled over by a cop (on the way to see Sith for the second time) who obviously had a bad day. My heart was beating fast as hell, like any brotha pulled over by the whoa’s, wondering why he pulled me over at that juncture. Fortunately, I know how to talk and disarm a potentially problematic situation early. That, and my nephew and younger brother were in the back, so a lot of times cops won’t act as rowdy with witnesses or young witnesses, especially. Once I asked what the the problem was, son started yelling at me like he wanted to do something. Truthfully, I was speeding, and because unbeknownst to me, my rear blinkers weren’t working, I’m sure I could have been perceived to be driving recklessly even though I was signaling and my front blinkers worked fine. But, son didn’t need to come at me like that. I realized he was trying to rattle me, so I played it cool. He couldn’t really do anything because he didn’t have a speed reading. Only way a problem would arise is if I acted stupid, which ain’t me. Sides, it’s not like I could tell him I didn’t appreciate his tone and ask him to take it down a notch. Nope, not to PG County Police; that’s a paddlin’. He was really after my brother-in-law who was pushing his H2 much harder than I was whippin’ my Explorer anyway. He let me go begrudgingly with a warning, and I rolled out to catch the movie. It’s good he did pull me over, because who knows how long it would have taken me to figure out my blinkers didn’t work? Aight, nothing to really report, so I’ll stop through later...