10.26.2005

First Traffic Ticket Ever: $176
Expired Inspection Sticker: $135
Renewed Inspection Sticker: $14.95
Mysterious Absence of Insurance Card: $300
Second Traffic Ticket: $150
Coming of Age*: priceless

*(re: all of the above misfortunes occurring within one week of this Ogletree's 20th birthday)

Goodbye Innocent Childhood, Or, Proof That Life Beyond 20 Sucks: