Knock on wood. Knock on wood. Knock on wood.
In all the years I’ve been driving, I’ve never gotten a ticket even though I’ve been pulled over three times. My first cop experience was with an older gentleman and I cried. I was 18. My second two stops I was in my twenties, turned over my license and the very nice police officers gave me their numbers instead.
Now that I’m in my 40’s, I won’t be collecting anymore numbers thanks to our local BMV driver’s license regulations.
- Stand here ma’am.
- Push your hair back off your face.
- Please don’t smile.
- Lower your head. (Oh deer god…double chin.)
- Little lower. (Oh deer god…triple chin.)
- Look down here not straight at the camera.
- Now have a seat and we’ll call your name.
Very polite worker: Ms. Narantic your license is ready.
Ummm…
Me whispering: Excuse me. This looks like a mug shot.
Worker: I know they all do. I’m sorry.
Me whispering: This is not flattering at all.
Worker: I’m so sorry.
Me whispering: But my head is chopped off and it looks like I’m looking at the floor.
Worker: I know.
Me not whispering: But I look like a bug.
Worker: I’m sorry. They all look like that.
Me: What are you 24, 25? I’m not that young bouncy thing I use to be. I have to go to great lengths to try and even look 30 something. And now I look like a bug.
Thank you.
As I walk back to my car…
I look like a damn bug.
A bug.
A bug with my head chopped off.
Now I don’t feel guilty about changing my weight. Do I look 125 lbs? Hell no I eat cupcakes. A bug that eats cupcakes.
And now when I get pulled over.. oh here officer no need to take me to the police station, here’s my bug of a mug shot.
Have a good weekend all. I need to go find my license. I think I lost the damn thing. 
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I am sure it’s not THAT bad.. that is what everyone says to me about my pictures lol… had my weight on a hunting lisc one year written as 5 lbs.. I said I dare any game warden to argue with me..lol
I don’t like the mug shot drivers license event that takes place out my way either. I won’t ell you what I think I look like on my latest license. This is a family rated blog, right?
By the way, the “ladybug” is my favorite bug. Maybe I will refer to you as “ladybug” from now on.
My drivers license picture looks like I got out of bed, put a shirt on and went to get my license renewed without doing anything else… it is that bad… I’ve thought about loosing it just so that I can go get a new one
My kids are quite frankly embarrassed everytime I have to show mine. They honestly walk away. I wonder if it is the the fact that my poor choice of hair coloring at the time was half grown-out or if it is the fact that I am scowling like a bulldog…nontheless..superpretty!
It’s great too, because you get your picture taken, it looks like crap, and you know you’re stuck with that picture for years. Beautiful, just beautiful.
Everybody in Indiana looks like that on their DL? yikes! we ain’t pretty our here but I think its a bit better then that.