My super fancy robot license came today, and it is pretty hilarious:

enhanced!

Bland, but hilarious. I hate the black n’ white photo – if this was in colour, you would see my sparkly green eye shadow and instinctively know how fabulous I am. I got away with the flower in my hair, so score one for me – but they cut off my neck, so you don’t see the Kimli necklace. Curses!

The picture is bad enough, but check out my enhanced chin – the necklace didn’t show up, but the reflection did and it gave me a double chin. BOO! I think I look simultaneously asleep and skeptical – there’s an eyebrow threatening to raise in there somewhere. They also made me take off my glasses, even though I almost always wear them. I look weird. It’s not the worst picture, but .. it’ll do. After all, it’s enhanced.

One of the problems with the new license is the fancy chip – apparently, it’s not protected meaning that anyone with fancy chip technology will be able to read it and find out my name and government issued ID number. So, to combat the extreme security risk, they included a special envelope designed to block fancy chip readers:

don't read my thoughts

It’s a friggin’ tin foil hat for my license.

Awesome.

We’re going to the US tomorrow for tacos, but I can’t use the license yet – it takes 72 hours after activation before the US government can read my criminal records and decide whether I’m worthy of spending money in their country. I’ll have to bring my passport, but after this weekend, I should be good.

Sorry about the incredibly late update – I went home early from work today because I felt like crap. I’m still feeling a little strange – my mouth is doing that weird watery thing that happens right before you barf – but I think I’ll live. After all, there are tacos to look forward to.