Filed under: Life — at 11:22 pm by jim

Contrary to what most people thought, I’ve survived to be 27 years of age. That’s 50% older than 18-year-olds. Not that it stops 18-year-old girls from flirting with me.

Given that though, being 27 isn’t too bad. I have an awesome BMW M3 with which I can woo said 18-year-old chicks… plus I like my job… plus I earn some pretty good money doing my job.

So what sucks about being 27? Well, nothing really… except that for every birthday, Georgia requires me to pay my Ad Valorem tax (”ad valorem” is Latin for “according to value”). Yes, Georgia charges its citizen every year for owning their cars. This year, Georgia charged me $125 for owning the Corolla, plus $165 for owning the M3. That comes to $290. Plus I’m required to get $25 emissions tests done on my vehicles. So for my birthday, Georgia was nice enough to charge me annually $340 for owning my two cars.

I was planning on spending that money on a Nintendo Wii and some Wii video games… but I guess Georgia thought it would be better for me to celebrate my birthday by paying Ad Valorem taxes on my cars. Next month, maybe I can celebrate the fact that my birthday is NOT in July.