Dammit!

That's my rim.
Originally uploaded by qortez.

So I'm just driving along, minding my own business when this white car decides that they want in my lane. Apparently, they wanted in there now, and didn't think that the lane might be occupied.

I had to swerve to avoid hitting the guy, unfortunately, this left me going the wrong way, toward oncoming traffic. So I decided my best course of action would be to go into the median. Unfortunately, doing so destroyed my rim, ripped up my tire, and broke my front panel. Of course, the white car didn't stop.

This happened late on Saturday night, so all the tire places were closed. So I have to wait until Tuesday morning to get the darn thing fixed.

Stupid white car.

New York City

I did another silly thing last weekend. I traveled to New York City without planning much of anything. I didn't even arrange for a place to stay. I just kinda figured the lindy hoppers there would take care of me. Luckily, they did, at least in the sleep department. I did spend my days alone in the city. That was fine, however, as I got to explore the city the way I wanted to (excepting that my feet/legs/ankle/knees were complaining everywhere I went). Not quite the trip I wanted, but still a good trip. I'm glad I went.

I saw another one!

While I've spent nearly 5 years in the Dallas area, I had never seen a possum until this year. Now I see one every couple of weeks, it seems. There is probably a family of them living in my apartment complex, since that usually where I see them. Ugly buggers, they are.