Good News

I had court regarding my ticket in the car accident Monday. It got dismissed.

What I really thought was odd, though, was the kid that hit me showed up to court, but he refused to testify against me. I think he only went because his mom made him, as I saw who was apparently his mom there as well.

In Honor of Our Allies

Emperor Misha is honoring our allies Down Under that are fighting alongside us in Iraq today, for

ANZAC Day

, which is the Aussie and New Zealand equivalent to our Memorial Day.

I salute you, mates.

Random Top Ten

All right ,

Elisson

is posting his typical Friday Random Top Ten list from his iPod.

I don't have one, mind you, but I do have a big mp3 player, so I'm contributing.

1.April Skies-Jesus and Mary Chain
2.Cornerstore-Dogstar
3.Goodbye Stranger-Supertramp
4.Gold-Spandau Ballet
5.The Blower's Daughter-Damien Rice
6.In a Big Country-Big Country
7.Eye in the Sky-Allan Parson's Project
8.This Year's Love-David Gray
9.Crush-Dave Matthews Band
10.Jungle Love-Steve Miller Band

Three of them have a special significance to a very special fellow I met online a few months ago (he knows one, he'll have to guess at the rest).

Of all the times to get hurt...

...why now?

Three weeks ago Friday (the 23rd), I got into a car accident. I got T-boned by a Chevy Cavalier while drving down Cicero Ave in Country Club Hills, IL. I was giving my neighbor Susan a ride to pick up her kids from daycare. We were both taken by ambulance to St James Hospital in Olympia Fields. My neighbor was released with only minor bruises. I, however, was admitted with a concussion and fractured pelvis. I spent one night in the intensive care unit, and the next night in a regular room, and was released that Sunday.

This is where it starts to get interesting.

The police officer that came on scene gave me a ticket for running a red light (I didn't run it, according to Susan) because that's what Cav driver told her. The fact that I don't remember what happened (concussion)won't help me much in court. As a result, I have court on the 23rd to clear this up. There was another witness, however, and he said that he just saw the accident, and didn't tell whether or not I had the green light. It makes me wonder, though, if the cop knew the guy who hit me and was cutting him a break.

Unfortunately, I can't work right now because of my fracture, so I have to bide my time until I can.