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[prog]

jadelennox voiced concern about the car accident, so I will make an official statement that I am OK. I'll give you the full skinny now.

Last Sunday afternoon I was driving down Waterville's College Avenue, a four-lane, two-direction street, in the inside lane, and a car in the opposite inside lane suddenly veered into mine. It was far enough away that I had time to react, by changing quickly to the outside lane, but it still scraped my left rear corner as it passed, making a nice crunchy job of the metal there. I immediately pulled over while the other car plowed into a snowbank many dozens of yards behind me. All people involved left our vehicles at about the same time, and after verifying the crunchiness on my end, I started to walk over -- not easy, since it was all hopping over snowbanks with no sidewalks.

At some point, the car I was walking toward just vanished, really and truly. You may know that I tend to zone out when I'm walking around, and it apparently holds true even in unusual situations like this. It seems the other gentlemen (I think they were two men) got back in their car -- none of the details of which I had taken note -- and drove off when I simply wasn't paying attention, probably minding my footing more than my destination. Upon discovering this, I stood there for a little while, and then went back to my car, started it up, and continued as I was.

The only injury to me was a little fleeting sadness, a little lasting cynicism, and whatever I'll end up paying for the repairs. Hmm... guess I'll see to that tomorrow.

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[rserocki.livejournal.com]

Remember the hit'n'run that got me at a metered onramp? Since that time, the right side of the car's front fender was magically scraped and a dent appeared later on the driver's-side door, complete with a bit of red paint.. and now.. I am thinking of a faux horror comic or show where someone dents another person's car and drives off.. and then sees a dent appear on his car later.. and over time, keeps seeing new dents.. and then at the end of the story, determined to see what's causing them, finds them appearing all by themselves and he falls to his knees, holding his head. Although that's a little disproportionate to what he did.. Maybe he actually went insane with guilt and an epilogue shift in narrative perspective indicates he had been making the dents himself.

[prog.livejournal.com]

Excellent.