It happened about 20 minutes ago tonight.

I was driving in the left lane, trying to pass three cars. There was an Audi on the right that did not see me, even though I was honking on the horn and hitting the brakes. I do not know what they were thinking. It hit me, I riccocheted off the curb/median on the left, but did not swerve back into the right lane. No one stopped.

Luckily, a neighbor was behind me and saw what happened. He passed me and I followed him into the parking lot of our complex and he gave me his information.

I am still shaking.

There is only a dent on the front body panel from what I could see in the dark of our parking log, but that Audi driver is an idiot.

Silver Audi A4. I can’t remember if it was the 1.8T model. VA plates. Don’t remember much else, and neither does my neighbor. But it was between 11:30pm and midnight tonight. Should anyone see that car with a fresh dent on the rear left body panel or bumper, please email me. They were headed southbound on Rt 120 in Arlington, VA.
The main thing I am worried about is filing the police report, and having to ask the insurance company for an appraisal again. If I file another claim, my insurance is going to sky rocket. This is the second claim in a month.

Fan-freakin-tastic.

I am so happy you’re visiting me here. I apologize for this place still being a work in progress, but it’ll get better soon.

Today is an observed Federal holiday here in Washington DC, because Saturday is Veterans’ Day. (Please remember to honor our veterans of all wars this Friday and Saturday. You can start by going here and making a donation for voice-activated laptops for soldiers with amputations. Thank you Blackfive for pointing this out and leading for Army! This mapgirl has no preference for branch of service, but I do like those ‘faggoty white uniforms’ that Navy guys wear. You can tell what pattern they’re wearing underneath while riding the DC Metro.)

But, par the usual, I digress. I am happy to be here. I have only ONE commenting system because I dropped Haloscan since WordPress has trackback enabled without me messing up and having two commenting systems. I’m less of a blogging dork now, but I could geek out all day now that I understand using OPML to import a blogroll. (Which is still in progress with many additions to come!)

Please leave a comment. Subscribe to the new feed on Feedburner. Bookmark, Share & Enjoy.

Thanks again Flexo for helping me move. And thanks most of all to loyal readers, watchers, listeners.

ps - I’ll be gone all day Friday so look for new posts on Sunday or Monday.

Well well. I went to the doctor for my annual. Turns out my crappy health plan doesn’t completely cover my annual test. And unlike my previous health plans at other employers, they think the OB/GYN is a specialist, though for most women, it’s their primary care physician because they don’t visit any other doctor during the year.

So it’s a darn good thing I got that refund, because I had to pay three figures and two significant figures out of my pocket for it.

Make sure you have your emergency fund.  I have used a portion of my dental refund for my Save-O-Meter, and for this unexpected medical expense. (Not to mention the ER visit bill from February 2005 that finally went to collection without anyone asking me to pay it in the first place. What the hell is wrong with medical facilities that they don’t even bother to send you a bill in the first place? They don’t bother to call or mail you to collect the money, they just send it straight over to collections?)

Oh yeah. I’m kind of sickly. Not in a horrible chronic way, just prone to colds, etc. I chalk it up to work stress bringing my immune system down. No amount of vitamins, nor sleep has been able to fix this.

I guess the surgeon who did the implant asked the dental insurance company for reimbursement. They overshot it and I got a refund of ~$800. I am planning on putting $500 into savings and using the rest to pay down the credit card I used to cover the last $1900.00 of the surgery. After the new year, then I’ll pay it all down.

I’ve been dying to tell you guys this for days, but I’ve been insanely busy trying to get this site up and not lose my posts, blog or sleep over it.

It’s alive! It works!

Ok. Time to get serious and put this stuff out there for everyone to use.

Sorry that my blogroll is down right now. I have to manually do it till I figure out how to do the OPML correctly.

I wrote this post before getting outed by my fellow PFBloggers with regards to advertising for Interest.com.

One of the things pulling me in different directions is the opportunity to get paid for blogging. I’ve got a few friends who make serious money from their blogs and I wouldn’t mind a little side income. However, being paid to post is kind of hard for me. I’m free form. I take my inspiration and schedule whenever the mood strikes me. That’s probably why some of my posts don’t make sense a few days after I’ve written them when they get published.

However, the opportunity to blog about products or as part of a marketing effort seems like fun. (Not here, but for a blog representing an actual commercial venture.) I figure the publicity couldn’t hurt me and it’s another potential job skill.

One of my commenters asked me recently if I was a journalist. I’m not. The extent of my experience has been the high school paper. Hm… On second thought, I guess I actually have done it, but it was a bad job experience, I kind of blotted it out. For about a year, I took press releases and repackaged them as small blurbs. I’ve always fantasized about turning into an actual writer, but only to make this blog better. I’m not one of those literary types who writes to get published in the New Yorker. I just want to get my point across.

I guess this is what they mean when they tell you that you can turn a hobby into a real job.

That was the original end of the article. But I feel I should say something more.

Interest.com will be compensating me for the advertising space on my blog. Whether or not they make editorial suggestions, I will take full responsibility for writing what is posted here. Meaning, if I choose to accept their suggestion for content, it is because I have judged it to fit and be appropriate. I fully expect to decline some of their suggestions. If there’s an ethical dilemma, I’m sure I’ll write about it.

I don’t care if people think I’m selling out. I already sell out by wearing a corporate uniform and going to work every day. If you haven’t seen Trainspotting and heard the diatribe that Renton spouts and the beginning and end of the film, see it. Just remember. CHOOSE LIFE.

I expect that being compensated for ad space will help me live my life more fully.

My month has been really wacky. And that’s coming on the heels of September, which saw me spend a lot of money. And now it’s November and it’s just going to get worse over Christmas season if I’m not careful.

Whoa Nelly! Is it time to regroup or what?

1) This blog will be moving to WordPress sometime soon. Not 100% sure when, but I got a new domain for it and it will have to happen before the end of the year. That is a hard target I need to meet for some new bloggy-fun I’m planning.

2) I need to start banking cash again. I depleted my Emergency Basket of Cash this year for a fun splurge and to pay some stuff with cash instead of running up my credit cards. I had a goal to save another $4K. I think that’s going to take me most of next year to save.

3) I need to cut back on my spending. Since it’s cold again, I hope to get into a rhythym where I make stuff in my crockpot once again.

4) Bring down that credit card debt. I commit myself to keeping my current balances level till the new year, while focusing on replenshing my basket of cash till then. I actually think I can save enough to refill it in 2 months. After that, I’ll refocus and pay down my stupid consumer debt.

5) I still need to apply for my property tax relief. If I say it here, I’ll do it. Accountability. It’s why I’m trying to ‘fess it all up now.

Not funny.

People think I am positively paranoid. But I work/have worked at a data services company and I live near the Pentagon. My family works for PayPal and other friends work directly inside of network operations centers, just steps away from server rooms. Who’s to say they don’t step outside for a smoke and get killed by some angry lunatic?

Not funny at all. It’s sick. Hey bub, violence is not the answer to your problems. Try a frickin’ lawsuit like the rest of us.

Hello readers of Neville’s blog! Welcome! Right now I am not affiliated with Interest.com, but soon will be.

Special thanks to Flexo for getting people to visit me today! I’m laughing because his comment has probably inadvertently generated a lot of clicks for me. Silly blogger!

Anyhow, thank you for visiting me today. Say hello with either commenting system. (BTW, when this blog moves off Blogger, the Blogger comments won’t follow the posts, but I think I can keep the Haloscan ones. So my blog dorkiness might actually work in my favor.)

I actually didn’t decline. There is a time and a place for everything.

I could hype stuff up, but per an NPR story this morning about buzz, I’ll keep things chill for now. Just keep on watching this space, or my new space…

*winky*