Hit by a Hummer Limo
I'm sure most of you have read about it in the papers or seen it on the news and are very concerned, so I wanted to assure all of you that I am doing just fine and that my encounter with the Hummer limo last night has not left me completely paralyzed as the doctors had first feared would be the case. The tabloid paparazzi are outside my window right now, no doubt trying to dig up some dirt on what I was doing crossing the street in North Beach last night when the whole incident went down.
Alright, so maybe there HAVEN'T really been any news stories about me, and maybe there WASN'T really any fear of paralyzation, and perhaps there AREN'T really paparazzi outside my window, but I was hit by Hummer limo in North Beach last night. Nothing serious, actually. I was waiting to cross Columbus Avenue when my walk sign came on. Seeing that I had the signal to go, I began to cross the street. Unfortunately, a Hummer limo, which I had thought was stopped at the red light, decided to make a right turn on red and began to make his turn. I was somewhat shocked to see he would do this right through a crosswalk in which people were walking, so I stopped, obviously not wanting to be run over. It turns out, though, that those Hummer limos are so long and ridiculous that I didn't stop quite short enough and the side of his car ran right into the right side of my body. Thankfully I was prepared for this impact, otherwise I may have been knocked to the ground. The car stopped, and I imagined that it was so the driver could make profuse apologies and offer me a million dollars in compensation, but no, he was actually stopping for some people in another crosswalk. That's right... couldn't stop for me, but could stop for the others. He then continued his turn and drove off on his merry way. Needless to say, I was a little put out by the entire thing. But all is well. So here is your lesson for the day: Watch out for a Hummer limo with license plate "CWT 01" if you ever find yourself in San Francisco.
Yes, it is true, I am now back in San Francisco. I drove back up here on Sunday, June 19 after enoying nearly 4 weeks in Los Angeles. As much as I don't like the city of LA, I always enjoy visiting because many of my friends are down there and I always know I'll have a good time. It was a particularly good trip this time because I got to meet some new people from the show and made some new friends. Of course, it would be nice to make some new San Francisco friends, as well, since I am going to be up here for another 4 months. Hopefully that will become slightly easier now that my work schedule is more normal and I don't have to work until 10 or 11 p.m. every day.