accident

Another fatal accident on the freeway near here. I figured that was the case, since I heard a helicopter hovering. Devonne called to alert me of it. These happen way too frequently. There was a string of fatal cross-over accidents - six in less than two years, so they finally put up a barrier fence. Based on the pictures on the news, I'd say this was another one. I wonder how the car got through the barrier.

Northbound traffic is diverted off the freeway, and southbound traffic has slowed to a crawl. Cyn will have a long ride home. Not as long as the people in the accident, though.

Edit: Wow, the accident happened shortly after 2:30. I didn't hear the chopper until after 3:00. The news footage from that time showed firefighters holding up a tarp to block the view from gawkers across the road. And also a flight-for-life helicopter sitting idle on the highway. The helicopters departed about 3:45 p.m. carrying at least one of the injured. That's a long time to be trapped in a car with critical injuries. More footage from sometime after 4:00 showed them still working behind the tarps. I hope that at this time they were only investigating, and not still trying to extricate injured people.

With the thousands of people who go through there every day, I never assume that I know any of the victims when I hear of an accident. But they mentioned "a silver car," so now my mind started going through all the people I know with silver cars.

And I still hear a chopper. I wonder what they're doing. It's dark out.

holiday

I spent the last two days doing pretty much nothing. Dinner at mom's. Went out to lunch today with some friends. Pizza. Just what my body needed after a Thanksgiving Day stuffing. Read a magazine. Mailed a package. Bought a christmas present.

I had a bit of a crisis last night. I couldn't figure out what to do. I refused to spend any more time on the computer. Enough was enough. But I couldn't figure out anything else to do. I remember never having enough time in a day, before I got the internet. Now... what is it that I do?!! I thought of a few things. I could have read a book or watched a movie, but I was too tired. Still, those aren't really my lost hobbies. I could have messed with my Magic cards, but that hobby doesn't need any more obsessing either. So that left... no project small enough that I could get into at 8:00 on a lazy evening.

I should have started cataloging my Cd collection. And I need to work on the website. And I need to get some more stuff in the mail (a lot of stuff). So I can do some of that this weekend. And I need to do some housecleaning. And help Cyn with the mandolin. I wonder if we can get it finished this weekend.