Bioshocked on the Freeway!

I'll deal with the events of my yesterday as they came... 8/21/2007 was the day the highly anticipated Xbox 360 game "Bioshock" came out, and I had reserved it at my local Play'n'Trade. However, I had called the lady at the store previously to see if the game would be released on 8/21/2007 and she told me it wouldn't... that they wouldn't have the game until 4 days after the release date. That was totally unacceptable to me, and I made arrangements to buy the game at a best buy near my work in Orem. I did so, and after my work, I decided to get my money back from Play'n'Trade.

I returned to my car and got back on the freeway and was careful to mind all traffic laws, when suddenly at 7200 S. and I-15, I saw white burning tire smoke and bright red brake lights ahead. They were coming up really fast, and I slammed on my brake narrowly avoiding the car in front of me.

The car behind me was not as lucky as I was. He tried to brake and switch lanes to avoid hitting me, but his front driver's side met my passenger's side bumper at about 20-45 miles per hour. My car was hit with such force that my car did a 180, stopping when my passenger's door met with his, and I saw him face to face.

We decided that it was best to meet at Mcdonald's right after the exit, and he took off, leaving me in traffic facing the wrong direction. I couldn't believe how inconciderate people were! I was signaling to try to turn around, and people kept going around me. They wouldn't stop! I had to finally apply my foot to the gas to show people that I meant business. That finally made people stop, and they waited for me to move.

Well, the guy gave me all his information and admitted his fault, insisting that we didn't need to call the police, and that his insurance would take care of everything. He was very genuine, and so far, he was right. His insurance is doing everything, even giving me money for lost wages. :)

If I wasn't so loyal to Allstate, I would switch to Farmers Insurance because they have treated me very well.

Here are some pictures that I took at my inlaws:

I never thought that people would care if I updated my blog or not... apparently I was wrong! Court told me that she had several people tell her that I needed to update my blog. So here I am.

I just got over some toe surgery this last week- I had a section of toenail (1" x 1/2") taken out two weeks ago because scar tissue from previous ingrown toenail operations had caused the nail to grow sideways instead of straight out, making the nail dig deeper and deeper in my foot.

This surgery caused me pretty much the worst pain I had ever felt in my life, and I needed more darvocet than they gave me, but I was too chicken to ask for it... I didn't want to be a drug seeker.

So... My wonderful wife threw me a birthday party, and decided to invite my close friends and family, and I decided that it would be good to invite my cousin from Georgia who is kinda the black sheep of our family, but I have a soft spot for him because he was my best friend when we were kids and would spend weeks at my house playing games with me in the summer.

I don't want to go into a lot of details, but let's just say that he wore out his welcome and took advantage of my family and I, and he probably won't get an invitation to our house for awhile.

How's that for an update? I'll do more later, but that should be good for now.