so-called life

The hitter's car insurance admitted 100% liability and I received a check that should cover all charges for repairing the car.  Hurray!
I keep playing Castle Empire, already on level 24.  Was able to find Bioshock bundle on sale and added it to Steam.  Same story with Psychonauts, which I am in a process of replaying now.

Just purchased almost 60 bucks worth of food in Stop and Shop: lots of soy based products that are hard to find in other supermarkets.  No more bus commuting, lots of food, taking a two week vacation - happy. I have to visit dentist again soon.  My savings are depleted and I am taking vacation in Brooklyn, not going anywhere.  Just got a call that an old friend from Europe is coming for a visit in three-four weeks.  Other than that, there are no news.  I am planning to do nothing for 2 weeks.  Lots of time for sleep.  Already brought two suits to dry cleaners, will have to get all of them for cleaning within this time frame.  Right now I got some cold, sneezing, coughing.  Already went to Russian Baths yesterday evening and feel much better.  I think it will pass in two-three days.  If not, I will see my acupuncturist and go to banya again.

happy extinction

Played Tropico 4: Modern Times.  Sat all evening playing long-forgotten Team Fortress 2, when team members turned on their microphones turned out I was playing with pre-schoolers.  That did not mean I did any better than during previous TF2 games.
The car insurance of the guy that hit me sent me a letter explaining how it was partially not their client's fault, so they won't go for 100% liability. Basically, they go against my account of events AND police report without any witnesses of the opposite.  In a way, it's possible to see how how it could be true: for example, someone who gets shot or raped is partially responsible for event since they were walking minding their business at that time in that area.   But serving few months for getting raped, shot or hurt is not reasonable, so why do I have to accept check that won't cover the damages and pay more out of my savings? I fear it's going to be a very upsetting week of fruitless phone calls.

car accident

Just got back from a ride on a tow truck.  My car looks like it's not going to ride anymore: the tire is almost out, can't open the front door fully, bumper is half-off and that is just beginning of problems.  Some dude decided to make a U-turn in the middle of a busy street crossing the double yellow lines without checking that there was a green light to oncoming traffic.  In a way I was lucky: if I didn't automatically pull the wheel to the right, I could have been dead now.  My car's skid-marks on the street were telling the whole story, I just needed to point to them to police crew.  If they would come an hour sooner, they would have seen the water from his radiator right in the middle of street as his car was perpendicular to both driving lines.  Water evaporated by the time they arrived.  He had to move his car or he would block all traffic on both sides.  A fireman tried to drive my car closer to the sidewalk, but they didn't risk driving it (wasn't going much), so they put it in neutral and five or six firemen pushed it closer to pavement.  The dude in the other car admitted to police that he was doing an [illegal] U-turn right in front of me.  He had only frontal damage, broke his radiator, too, so he had to admit it.  Hopefully policemen will mention it in the report.  If not, it still looks like totally not my fault.  Because it clearly wasn't.  Two blocks from my home, too...such a nuisance.

 I really like my car.  It would be a pity to have it totaled.  Maybe mechanics will fix it...maybe not: looks like a damage to whole axis.  I don't know where I'm getting this extra money to fix the car, so I'll have to wait for a probable insurance check.  Meanwhile, I will have to get to work and back on public transportation.  This could last weeks.  Parents suggested to rent a car.  They were really helpful, came to give me money for tow truck, etc.  
I decided to restart playing Castle Empire from the very beginning under new nickname.  I don't feel like finishing Far Cry 2.

Putting points back in life

Yesterday finally finished the last extra mission in Tropico 4 and played some of the "build-yourself" challenges.  Today I took a day off to get replacement of my driver licence and registration.  The day is very hot.  I stopped by NetCost Market and bought carrot juice, Tarhun, Baikal, Italian risotto rice, Polish Macedonski soup.  I don't feel like continuing playing Far Cry 2, even though it seems to be getting better with weapon upgrades.     I had an argument with my parents this holiday and got verbally nastier than usual.  I guess it was a cumulative effect of their guard-prisoner like relationship with me.  Surprisingly, I noticed that peoples were nicer to me today, even let me get ahead of them in line at DMV and supermarket.  I have many theories about it, but no definitive answer. As I was waiting for a subway train on NY Aquarium/W8th Street, I recalled that I was working cleaning the streets on Surf Avenue when I was 16 and that was the same spot I used to sit on waiting for train to go home from work, only the seats looked different.  I noticed that I was sitting with very similar feelings, feeling about the same as now.  It felt like after 21 years of life everything was pretty much the same as it was then, except feelings were conscious and well-understood, and instead of vegetative youthful existence there is an aged, matured version of same.  I also noticed that the soundtrack of  S.T.A.L.K.E.R. that I like to hear so much while playing these game series incorporates that same sound I can hear near or on subways when the train is coming to a stop.  Tomorrow I will go back to work.  

extra motions

My wallet with all identifications mysteriously disappeared while I was at work.  It is still possible I accidentally dropped it out of my workbag between parking spot and place of work.  I filled out a security report at work.  Got there on a bus, since my father demanded for me not to drive until I will get replacements of all documents, because his friend told him that penalty may not end at heavy fines.  On the way back from work stopped by Meats Supreme and got 1 1/2 pounds of fried eggplant, some buns and hero breads.  I also bought Simply Lemonade 2.7Qt bottle.  My dinner was spectacular.  Tomorrow is 4th of July holiday, I will be off work.  I took Thursday off to go to DMV or I will not be able to drive for 2 weeks since that's the time period promised for applying for replacement online or via mail.