Well, folks, congratulate me; I've survived my first bicycle accident. It was bound to to happen sometime. I'm only surprised it didn't happen sooner.

Yesterday afternoon I was pedaling around the financial district, when a car tried to cut ahead of me, almost hitting me. I swerved to avoid it, my tire got caught in the streetcar tracks, and my bike screeched to a halt... I, unfortunately, didn't, and I went careening off of my bike into the street.

I fractured some ribs, banged up my shoulder and elbow, and there's a deep chunk that was carved out of my knee. Thankfully, I was wearing my helmet, so my head is unharmed despite the fact that it bounced against the pavement.

You know what came out completely unscathed? My good ol' trusty Schwinn bicycle. That, my friends, is why I bought a big, hulking behemoth of a beach cruiser instead of a slick, skinny hipster bike.

Mayhap it's just because of the Vicoden, but I actually feel okay today, despite the fact that I was warned that I would wake up in agony this morning. I was also given a sling, which I was told wasn'treally necessary, but would make the healing of my arm and shoulder more comfortable, and would probably help prevent me from over-using it.

Oddly, I found the experience of going to the Emergency Room strangely fascinating. I've never really hurt myself before, it was an entirely new experience for me. I think Eva was a bit perturbed by the fact that I seemed to be enjoying myself... weeeeall, aside from the wincing pain bit, of course.

The important thing is, I'm okay... Almost as importantly, it happened on a work errand, so the Company is footing the bill for everything. Sweet, sweet worker's compensation! 

Oh Internet! Is there anything you can't do?

About a year or so ago I blogged about finally finding a music video that I remembered from my childhood where some one-hit wonder covered 'Runaway' while being backed by a stop-motion dinosaur band. I was so excited to finally find the video because nobody else remembered it and I had become certain I must have imagined it. Well, the experience just happened again. 

Back when I was thirteen, there was this song that I always heard on the radio that I was reallyreally into. For some reason I thought it was 'Information Society', and since I also liked 'Pure Energy' and 'Walking Away', I went out and got the Information Society album.

Actually, I think I had my friend Micha make me a dubbed tape with his dual cassette deck boom-box. See, kids? Music piracy has been going on forever!

In any case, while I loved the Information Society album, that elusive song was not on it, most notably because it was not, in fact, Information Society. I spent a couple of years periodically asking my more musically-knowledgeable friends and occasionally trying to sing it to them ("It has really bad orchestra hits! And they kinda go 'da-da-da-da-dadada-da-DA! And this guy sings most of it, but then this girl sings for a bit.'). It was to no avail. People would just stare at me blankly before saying, 'Stop singing at me. And put your pants back on, this is a public library for heaven's sake!'

At last, the mystery was solved this afternoon when the tune in question was played on Live 365. A nineteen-year quest for knowledge has finally come to an end.

So what was the aforementioned song? Apparently, it was 'I Beg Your Pardon' by Kon Kan (Wait?Who? Who the hell was Kon Kan?)

From this discovery we can discern that thirteen-year-old Dave must have been deaf as a post, as not only is the song of dubious taste, but it doesn't really sound all that much like 'Information Society' at all. I guess the music and sampling are kinda similar, but the guy's voice doesn't sound anything like Kurt's. He certainly didn't have Kurt's fan-fucking-tastic style, which influenced many of my clothing decisions for a number of years. 

Actually, the song's not nearly as good as I remember it. Forget my earlier praise, I hate you, internet. By solving this mystery, you have tarnished a fond childhood memory. I shan't forget this slight!