Oh my Deer

So Thursday night I was driving in the dark on Rte 280 at 75 mph (to avoid incriminating myself this is just a wild estimate) listening to the VP debate with mild interest while coming back from a business meeting. Half thinking about a new Reporting System I'm helping to build and half chuckling at Sarah Palin speaking at such a frantic, lightening pace that all she proved to me was that she was a good memorizer. Zero chance she was actually processing the words as she spoke them. Actually my second theory is that (in addition to memorizing her lines) she also did a few lines before coming on stage.

You see, I think polit--- BOOOOOOOMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!AAAAHHHH!!! SHIIIIIIT!!! WHAAAAAAAAAAAT?????

Now, it's funny how broadsiding a deer at 75 mph with ZERO notice distracts you so much from your idle ponderings. To go from a state of mild reflection to the confounded terror that curiously accompanies a violent explosion for reasons unknown in the moment. So, yeah, I could write at length about this experience- you know, the fragility of life, facing the unexpected- but I found a youtube video which will truly put you in the driver's seat on this one. They say a Youtube video speaks 1,000 words.

Yes, the car was totaled. (Anyone got a replacement for a '97 Camry in the range of $5,000?). And my only regret was that the deer didn't come through the windshield and kill me- cause then I would have collected an amazing amount in insurance money by suing the State of California for negligently allowing deer to roam free. If hearing about this worries you just a tad- let it go. You have zero chance of avoiding this kind of thing unless you and your car can make amazing maneuvers in like a nanosecond. Ain't it nice to live in such a secure, predicatable world...

Here's a video that will put you in my shoes- I mean 'seat':
http://tinyurl.com/3c3maa


And here's another deer video showing what I wish my deer had done instead

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjrN3Kk0NVI&feature=related

And if you're smitten with Deer/Car videos at this point here is the most bizarre.

http://tinyurl.com/3g4p5g

By the way, I'm serious about anyone locally who wants to sell a car- just as long as it hasn't hit a deer on the Interstate