Events unaccompanied by photos

Hey folks (to borrow Gwyn's signature term of endearment),
As some of you may have read in my response to Nicky's last post... my computer is being too slow and retarded to upload any photos! I have taken many photos recently, providing ample documentation of both the mundane and the eventful. I will try to get to Andrew's so I can use his computer to upload and supplement the update that follows:
Last week I was hit by a car. I was riding my bike to softball and it accelerated from a stop sign while I was crossing the road, apparently unaware of my biwheeled presence. It threw me from the bike and into the pavement. It was worse than any hit I had ever experienced in rugby (surprise). The wind was knocked out of me and I was in so much pain. I was lying in the roadway, unable to move, bleeding, with gravel forced under my skin from the abrupt impact. The dudes got out of the minivan with which they had wrecked me and talked calmly to me til the police and ambulance arrived. I didn't want to go to the hospital so I signed a release of liability/refusal of medical treatment form. The people that hit me had a first aid kit in their van and I used the alcohol wipes to wash the blood from my arm. As I had been on the way to softball, my friend Lisa (scorekeeper) soon appeared, also riding her bike to the fields. She was pretty freaked out by the situation. I gave her my uniform, cleats, glove and asked her to fill in for me. I asked the negligent drivers for a ride home. there was a lot of swelling and a bit of pain for a while, but now, a week later, I'm feeling almost back to normal. A friend who is trained in chiropractics (but not yet certified in NY) gave me some aligning free of charge and ABC and Sunbeam both offered me time off. I made myself go in and just worked in a limited capacity (other people had to lift things for me and I couldn't carry a lot of plates to a table at once, for instance) but I survived. Andrew was helpful and did dishes for me when I couldn't bend my right elbow. He also gave me back/neck massages to help ease the knots/spasms. Sweet sweet man.
Okay, what else!
My ultimate frisbee team (Ithaca Rec League) is the top seeded team in our league! Playoffs start this week. Wish us ("Thundercats" sponsered by "Sunnywood," now calling ourselves the "Sunnycats") the best! Andrew and Laura--my really great roommate you never got the meet!--are also playing in this league, so wish them second and third best, your choice.
Andrew and I went camping this past weekend. There were SO MANY mushrooms in the woods!!!! I took tons of pictures of this amazing fungi and hope to make an online album exclusively of these terrific mycocelia. Um... yeah... nerd talk, but hey! I am fascinated by mushrooms! Okay, peace out, quadly people.