so apparently i've forgotten how to drive

the following took place at 3:00 this afternoon as i was going southbound on conejo school road, just past the lakes shopping center and the 101 freeway underpass.

the blue line represents the path along which my car should have traveled. the red line represents the path that it actually traveled.

figure 1 — overhead.

figure 2 — as seen from the 101 freeway.

the yellow line represents the point of "oh, shit" — i knew i was about to crash but was powerless to stop it. and the red × represents to where i moved the car after the crash until my mom and dad came to save me.

granted, it was raining. but, i was also taking that uphill curve too fast. i lost control of the car, and i hit the sidewalk (which acts as a retaining wall for the hill so it's kind of tall). i'm fine, but i can't say that much for poor elphaba. she'll need to go to the mechanic the day after christmas.

first self-induced accident i've been in since i got my license 3 years ago. wow, i've been lucky. i'm also lucky that this one wasn't worse. still, it was kind of scary. especially that second before the crash that i knew it was about to happen...

in other news, joe is no longer coming to stay with me in thousand oaks after christmas. :(

merry christmas everybody!!!

(this entry has been published onto my live journal as well. i think i'm going to give it a chance.)