This one is for Rose

On Monday my friend and coworker Rose Long was the unfortunate victim of a hit and run while cycling with a friend.
I say victim because this was clearly no accident. The driver, 22 year old Adam Desjardin, was driving his SUV on a suspended license, failed to yield on a left turn and drive through Rose. After this, instead of taking responsibility for his criminal actions, he fled the scene.
Read the Burlington Free Press article here.

Amazingly, this asshole actually pled not guilty. As if he had somehow had the right as a vehicle operator to drive into another person.

While Rose will certainly recover (she's an amazing person and incredibly positive and resilient) she is currently dealing with severe facial lacerations, a collapsed lung, a broken wrist and a broken jaw, nose and pallet, shattered bones in her forehead and alot of missing teeth. On Thursday she underwent reconstructive facial surgery.

There may be no limit to my utter sense of anger and disgust at this tragedy. If justice does not prevail in this case then what chance does this world have for survival?
But most of all, my thoughts will be with Rose and her family as she recovers.

I'd love to be able to focus on movies right now. But there will be time for that later. Rose was also a fan of Secret Movie Night. And I'm sure that everyone at SMN wishes her the best.