Fate’s a Prick
I hope this doesn’t become an annual tradition, but once again my 10-year-old tail bone injury that refuses to heal has awakened, making it difficult to sit, stand, lay down or anything in between. Normally I wouldn’t mind taking a couple days off skateboarding to let it “heal”, but I leave for California TOMORROW!
What happened this time? I fell off the business end of a flybox at the skatepark. As soon as I lost my balance, I realized immediately that I was going to land right on my tail bone. I attempted to grab something on the way down; the edge of the grind I just failed on, the top of the spine right next to the flybox, anything to make me fall in such a way that I might land on my ribs or my arms… you know, something you don’t need. It was in vain and I landed flat on my back/tail bone, though I DID manage to get my elbow underneath me somehow. I’m sure it was very awkward-looking.
Every time I injure my tail bone, the effects aren’t immediately noticeable. I know when I do it, but it likes to trick me into thinking everything’s okay. In fact, I continued skateboarding after the wreck and was only mildly sore the next day. The day after that, something was very obviously wrong and now, three days later, the transformation is complete: The whole area is nice and swollen and bruised. I have to walk like an old man and skateboarding is out of the question.
I really hope that somehow I’m able to skate at least one day during my stay in California. I’ll be taking my board and hoping for the best. If that’s too much to ask for, I’m also trying very hard to be as inactive as possible so that at the very least I can WALK during my trip.
Stupid fucking vestigial structures…
June 19th, 2007 at 11:55 am
I’ll assume that’s why you didn’t come get your wallet last night. How do you check for a bruise on your tail bone?
Lie naked on your back with a mirror between your legs that are up in the air?
Stand naked and try to bend over and put a mirror between your legs?
Hold a camera behind your back and point it at your naked body and take a lot of pictures hoping that one of them lines up your tail bone in the frame?
Get naked and stand back to the wall to measure the severity of swelling?
Basically, does it involve you naked in any way? This is REALLY gonna help my research.
June 19th, 2007 at 11:56 am
Also, have you heard Fate’s Prick before? Some of the gnarliest Hollywood infused rapindustrogrind I’ve ever heard.
June 19th, 2007 at 2:56 pm
You leave tomorrow? Man, I’m a bad friend for not knowing that. Better have a beer with me on your farewell rounds.
June 19th, 2007 at 3:14 pm
Bring some swim trunks so you can soak in the jacuzzi
June 19th, 2007 at 4:40 pm
He could soak naked too. That would be totally fine.
June 19th, 2007 at 4:50 pm
Seeing as I haven’t owned a pair of swim trunks for like 10 years…
Oh and Chris, I’m only gone for like 4 days. I might have to have a beer with you anyway, though. And some South Park. And some Court TV.
And Shawn, you don’t have to SEE something to know it’s bruised. I can definitely FEEL it’s bruised. I can get you some pics anyway, though.
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June 19th, 2007 at 5:28 pm
I like to see them. Well, maybe just your bruises there sweetcheeks. Pics or it didn’t happen. ROFLMALALMFORROLALFMFLALL!!!
June 19th, 2007 at 8:39 pm
Your mom has a jacuzzi? I shoulda got me one o’ them PHD’s so I coulda had me a fancy waterspout too.