Thursday, August 19, 2010

Important Question & Blading Accident

Why did you decide to use Blogger as your blog platform? I'm trying to decide what is the best option out there.  When I used to try to blog here, the themes, wallpaper and general look & feel felt very generic and inadequate.  Now, it looks like the good folks at Google suped things up a bit and made it easier for people to have nicer looking pages.

On a completely unrelated note, let me tell you about what happened to me a few weeks ago while I was out enjoying the summer.  I went blading along the lakeshore in Toronto with a couple friends who wanted to go jogging.  They jogged while I bladed.  I don't jog, period.  Anyway,  at about the 3rd hour or so of blading, I was going quite fast along the trail really enjoying the wind, the speed and the weaving in and out of human traffic.  I was able to do some thinking and see parts of the city that I don't really get to see.  It was a lot of fun, when suddenly in front of me is a small group of people who were stationary appeared.  I simply weaved in front of them and thought nothing of it until I stumbled over what they were walking around - a small street sign.  I tripped, and fell on a biker and the both of us went face first into the pavement.  My momentum took me by surprise and I literally smacked my face into the ground and hurt my wrists in the process.  I quickly got up, brushed myself off and tried to ignore the crowd of people nearby who were rushing to my attention.  I wanted to take off, but I was kind of in shock to be honest.  One lady with a baby carriage came up to me and insisted that I check my teeth and asked if I needed anything.  I said I was fine.  But I wasn't fine.  I spat out blood and checked my teeth.  Good thing they were okay.  Turns out I cut the inside of my lip and bruised it up pretty badly.  The nice lady gave me a bunch of baby wipes and a small towel for me to clean myself up with.  I eventually went to the hospital to get a tetanus shot and a stitch in my upper lip.  This is the 2nd time I had to get stitches. 

At the time, I didn't even think much about the kind lady who came to my assistance, but now that I think of it, I am glad that she was there to give me those towels.  Very kind. 

It's been a few weeks since my little accident and everything is fine now, but my left wrist still kind of hurts.  I'm sure in due time, all will be fine.

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