If comedy equals tragedy plus time, then I’m sure I’ll find this latest development hilarious in due course: last week, I fucked myself up pretty badly in a bike accident.
On Tuesday night, I was on my way to the Laughs open mic when I hit a fissure in the road. Long story short, I catapulted over the handlebars onto my face, and sustained a mild concussion. While my faceplant resulted in miraculously shallow cuts and bruises, I also somehow managed to curbstomp my left front tooth.
Luckily, it didn’t expose any nerves, the facial abrasions are going away pretty quickly, and the concussion was incredibly mild. Somewhat less luckily, the huge gap in my front tooth makes me look like a disfigured hobo.
For the last few days I’ve been recovering and just generally feeling sorry for myself.1 I’ll be back to regular blogging soon, though I probably won’t be at any open mics until the end of the week at the earliest.
- My appointment with the dentist on Tuesday will determine just how much longer I’ll have this freakish visage, and how much it’ll cost to fix. [↩]
Holy Cow. That’s terrible. I’m glad you’re ok.
Damn Potholes. With the dentist money you could probably just buy a POS car. lol. Then potholes won’t matter so much.
Andrew J Rivers
August 24th, 2009
Or maybe that’s the joke.
I got a yugo specifically so I wouldn’t have to worry about potholes.
Or what’s the old ford thing that blew up when it got rear ended?
Andrew J Rivers
August 24th, 2009
[...] from its inadvertent role in my recent maiming, I have nothing but warm feelings for Laughs and its friendly proprietors, Dave and Angela. [...]
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