Of scarring

[jedusor]

I realized yesterday that the mark on my knuckle (where I scraped it on the basement wall trying to do speed laundry in the few hours before I left for the Mystery Hunt in January) still hasn't gone away. If it hasn't healed in over four months, I think it's likely to stick around. I only have one scar already, and that's from grabbing a piece of popcorn covered in boiling oil when I was two.

So my only two scars, both on my right hand, are from popcorn and laundry.

Damn, it feels good to be a gangsta.

Comments

[gerald_duck]

Just as well you didn't try making popcorn in the washing machine — then you could have been really badly injured!

[jedusor.livejournal.com]

I'm not all that good at making popcorn, even in the traditional fashion. (http://jedusor.livejournal.com/151185.html) :P

[hannahrorlove.livejournal.com]

Those are seriously the only scars you have?

[jedusor.livejournal.com]

They seriously are. How many do you have?

[hannahrorlove.livejournal.com]

A fair number. I had one big one on my left calf from a rope burn but it's since faded a lot. I have one next to my left eye from where an inner tube metal-thingie caught the skin. I have some thin ones on my right hand where an iguana's claws caught. One on the back of my left hand that's probably from an old mosquito bite. A pretty big one on my right wrist where I scraped it falling off a bike. One tiny one on my forehead from chicken pox. This isn't counting all the little ones here and there from not leaving the skin alone.

Man, this is a good icon.

[mamagotcha.livejournal.com]

Yeah, she's scar-free. All of my kids are remarkably unmarked... Cord's the only one who has needed stitches, and that was like four little ones in his eyebrow. He does have another funny scar but if I mentioned it in a public place he'd kill me.

Did that chicken pox spot by your belly button go away? I was sure that one was gonna scar... it was BIG.

[rubrick.livejournal.com]

Oddly, I also have two visible scars, and the first one was also from a popcorn incident when I was two. (The second was a bike wipeout when I was 7 or 8, and thus reasonably respectable.)

Actually, I may have a barely-visible chin scar from an ice-skating incident in college, through which I learned that when you smash your chin open on ice, the numbing effect may make it hard to notice. It was called to my attention a few minutes later when another skater pointed out I was bleeding all over the place.

While I'm rambling, my brother severed his anterior cruciate ligament (the classic football injury) while playing guitar.

[jedusor.livejournal.com]

While I'm rambling, my brother severed his anterior cruciate ligament (the classic football injury) while playing guitar.

How'd he manage that?

[rubrick.livejournal.com]

He was a big Pete Townshend fan.

[jedusor.livejournal.com]

I see.

I used to enjoy trying to play the violin in various positions. At one point, I was able to make recognizable music behind my back. Never did get the hang of holding the bow between my knees and moving the violin instead, though.

[rubrick.livejournal.com]

Have you seen this?

[jedusor.livejournal.com]

No, I hadn't! Damn. Very cool.