watch your fingers

the combination of chain, cog, and finger can be an awful one.
photographic evidence.

one year ago today

quite literally one year ago to now i was sitting in an e.r. being put to sleep to have this finger relocated. fuck that.

yes, really

a car crashes into a bike race in mexico. surprisingly, only one dies.

more about it on msnbc.com.

i saw my doctor today

and he said i was all set to start physical therapy.
i had my first run today and it went really well.

i have a new splint.

the gauze will be off tonight.
the physical therapist cut out all of the scabs under the skin.
and it looks like this.


no more scabs, no more gnarly splint.

bike rides to come.

so today

i received a call from the doctors office explaining that the doctor won't be able to see me tomorrow because he's sick. the purpose of the visit, outside of seeing how my hand is doing, was, more importantly, to remove my stitches. my skin is dry and tight and those stitches were creating awful little tears in my skin. so, i had my dad remove them. it hurt like hell because dude put them in so tight, seriously, tight. well, they're out! some snips and a little blood and i can move my thumb! gang bangin!


suck it doc. see you monday.

today would be

a great day to ride around downtown and tease e-tards.
but no.
instead i'm listening to m.ward and eating pizza being a grump.