My Week In Review, or, Ouch! The Musical

     I introduced my finger to the spinning blade of a circular saw on Monday. That's the wound after it was temporarily stitched at the urgent care. It looked quite a bit worse when it happened, but I'm proud to say I didn't pass out the, either.

    That's me yesterday, all prepped for surgery at the Rothman Institute. At one time, I thought the likelihood of me being conscious with an IV in my hand was slim, but now I know.
    The surgery went well, or so I'm told. I was busy time-traveling to three hours after it started, which is when I woke up. Synopsis: Completely severed artery, tendon, and nerve, as well as a nicely nicked bone. Probably won't regain 100% operation, so that may put a damper on future PMMP reunions. Oh well, at least the finger is still on my hand.
     And, of course, waves tomorrow.

Movies I've watched today (in viewing order):
 
Two-Lane Blacktop - Starring James Taylor, Dennis Wilson, and Warren Oates.


Breaking Away - 1979 cycling film. As mentioned in a previolus post, I have been cycling a lot. I did a fifty mile ride last Thursday, which felt really good and was a really nice milestone to reach, and I've been gearing up to do some bike camping, but I guess that will have to wait.


Triplets of Belleville - If you have never seen it, do yourself favor and see it. If you have, but haven't seen it in a while, do yourself a favor an see it again.
 

Sorry if this seems rambling, my pain medication has just started to take effect, and that combined with one useable hand have made this tough typing. Maybe if I was typing in Dvorak....

Signs of the Times

     Spring is just around the corner, and even though it has felt like Spring for much of the Winter, there are a few things that come the changing of the seasons other than warm weather and sunshine. One of them is ice cream, and the fact that Jeffreeze is opening this Friday makes me so happy I get brainfreeze just thinking about it.

     And I'll be riding my bike there more, to partially (barely) offset the caloric consumption of a gargantuan Jeffreeze small soft serve. Since this winter has been so warm, and we haven't had many waves (up until the last two weeks anyway), I started road-biking a lot. I didn't really decide to, I just kind of suddenly felt like getting into it, and bikes have always been a part of my life, be it BMX or British 3-speeds, or what-have-you, and road riding was the next logical step. I bought the above Nishiki Sebring as a single speed, rode it like that for a bit, discovered the magic of gears (I still really like single-speed riding, and am in the process of setting up another bike for that), and added more stuff along the way. I have been commuting when I can, and nothing makes a work day better, in absence of a good morning swell, than getting an hour's bike ride in beforehand. Also, figured pretty conservatively, I save about 2.30 on gas each way, probably more now that gas has gone up a bit, and that makes it that much better. Of course, we won't talk about the cost of bike parts to a restless tinkerer...

    And despite the lack of surfboard construction recently, I have been surfing some, and here's proof! Every time someone captures me surfing, I'm just going straight on a crumby wave. Someday I'll see what I look like turning or something. Maybe an air...

     I have also been doing lots of prep for gardening this year, whether it be reading about it, working on the garden, or starting seeds. I found a book at the thrift store in the fall, Square Foot Gardening,which has a different method of gardening much better suited to small spaces, as opposed to traditional row-type gardening. I definitely recommend it, and I can't wait to see the results this growing season.

AHHHH! OK HENRY I'LL STOP WRITING NOW!!!!