all in a day's one-handed work
[can't spin am forced to ride the mower]

HOW ABOUT SIGNING THE GUESTBOOK!?! NOT SIGNING IT IS...NO FUN.

well there's the entry before last where we get a flat tire in chicago... and then last time i wrote it was, "my hand was crushed in a wood splitter..."

no really, what happened to my hand, why it's been in a splint?- jealous husband. ha

hah pretty much what happened was my hand was in between the log being split and the steel floor that the log is pushed against. i was getting a protruding piece out and, without looking and unaware, the old man pressed the crank for chopping the wood- good thing it's only like a 2-spd splitter or my hand would be gone. the pressure from the log smashed it, the blade wasn't close if you're wondering. went to the emergency room and was appalled and crying over how bad the help was. ELKHART GENERAL'S EMERGENCY ROOM SUCKS (ant's mom dawn, a nurse, says st joe's is much better too). as i was wheelchaird into a room, i was angry that the hospital wasn't doing anything i was in the worst pain i've ever been in they don't even offer an ice pack and kramer hollers, "give 'em hell nate!" then it took over an hour to get morphine. no good.

since, it's been a few days and it's amazing how the right hand's healing! for one, i can type again. for two, i have a hand! it's still a shade of black but the swelling has been going down significantly and i can put more pressure on it, though, not enough to open a canister of pills heh, not enough enough to shift my car. buttoning and zipping pants was my biggest obstacle the first 2 days. it's still hard to squeeze out toothpaste.

thank you for being concerned all! and to ant and nick for stopping by. haha and charlotte and sara's concerned im's from tennessee were nice to come back to and funny (because the hand's in good shape now).

so...i was going to write more but i'm tired (and blaming it on the meds- vicadin and ibeprofin woo!). did you know everyone musical think bush must go (hates his guts)- except jessica simpson britney spears ted nugent and other notable exceptions?

a short rundown of things: friday night rodino's was fun but the party ryan had hoped for never turned out; was really happy nick mike kurz seevs erin and ant were there and of course matt and andrea. i think geoff's nicer when he's drunk hahah he wanted a hug, aj is cool, brooks was fun till drama got to him, and ryan's a real good guy. saturday (after the hand thing) a lot of people were in and out of acosta's and it was nick's last night in town. his parents have leased him a new black 2004 honda civic ("no one my age deserves a car like this. i love my parents!" ~nick). ant and erin were calling me megaman with the blue splint and said i should jump like him with the food and arm out. sunday nick was over at noon for longer than he wanted and i hopped to and made him a going away mix. that night Dad and i went to feed the birds at the retirement home and Gma's good friend and neighbor from across the hall, avia baker, is worried about me getting liberal professors at iu because a note from senator tom delay said professors are "brainwashing" college students to be liberal- she's really funny. Gma says she labors over answering every bit of her stack of conservative junk mail ("i guess you could say she's well-read" ... "she was really disappointed in lugar for supporting gay marriage...she has everyone going to...well, you know where" ~Gma). avia was playing with nickie (the cat) and taunting him to bite her, seeing who's quicker lol. monday hung out at work with louie and randall, and then had dinner at lakeshore grill with lonnie and randall and it was a nice time, and also the third day in a row that i had a new york steak (gubi's saturday, Dad's sunday). afterwards stood out at our cars with randall for an hour. today i listened to the decemberists, 2 blur albums think tank and parklife, hot hot heat, and the broken social scene at work, went shopping and got 2 pair of shorts and damn i went to old navy i used to wear size 30-30 now im 29-30. figure that one out!?

TO CARLY: hahahah THANKS FOR SIGNING THE GUESTBOOK! about what you said, i just wrote about it because you basically summed up the situation and not because it was thaaaat mean. included the pronunciation for mogwai because i've been saying it wrong too. who wouldn't without a friend like louis to catch the mispronunciation? it was an interesting day, i think then and in retrospect. i think we amuse ourselves enough. and that damn flat didn't see us coming.

TO DO LIST [not in order]: clean car and clean room. see family and email them. hopefully see coach baker. go to lauren's central-memorial cross country meet coming up. dl music. pay back erin $20. make hmm hannah a mix and one for you too if you're reading and you want one (tho i guess i'm always wanting to make that definitive mix and only get around to 1 or 2 or 3 a year that i'll count). see tom cruise's Collateral. want to see the chuck buk-- documentary and the outfoxed: rupert murdoch's war on journalism documentary someday. friday is the central memorial football game. saturday charlotte wants to have a back-to-school bonfire! when we go down to iu at the end of next week we have to get situated and catch bloomingfest (50 good bands on campus, and part of the proceeds go to moveon.org). then the first week of school is the RNC have to watch that. nick's mom is sewing up a shirt and cords for me woo! i need windshield wipers that work. have to return people's pictures that i scanned and charlotte's cat's cradle book. need more trunk briefs from wal-mart. want to burn bruce andresen 2 elkhart choir cds. tomorrow i'm reading the issues of rolling stone and spin and getting louie the subscription number for spin because they fucked his up and gave it to me and billed me; but it's a good magaizine.

this could be a better entry. then again, fuckit, bedtime. i guess one final thought- finding my cat upstairs in the dark, sitting next to the birdcage on the dining room table last thing at night reminds me of walking in on a masturbator, i dunno. night friends and WOXY lovers.

--gowdy

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