ouch. ouch. ouch. ouch.

Remember that one time in Encounter At Farpoint when Counselor Troi wailed out, "Pain! Pain!"

Remember when Mr. Spock was all, "Pain! Pain!" which was totally not Vulcan-like?

Remember when [Lost spoiler redacted]?

Remember that time your company had a Christmas party, and instead of a band, they got an Agony Booth?

Yeah, that's me right now. Yesterday, I was smashing some trash down in the trashcan beneath the sink, and I learned that a dogfood can lid on its side is an incredibly efective cutting tool, especially against the top of my thumb, just across the knuckle.

If you ever want to see what the inside of your thumb looks like, or you want to bleed twenty-three gallons of blood all over your house on your way from the kitchen to the bathroom (because, having seen the inside of your thumb, you're kind of in shock and don't stop to think, "Hey, there's a sink right here, dummy, don't go all the way across the house to the bathroom!") or you'd just like to watch your normal typing rate drop by 90%, this is a great way to do that.

Oh, and as an added bonus? You get to wake up about every 90 minutes all night long, because your thumb is throbbing, itching, or both. And if you play your cards right, you'll get to have a tetanus shot, too.

Yeah. Goodtimes. Good. Times.

Hopefully, I'll be back to normal by Thursday, but until then, probably not so much new spiffy stuff here or elsewhere, because typing is a real bitch right now.

Afterthought: a bunch of people have asked why I didn't have the deadly lid and the can in the recycling, where it belongs. That's a good question; unfortunately, the answer is: I just didn't walk the lid out there, and the can was being used to hold bacon grease (gross.) If it makes a difference, I've had PTSD every time I've gone anywhere near the sink in the last 24 hours. And I'm on my way to the hospital to get a tetanus shot tonight, instead of waiting for my regular doctor tomorrow afternoon.

11 PM - Aaaaannnnd I'm back. I went to urgent care at 8, because "that would be faster than the ER," logic which apparently comes from the run-across-the-house-while-bleeding portion of the brains.

Okay, it actually was a lot faster than the ER, and I had no business being in the ER with my gaping and life-threatening little wussy cut anyway . . . but let's be honest with each other: didn't "that would be faster than the ER," logic which apparently comes from the run-across-the-house-while-bleeding portion of the brains make you giggle a little bit? I'm glad, because nothing makes a joke funnier than pointing it out, and going on and on about it.

The attending was impressed with my butterfly sutures and my splinting, didn't laugh at my totally awesome pirate bandage, and gave me a tetanus booster before sending me on my way with no need for making-Wil-faint stitches. I was going to ask for a "be nice to be cuz I've been shot" sticker, with the teddy bear and the hearts and bows, but I figured that being able to take a rusty nail without fear until I'm forty-three years-old was good enough.