Most of my friends are quite accident prone. I myself am extremely accident prone. I am known for getting hurt in really stupid ways, so much so that one crew I work with regularly actually has a betting pool on when I'm going to bleed.
Recently I got to thinking about scars, and how most people have at least one with a cool story behind it. I have loads, but all of the accompanying stories are stupid. What about you? Do you have any stupid-story scars? Any cool-story ones? I'll kick off with a couple of mine.
1. There's an inch-long scar extending south from my right eyebrow. I was bolting some truss together when my wrench slipped off the head of the bolt, causing me to fall forward and smack my face quite hard into the truss itself. My eyebrow burst open in something the doctor called "a boxer's cut." I was quite dazed, but I remember seeing a lot of alarmed looks as I walked backstage to check myself out. The next day, I found out that I'd left a 60' trail of blood, and had joined the large group of people who are literally scarred for life as a result of the Dave Matthews Band.
2. My right hand bears a long, thin scar from when I got too close to someone who was gesturing with a power tool in his hand. A paddle bit will slice you right open if you aren't careful.
In Dumb Injuries That Didn't Leave Scars news . . . I once cut my finger open on the first aid kit as I was reaching in for a band-aid to put on another cut finger.
Lastly, I once got a black--well, greenish--eye in my sleep. A full can of Arizona Iced Tea somehow worked its way 8" to the front of the shelf above the bed, fell over, and bounced off my eye socket and onto the floor, finally coming to rest in the bottom drawer of my nightstand. It was quite painful. I woke with a greenish eye and two scabbed-over cuts. Gave my husband quite a fright.
Recently I got to thinking about scars, and how most people have at least one with a cool story behind it. I have loads, but all of the accompanying stories are stupid. What about you? Do you have any stupid-story scars? Any cool-story ones? I'll kick off with a couple of mine.
1. There's an inch-long scar extending south from my right eyebrow. I was bolting some truss together when my wrench slipped off the head of the bolt, causing me to fall forward and smack my face quite hard into the truss itself. My eyebrow burst open in something the doctor called "a boxer's cut." I was quite dazed, but I remember seeing a lot of alarmed looks as I walked backstage to check myself out. The next day, I found out that I'd left a 60' trail of blood, and had joined the large group of people who are literally scarred for life as a result of the Dave Matthews Band.
2. My right hand bears a long, thin scar from when I got too close to someone who was gesturing with a power tool in his hand. A paddle bit will slice you right open if you aren't careful.
In Dumb Injuries That Didn't Leave Scars news . . . I once cut my finger open on the first aid kit as I was reaching in for a band-aid to put on another cut finger.
Lastly, I once got a black--well, greenish--eye in my sleep. A full can of Arizona Iced Tea somehow worked its way 8" to the front of the shelf above the bed, fell over, and bounced off my eye socket and onto the floor, finally coming to rest in the bottom drawer of my nightstand. It was quite painful. I woke with a greenish eye and two scabbed-over cuts. Gave my husband quite a fright.