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Previously: Day 25 : Your day, in great detail
I guess this prompt isn’t really that good, since accidents aren’t really weird. I guess I’ll just talk about any major problem/accident that I’ve had, in chronological order.
1. I broke my arm in 4th grade. I was on one of those gliders that you hold onto and it rolls down a track. I think I was trying to do that “slam” thing, where you kind of launch it to the end. I unfortunately did not land on my feet, and instead landed on my wrist. Both bones in my right arm were broken, and I remember distinctly what my arm looked like, where my arm was parallel to itself, through the plastic inflatable splint I was administered. It didn’t hurt, and I didn’t cry, though now I’m going to think that it was due to both shock and the adrenaline. I got a cast, and wore it for a while through the rest of fourth grade. I also went on a trip to New York. I got lots of people to sign my cast, including Tara Lipinski and some firefighters from the FDNY. Pretty cool
2. I set my toaster on fire sometime towards the end of elementary school. I had put some girl scout cookies on a cookie sheet, but I think I left the foil too long and it may have touched one of the heating elements, and it started a fire. The first fire extinguisher I tried was empty, and the second one blasted the fire out, but also shot some cookies out of the oven onto the counter. We’ve still got a burn spot where the cookie landed.
3. I fractured my ankle in 7th grade. I had a rolling backpack when I was going to school, and strapped it onto a bike rack on the back of my bike. It kind of messed up my balance, and one day as I was biking to school, my foot slipped off the pedal and it dragged in front of the pedal until i hit a white picket fence. Several people helped me there: A classmate who I always saw walking to school saw me fall, and stayed with me to make sure I was ok. She brought my bike to school when I was picked up. I ended up being really good friends with her, which was cool. A teacher that biked past me often also saw, and reported to the school. The school psychologist was giving a talk to the health class, but he actually ran out of class and carried me to a near by classmate’s mom’s car. Crazy!
4. Finally, something not personally injurious! My junior year of high school, I parked my car on the street since I hadn’t purchased a parking permit. However, some construction was going on across the street. My poor van (NETGEAR!) was backed into by one of the company’s vehicles. A semi. I was left with a large dent in the side of my car (about 1ft d) I actually didn’t realize it until later that week, and then didn’t realize that they left a note until it rained and I used the wipers on my car. But, it was fixed, and my car looks as good as new!
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Day 24 : Photo of the Pet
Previously: Day 23 : A YouTube video
So I do not own a pet. However, I think that if I were to, I would want something that looked like this:
He looks confused! I like Schnauzers because they look fluffy but kind of distinguished. It’s like they have the equivalent of a crazy handlebar mustache on a person. Or, if I decide not to get a dog, maybe I will want something like this:
But, I don’t want my cat to be mean. Or to run away all the time. I would probably prefer to have a funny cat like one on YouTube. Or maybe, one of THESE!!
Ok maybe not that.
For more info: 30 Things in 30 Days
Day 23 : A YouTube video
Previously: Day 22 : A website
There is an extremely high likelihood that I have sent this to you before. This is a British chap named Alex Day. He sings songs and makes amusing videos under his YouTube handle "Nerimon”. He has a series of videos where he reads the lyrics of various top songs in the UK and comments on them. Some of them are just terrible (N-Dubz: Sexercise!) In this case, because it is Lady Gaga, it is a combination of “oh this is good” and “hello I am crazy!”
Actually I only found out about this guy because he reads/paraphrases Twilight on YouTube. It is really quite amusing. I’ve embedded only Ch. 1, but he’s recorded up to ~Ch 14. I rather enjoy watching him. Also, because he is British, I like to listen to him talk. it is amusing!
Also he does this interesting thing where he has people draw the faces of playing cards for him. That way, he’ll have a complete, original deck of cards from friends and people that he has met! I actually would like to do that as well, so perhaps look forward to that in the future.
For more info: 30 Things in 30 Days