who am i? what? (or, you've never heard slipknot!?)
yesterday around 5:15 i was riding my bike up to the local university to buy three-prong power adapters. it was raining, and when i stood up and started to pedal faster, my feet slipped off the pedals and got tangled up in the bike, and i plowed face first into the road.
right now i'm looking for slipknot mp3's. somehow i've never heard them, so it's not very useful when somebody says, "yeah, such-and-such sounds like slipknot", or, "so, you like heavy stuff, huh? like slipknot?" i just have to say, "i haven't heard them," and then face the withering deluge of confusion. "you've never heard slipknot?!" i don't know why that's so hard to believe.
at any rate, i'll be okay. the upper-left part of my face is kind of of torn up -- i look like i got beaten up in a movie. my knee also has a few scabs, and it's swollen, but i'm mainly concerned about the headache i've got. i have advil, though, thanks to josh of press button vend's timely assistance.
apparently there's another band by the name "slipknot". according to their website, they are "Boston's Best Improvisational Rock Band". they've also been using the name for 20+ years and have all of the rights to it. the other band, the "nu-metal" slipknot, apparently used the name without permission, even though their label knew about the conflict. i think i might just listen to this slipknot instead, just to "stick it to the man". i will also stop using so many quotes.
when i stood up in the middle of the road, my left eye didn't work. it was open; there just wasn't a signal coming from it. i remember shouting a lot when i crashed, and when i stood up, i wasn't scared or sad or whiney; i was angry. i was angry for letting myself do that, i was angry that it happened with no warning, i was angry because there was nothing i could do about it. i was angry because hurting myself makes me feel clumsy and stupid, and i hate to feel stupid, because i think that i really am. i don't want to be stupid, though. i'm not strong or pretty; what else is left for me?
crap, man, these mp3's are huge. sadly enough, i'm still on dialup, so it takes a year and a day (at least) to download every mp3. it's only through persistence and dedication that i've managed to build up my impressive library of 58 mp3s. hush, you. you know what's weird. i can find mp3s of the real slipknot (i.e., the jam band from boston), but i can't find any for the popular one. well, that's karma for you, right?
yeah, i'd say that that's karma for you.
well, this staring at the computer with a swollen eyeball is given me a headache (or is rather exacerbating my headache), so i'm going to go download mp3's in peace. thanks again for the well-wishing. toodles.