Welcome to 2008

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The below is rated "NSPO" (non-squeamish people only), as it contains truly disgusting imagery!

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I like to think of myself as a fairly well-educated and intelligent person but once in a while I do something that makes me ask, "am I really that stupid"? And on New Year's Day I received an unequivocal YES.

The story begins at about 9 pm on New Year's Day 2008 with me and JL in the kitchen making dinner (salmon with hollandaise sauce if you must know). In preparing dinner I needed the use of a small blender/mixer which JL had on hand. However, it had recently been taken apart and cleaned thoroughly so in order to use it we had to put it back together. We pulled all the pieces out and put the thing together, then plugged it in and pushed on the top to get it going (its the kind that you just put pressure on the top and it goes "whir whir" and blends up the contents....kind of like the Magic Bullet for all of you infomercial watchers out there). Anyway, the thing did not work. So I pulled the top off (which houses the blades), pulled the blades off, turned them over and pushed them back in. Luckily it worked. Unluckily it was in my hands when it started!

So long story short, rather than hollandaise sauce, the blender instead blended my hands and fingers badly enough (think: slasher movie) that JL had to rush me to the hospital where they admitted me right away and scheduled me for reconstructive surgery the next day. I left the hospital less than 24 hours later with both of my hands in casts and bandages.....

I know this sounds bad but the upside is that I got off of work for about 2 weeks, I got my own personal assistant (in JL who had to wait on me hand and foot), I got to spend loads of time with the Chopstar AND I got the promise of a brand new high class, non-hand blending blender of my choice (again from JL, whatta guy)!

Since this happened literally the day after the infamous Bluey's incident I have to wonder if this is really going to be my year..... But I do know now, without a doubt, that I really AM that stupid!