Ooooooooouch.

The lesson for today, kids, is that you should not run downhill in business attire. Dress shoes are not the best for traction and don’t quite lace up properly to keep your feet in ’em like they should. I was trying to catch my train (which is kinda stupid, since the train comes every two minutes and I arrive at my office 30 minutes early everyday anyway.. But nevermind that) when suddenly I tripped. It wasn’t one of those catastrophic trips, though. It was the one where you keep running but you know that you’ve lost balance and it’s only a matter of time until you crash. Into the asphalt. On a hill. Yep, today was one of those days. I scraped up the palms of my hands pretty good, but other than a few cuts, I actually made it out okay. Despite landing directly on my iPod, it survived too. Fortunately, I threw every limb I had between me and the ground, so my charming good looks are still intact – no need to worry there.

Proving that I don’t learn lessons very well, I dragged myself off the ground, grabbed my bag, and continued the mad dash toward the station (much to the horror of the housewife who was getting off her bike to help.. I suppose it looked pretty bad to crash and slide).

Hey, “Whatever doesn’t kill you…”, right? I should start learning lessons one of these days.. Eventually it might actually start killing me.

Ah well!

Anyway, all’s generally well with me. Was gonna go to the bank today, but I’ll do it tomorrow. Work keeps piling up, but at least I’ll be taking a short vacation in two weeks!

Back to the office! Later!

Update….

Continue reading Lessons learned (or not)

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Ooooooooouch.<\/p>\n

The lesson for today, kids, is that you should not<\/strong> run downhill in business attire. Dress shoes are not the best for traction and don’t quite lace up properly to keep your feet in ’em like they should. I was trying to catch my train (which is kinda stupid, since the train comes every two minutes and I arrive at my office 30 minutes early everyday anyway.. But nevermind that) when suddenly I tripped. It wasn’t one of those catastrophic trips, though. It was the one where you keep running but you know<\/strong> that you’ve lost balance and it’s only a matter of time until you crash. Into the asphalt. On a hill. Yep, today was one of those<\/em> days. I scraped up the palms of my hands pretty good, but other than a few cuts, I actually made it out okay. Despite landing directly on my iPod, it survived too. Fortunately, I threw every limb I had between me and the ground, so my charming good looks are still intact – no need to worry there.<\/p>\n

Hey, “Whatever doesn’t kill you…”, right? I should start learning lessons one of these days.. Eventually it might actually start killing me.<\/p>\n

Ah well!<\/p>\n

Anyway, all’s generally well with me. Was gonna go to the bank today, but I’ll do it tomorrow. Work keeps piling up, but at least I’ll be taking a short vacation in two weeks!<\/p>\n

Back to the office! Later!<\/p>\n

Update….<\/p>\n

I have started making Japanese and English versions of the sketches I make, so figured I’d add on the Japanese version.<\/p>\n