chanaleh: It's hard work being bitter (bitter)
chanaleh ([personal profile] chanaleh) wrote2006-03-17 08:35 am
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Holy $#*^! faceplant, Batman...

This morning at about 7:15, I was trotting down Prospect St. trying to catch my subway so I could make my train... and I tripped and fell on my face. On the sidewalk.

No bleeding, no bone broken from what I can tell, but I bet it's going to bruise up nicely over the course of today. There's just a little visible abrasion on my left eyebrow (where my hair tends to cover it anyway), and my cheekbone has swelled up just enough that I can see it out of the corner of my eye. So everything's a bit tender there (to say the least; I probably could use an icepack, come to think of it). But my teeth seem okay and such, and I managed to miss my nose, so I think I got off pretty easily all things considered.

The guy who was walking behind me (whom, in fact, I had just passed in my hurry to get by, so it's a freaking lucky thing I didn't fall into the street in the first place) did not even PAUSE to see if I was okay, just kept on walking. Jerk! I think that upset me as much as anything else. :-P I wasn't in any pain to speak of, but so rattled that I was in tears all the way to South Station. (Doing fine now. Also, caught the commuter rail with no problem, thank goodness.)

However, I also seem to have broken my Treo (which was in my left front coat pocket, so I basically landed right on it). There's no visible damage to the screen, but it won't power up. I have a spare phone at home, but won't get back to that until tonight, so don't bother trying to call or SMS me.
EDIT: Duuude! I managed to reset the Treo and it works!!! What a relief! -- However, my eye is getting steadily more swollen; between that and the kohl-like red streak emanating from the corner, I could have gone as Cleopatra for Purim a couple days ago. :-/

[identity profile] dragonfriek.livejournal.com 2006-03-17 03:08 pm (UTC)(link)
If the Treo's not under warranty anymore I'd be happy to take a look at it for you-- I've expanded my repertoire of Small Electronics What I Know Too Much About The Taking Apart And Fixing And Mostly Putting Back Together Of to include phones, treos in particular. And I haven't gotten a peep at you in far too long. :)

[identity profile] chanaleh.livejournal.com 2006-03-17 07:22 pm (UTC)(link)
That's awesome, and it'd be great to see you. Let me check out the warranty status and see how it responds to first aid... and if I can get it resolved, we can just hang out to bitch about car-buying instead. :-D