Last week, I was sick due to an unknown bug. It hit most of my family, and included vomiting, lack of appetite, and the abuse of our toilets. We think it originated from my grandmother’s impromptu trip to the emergency room, as it affected everyone (well, almost everyone) that visited her, transmitting it on to maybe one other people before it died out.

Even the smallest mention of food would send me in a skittering run towards my toilet to throw it all up. At one point, all I had to eat was a banana and crackers within a four day span- at separate occasions, of course. I was so sick that my boss forced me to go home, only after realizing that I wasn’t making any jokes about my co-workers. Taking Immodium would only have me to throw up even further, so Tums almost became my regimen, as well as extra strength ibuprofen. Later symptoms would include shivers, joint pain, and hallucinations- the latter of which turned into an amusing night after a marathon of Scrubs, in which the characters from the show would walk around my bed and diagnose my symptoms.

I’m better now, thank you.

Sampson PondersI’ve had to deal with what you see here on the left- my friend Sampson injured himself skateboarding. Being the hippie that he is, he was riding his skateboard on the Fourth of July, going what he claims to be 35 MPH, without shoes, down a small hill until he hit a curb and flew into a wrought iron fence.

Genius. Simply genius. He’s fine now, save for a broken foot, a messed up knee, and that bandaging you see on his head. Two stitches are on his forehead as well, and he’s surprised the hell out of the doctors by receiving no head trauma whatsoever (to speak of). We don’t know how long he’ll be in this state, but it does hinder our projects somewhat in the process. A small posse of us went to go see Hancock together, and I brought Sampson along in my car, which he had great difficulty getting and out of, but we survived. I kept reminding him to get a handicap placard so I could park in handicap spots, but he forgot, of course.

Hancock was decent movie- had an amazing start, but simply fizzled out at the end of it all- I think the story tried to get an emotional side, but that was packed together all too much in the third and fourth acts, and left nothing of the comedy to keep the audience interested. Charlize Theron, whom wasn’t very well advertised for (I had some sense that she would be in the movie, but how large her part would be was still up in the air for me going in to see the film, as the advertisements only had Will Smith and Jason Bateman in it), pulled off her role quite well.

If anything you learn from this post, wear your helmet (and shoes) during skateboarding.