///hear me roar///

Thursday, August 16, 2001

so i finally took my first fall on my blades.... it had to happen sometime, right? hehe. i was out blading yesterday, and there's this really long hill, and at the end there's a sharp left (i like going around the block so i don't get lost :P). so i always brake all the way down the hill, that way i'm going relatively slow when i have to make this turn. well i finally decided that the only way i was going to conquer the hill was to just take it! so i come around the corner, and the hill begins, and i start picking up speed. but i don't brake. i just let it take me... by the time i get down towards the turn, i'm really flying. so i try to make the turn without slowing down, and i kinda spin around and take a nasty fall. my jeans completely rip open at the knee (they're pretty much shreaded) and my knee has no more skin. it was burning, but i could handle it, so i keep blading for about 30 min after the fall (but i never did go back to that hill :P). when i get home, i look down, and my jeans are soaked in blood, and my knee is basically a bloody pulp. so i shower, bandage it up, etc etc. it hurt a lot more after i took care of it! it was even hard sleeping, with it throbbing. and it keeps soaking through the bandages with blood. but i think i'll go blading again today, stiff knee and all :) you'll never get anywhere if you don't take risks (in rollerblading or otherwise!).
Jessica 6:28 AM