After a year and several months of riding, I had my first spill on the V-Star the night before last night...I've spent all day pretty much just resting.

In the left lane, giving a little extra gas to beat a yellow light, some dumb broad from incoming traffic crept slowly into my lane trying to enter a parking lot across the street. Being stupid, I "slammed" on my brakes, which locked up the rear wheels, forcing my bike to do a bit of sloppy dance.

Inertia basically won as I was thrown from my now sideways bike, slamming against the pavement. I was wearing a full-face helmet, leather jacket, pants, and good biker boots...but I learned nothing from falling laws from Shaolin several years ago, and the main points of impact were my right palm, chest, right knee, and right ankle. My bike never connected with her car, thankfully.

I got up on my knees, crawled over to the bike and assessed the situation after the emergency personnel propped it upright; the bike's fine. A few new battle scars and a very slightly bent handlebar (riding straight, the left hand is a little lower and the right hand is a little higher). But there's a reason bike's aren't made out of flesh, because I was banged up but GOOD.

My right palm and thumb are all road-rashed, and my wrist is sore as hell. Can't really make a pinching motion with my thumb, and my wrist seems to be the focal point of my pain.

Ribs are pretty sore from slamming onto the concrete in a near belly-flop. Area of my back in-between my shoulder blades is pretty sore now, too. Hurts to cough, hurts to sit-up.

Walking with a limp, knee is pretty road-rashed. From my knee to my ankle, it just feels really sore. For a while, I couldn't lift my toe with my boot on, but even as I type this, that's feeling better. I'm mainly concerned about my wrist; if I can't draw, I'm fucked.

*sigh*...so, I'm basically recouperating. Taking a dive onto the pavement is not fun. I'm shooting to finish "Doom: Repercussions of Evil" by Halloween, and soon after I'll be knocking out the next Hogabeast project: the Starfox parody.

I gotta focus on speed. Animating and getting this shit done swiftly! On top of that, I could realistically be getting money from local bands for fliers! Keep an eye peeled for them in the Art Portal as they finish.....

...Why did I have to acquire an injury at a time like this!? *groan* Film at Eleven. yowch.

-G-