Sunday, September 10, 2006

Ouch

I had a hangover.

I got in the shower.

I dropped the shower gel.

I bent to pick it up.

I smacked my head against the window sill. Very Hard.

Pain x 2.

Now I have a charming bruise and cut on my forehead, and feel a bit dizzy.
And yesterday I was dancing around getting ready to go out (as you do) when I whacked my funny bone against the doorframe, getting another nice bruise and scratch. Don't know what's the matter with me at the moment, seem to have lost all gross motor skills.


21 comments:

realdoc said...

You may be brewing a cold as a decrease in gross motor skills can be the prelude to a nasy upper respiratory infection or it may just be the after effects of a night on the tiles.
I know this is the wrong post but the song lyric that always grated on me is 'It's not very pretty I tell thee' in I Predict a Riot. It's that 'thee' it's just wrong thou knows.

Annie said...

Well I never. What it is to have a real doctor in the house... will break out the echinacea...

I want to ask you something, but am afraid to give the men further ammunition - is it true that women get more clumsy (dropping things, for example) at certain times of the month? or is it just me?

I'm with you on the Kaiser Chiefs, and their faux-Shakespearean lyrics.

realdoc said...

I've never seen any convincing evidence that women get more clumsy at certain times of the month but female hormones have been accused of causing almost every human woe so it may be true.

Billy said...

I am clumsy all the time, and I can't ever blame hormones. Bah.

Annie said...

Billy - guessing from your colourscheme, your bunny icon and your loyal lady readers, you're in touch with your feminine side. Blame that instead.

Realdoc - oh. I'm just a klutz then.

Anonymous said...

I think the kaisers can get away with using 'thee' by virtue (not that I think it's a particular virtue) of being Northerners.

Anonymous said...

Ahhh - so thats why they always advise you against dropping the soap in the showers. Especially in prisons.

Anonymous said...

Do you still have a hangover cause I am waiting for next blog now!! Anyday now - what would I do at work if I didn't have your blog to check!
B.S xxx

Heather said...

Hi there hope you guys had a good time last night. Sorry I couldn't be there to meet. The next one? How were the questions?

Annie said...

Rad, you're so right - how very Southernist of me. (It still sounds funny though.)

The Changing Man, ah, bless. If you ever have to go to prison, I will whisper to you why you really shouldn't drop the soap in the showers.

Sar, it's coming petal, but back to school and all that - take a look at all the other clever people on my link list in the meantime.

Heather, it was great, though *whisper* Billy missed the Hawkwind question...

Anonymous said...

No - it's not the same!
BS xx

Unknown said...

this is probably weird, but i get no hangover. at all. ever. i can be one real fucked up mess one night, but always up with a fresh head.

not that it saves me from knocking my head everywhere, i do that on regular basis regardless, but at least it saves me the stupid hangover.

Quink said...

Hangovers are bad enough, but having one of Lucky Jim proportions when you have to face a class of Year 9s is the nearest I've come to swearing off drink.

Maybe I wasn't cut out to be a teacher after all... I admire you for doing it Annie.

Annie said...

Treespotter - I hate you. ;-)

Do you knock your head on purpose? Sometimes I feel like banging my head against the wall too.

Quink *shudder* I understand totally. Thank you. Yes, I feel my job is getting in the way of my drinking somewhat.

Anonymous said...

Hi Annie,

New face saying hello.

I'm not a doctor, or female but in my experience some women do get accident prone at certain times of the month. Some women are more affected by hormonal changes/imbalances than others and it's not funny!

I'm always bashing myself but I don't know what my excuse is, Male hormones? Alcohol? Old age? Stupidity? Or just a combination!?! :)

bloggin the Question said...

I had a friend who went up north to do an english BA, went to shelter in a tunnel in the rain with hood up, northern lad in tunnel says "what's up with thee, hooded cunt?". Don't know what that says about menstral dispraxia.

Shyha said...

Hi!
I bashed to door frame with my hip once! How to hit a frame with hip not hitting other parts of body (hands and legs in particular) ??? :)
Maybe some kind of drink mixtures made you a bit "dismotored"? I had a situation when I made a bet and drunk (no more than 50ml) of maggi+coffe+sugar+salt+pepper+something else what was on the table (beer probably) and I couldn't say a word after that. I had clear mind but only gibberish came out... strange.

BiB said...

...but not to the point where you can't blog for almost a week? Get well soon! Come back soon!

neena maiya (guyana gyal) said...

I get accident prone with pms. I am very nervous about driving the car then.

Annie said...

Welcome Tattiehead. I reckon it's like Helga says, it's dyspraxia. So what if it's a fancy word for clumsy, it sounds much more technical and therefore classy...

Helga, ha! Hilarious, yet sad. Aggressive, yet funny. Almost poetic. Like many of your posts, this gives me a mixed feeling and makes me want to laugh and cry at the same time...

Shyha, that's some talent. And what is maggi? (where can I get some...?)

BiB - thank you my dear, nice to know you care. (It was work and not because I was wandering around in circles in a daze.)

GG, that seems only natural, dread to think what I'd be like behind the wheel. Fortunately for everyone, I can't drive ;-)

Shyha said...

Maggi: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maggi
especially part starting with "In German-speaking Europe..."