It just occurred to me that an entire month came and went and I didn't post a fucking thing on this website...
I'm not exactly sure how things (day2day-life) got in the way of sitting down to jot down random thoughts or observations but April had an unusual amount of highs and lows.
Elliot Update - I don't think I ever posted a final Elliot update on the internets... His surgery was a success and the little nasty bit of "mass" that was cut out was benign. I didn't bother looking up this word, so I want to make it clear - he has the cancer that came up as "negative". We still have to keep an eye on him and take him back to the vet if it grows back. If that happens, we may have to explore removing teeth/bone in the area that is causing the masses to grow. He's been slowly recovering and he's just as awesome as ever.
2nd Degree Leg Burn - I don't quite know how this never made the internets, but I strained my calf playing a game of tennis. Went home, applied ice... incorrectly on my leg and I ended up with a second degree burn. How did this happen? Well... that's a really long story, but all you need to know is that you shouldn't apply Frozen/Salt-Water packs directly to your skin and run the risk of having said packs burst on your skin. It's freakishly painful and gross.
On the left - the ice pack being applied.
In the Middle - the morning after... it felt like a sun burn.
the Right side - roughly 12 hours after applying ice... it began to bubble and get crazy. I went to the doctor and it go SO MUCH FUCKING WORSE.
I'm perfectly fine now... the whole thing was hassle and I had to combat two kinds of pains - The Calf Strain (that took about 2 weeks to recover from) and the Burn (that took about 3 weeks to recover from).
Record Store Day! Braid - so I'm fairly certain that the best thing to happen in the month of April, was securing a copy of Braid's record store day 7" record.
Kids Get Grids - is surprisingly good. I'd be lying if I said their new stuff makes me swoon like I did in college, but this shit really makes me excited for more stuff to hopefully see the light of day.