Ouch!

Yesterday I fell head over heels -
off my bike that is. Stupid me, I have a coil style lock - instead of sequestering it away in my backpack I put it on the left handlebar and rode away.
Later, while trying to slow down on a hill, I applied the brake - or as it turned out, the back brake only, as the front brake level on the handlebar was functionally blocked in its range of motion by my lock - and went over the front.
I gotta say, the worst part was the second of anticipation before hitting the ground, although that part sucked as well. A kind Samaritan in a SUV stopped to check on me - he said he was a first aid expert, and after looking over me gave me the thumbs up. My lip was bleeding, as well as my left hand which was also swollen - and my left knee was scraped up.
So I did the 4 block or show walk of shame from my accident site to home trying to put on a stoic face - but man was I in pain. And something didn't feel right with my front top teeth. A trip to the mirror at home reveled I had chipped m front two teeth -
man dentists love me, even my non-decaying teeth give them business!
Roni and Micah and Emmet took good care of me, and although I'm in pain today I feel much better.

On a more exciting note, I will soon be a published artist! A portrait I did of a female model's head back in 1989/90 (my final project for a basic stuido art class junior year in college) will grace the cover of the JHSBSPH literary magazine, The Stew. More accurately, a photograph of this painting will be on the cover. I submitted this as a lark after seeing a request for cover admissions posted on a bulleting board -
I have to say I'm guessing I may have been the sole entry, but hey my painting will still be on the cover knowhati'msayin? Time to arrange for a gallery opening ..
I did publish a story in the Stew after being approached by the then edittor in chief - but the editorial staff cut so much out of my story I'm reluctant to submit any more prose - they can't do this to a picture though.