Glad to see his inflammatory views on Comparative Literature didn't faze you at all, Mary.

You think you fractured a metacarpal, Tay? Did you get it checked out at all? I think you'd know if it was. Seems it would be hard to use your hand at all with a fracture there.

This guy ended up aiming for a head, missing, and hitting the floor. Amazingly, he had no fracture, just a postero-radial dislocation of his proximal fifth metacarpal. All that basically means that after we filled his arm with local anaesthetic, my preceptor and the resident pulled on his elbow and fingers respectively, and I pushed the metacarpal back into place (which feels about pleasant as it sounds.)

Good times.

At the bar minding my own business?

That's exactly how I got rolled by a bouncer at Hudson's on Whyte last winter. Assholes.

On the plus-side, by the end of the whole event, he got it worse than I did. I think I took one good punch to the face (which left my nose a little sore) and I think I fractured the metacarpal below my index finger by trying to block some of his punches (dude is a kickboxer apparently). Other than that, I got off scot-free. The bouncer on the other hand had a pitcher smashed on his head along with large chunks of ice before the manager pulled him into the bar and locked the door behind him.

Bonus round:



Band: The Pipettes
Song: Pull shapes
How I heard about them:??? just did once again

Alright seems about time for one of my questionable music choices:



Band: Minipop
Song: Like I do
How I heard about them:??? just did.

Ok, so the Matt you know and are friends with I "met" for the first time today at the Grad. School Expo at the U of A. He looked kind of familiar, but I wasn't sure from where. He's a pretty cool guy. It was good to get to know him a little.

so... for the future, Par, when we go to bars, we should mind everyone else's business?

Also, wow, it's been a long two days. Two OR days sandwiching an emerg night. This lifestyle is going to take some getting used to.

On the plus side, I saw my first patient who was out at the bar "minding his own business." That shit's hazardous to your health.

Yes, Mary, yes I do. You may have probably met him at Andy's place.

Hey Par - do you know a guy named Matt who's in HUCO?

okay, no one. not even some potential future child of mine shall ever receive this knitted gift from me. ... but seriously, DUDE, this is AWESOME!