Comments on: Hitting Bottom

By: SEK

SEK — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 02:17:05 +0000

Your motto, it’s become a grotesque. My eyes! My eyes!

By: JR

JR — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 14:25:27 +0000

Having experienced something quite similar (scene: moon slowly rising over the Capitol Building down Pennsylvania Ave, the white flash of the crosswalk light blinking invitingly, the soft rush of DC traffic… all quite lovely really with one toe firmly caught in a pedestrian pot-hole and rushing past at whatever velocity I managed to attain before face-planting with a dull thud in front of my colleagues) I can assure you that, in fact, the advantage of hitting bottom is that it is an enviable position to be in when you would like to move *up*. Or, failing to find refuge in that bit of comfort, to quote my three-year-old daughter’s favorite book at the moment… “Today was a hard day. Tomorrow will be better.”

By: Shhh

Shhh — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 06:57:34 +0000

I sooo feel your pain, having done the same thing in September in front of about 15-20 senior colleagues. I still have massive scars on my leg to prove it. (I’ll show you mine if you show me yours.) Take care, girl.

By: Jason

Jason — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 05:05:23 +0000

Ouch! This seems like a story in need of some Writer’s Embellishment, a la the old Letterman show. Perhaps something about you selflessly throwing yourself upon the uneven concrete to save your dean a more costly injury? Or a freak ice storm in SoCal? Spice it up to save some pride…

By: KF

KF — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 04:14:54 +0000

I’m all for home remedies, you know. I think I’m going to apply a little b-and-b (bourbon and bath) now.

By: meg

meg — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 02:14:01 +0000

Ain’t aging grand?

I hear that bourbon is very good for bruises both physical and psychical.