Slog - Comments on Memo to That Nice Canadian Girl I Totally Plowed Into Snowboarding Last Week http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/memo_to_that_nice_canadian_girl_i_totall Sorry about bending your pole with my face. Thanks for having a sense of humor, and for not having brittle bones. And if it makes you feel any better, check out my bruise, one week on: Fucking hurts.... Copyright 2008 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 17:31:43 -0800 Wed, 27 Feb 2008 13:02:59 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Lol Sorry about bending your face with my pole.

]]> Lol http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/memo_to_that_nice_canadian_girl_i_totall#c948561 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/memo_to_that_nice_canadian_girl_i_totall#c948561 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 17:37:11 -0800 Comment by Katelyn Anthony, is this like a gigantic Missed Connections ad or what?

]]> Katelyn http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/memo_to_that_nice_canadian_girl_i_totall#c948566 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/memo_to_that_nice_canadian_girl_i_totall#c948566 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 17:39:49 -0800 Comment by Aislinn Lucky! I totally have a bruise fetish, and that one is SWEET.

]]> Aislinn http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/memo_to_that_nice_canadian_girl_i_totall#c948569 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/memo_to_that_nice_canadian_girl_i_totall#c948569 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 17:41:24 -0800 Comment by Fifty-Two-Eighty NSFW!!! Skin!

]]> Fifty-Two-Eighty http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/memo_to_that_nice_canadian_girl_i_totall#c948571 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/memo_to_that_nice_canadian_girl_i_totall#c948571 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 17:43:29 -0800 Comment by Gloria The first thing I thought of was that mandala Starbuck painted on her apartment wall in Battlestar Galactica.

]]> Gloria http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/memo_to_that_nice_canadian_girl_i_totall#c948575 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/memo_to_that_nice_canadian_girl_i_totall#c948575 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 17:47:23 -0800 Comment by Fnarf Open the bruise up and let some of the bruise blood come out to show them. Come out to show them. Come out to show them.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/memo_to_that_nice_canadian_girl_i_totall#c948579 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/memo_to_that_nice_canadian_girl_i_totall#c948579 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 17:49:55 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle @2 - must be.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/memo_to_that_nice_canadian_girl_i_totall#c948580 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/memo_to_that_nice_canadian_girl_i_totall#c948580 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 17:50:25 -0800 Comment by Anthony Hecht @2 & 7 - No, it's just a chance to show off my pretty bruise. I already got all the women I can possibly deal with (1).

Ha! Shit, I'm in trouble.

]]> Anthony Hecht http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/memo_to_that_nice_canadian_girl_i_totall#c948586 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/memo_to_that_nice_canadian_girl_i_totall#c948586 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 17:53:19 -0800 Comment by Darcy @5 - I think I love you.

]]> Darcy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/memo_to_that_nice_canadian_girl_i_totall#c948603 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/memo_to_that_nice_canadian_girl_i_totall#c948603 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 18:04:50 -0800 Comment by RHETT ORACLE Echymosis-city. Man, watch that! Couple of years ago while biking around Green Lake, I ran into a park bench and hit my shin really hard. Took forever to heal; finally went to a wound center two months later. Two more months and wound finally healed but not without a lot of grief and discomfort and worry.

]]> RHETT ORACLE http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/memo_to_that_nice_canadian_girl_i_totall#c948614 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/memo_to_that_nice_canadian_girl_i_totall#c948614 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 18:16:13 -0800 Comment by bma At first glance, I thought that you were apologizing for plowing some Canadian girl.

]]> bma http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/memo_to_that_nice_canadian_girl_i_totall#c948615 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/memo_to_that_nice_canadian_girl_i_totall#c948615 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 18:17:08 -0800 Comment by Fifty-Two-Eighty A bruise fetish?? Wow. And here I thought I was the kinky one.

]]> Fifty-Two-Eighty http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/memo_to_that_nice_canadian_girl_i_totall#c948617 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/memo_to_that_nice_canadian_girl_i_totall#c948617 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 18:19:20 -0800 Comment by kinaidos If you look really closely you can see the definite outline of the Virgin Mary holding the Baby Jesus. The dark band skiers right and top is her hood. Jesus is the dark bit low down skiers left.

I presume that since you are a boarder and work for the Stranger, that the sacred apparition is ultimately due to her righteousness and not yours.

]]> kinaidos http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/memo_to_that_nice_canadian_girl_i_totall#c948620 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/memo_to_that_nice_canadian_girl_i_totall#c948620 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 18:21:51 -0800 Comment by Dan Savage I think she was a Brit, Tone.

]]> Dan Savage http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/memo_to_that_nice_canadian_girl_i_totall#c948623 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/memo_to_that_nice_canadian_girl_i_totall#c948623 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 18:27:13 -0800 Comment by Kent Cudgel That's not the small of your back, right?

]]> Kent Cudgel http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/memo_to_that_nice_canadian_girl_i_totall#c948638 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/memo_to_that_nice_canadian_girl_i_totall#c948638 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 18:57:59 -0800 Comment by Paris Hilton That's Hot.

]]> Paris Hilton http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/memo_to_that_nice_canadian_girl_i_totall#c948716 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/memo_to_that_nice_canadian_girl_i_totall#c948716 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 21:09:51 -0800 Comment by Anthony Hecht @15 - It's my leg.

]]> Anthony Hecht http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/memo_to_that_nice_canadian_girl_i_totall#c948721 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/memo_to_that_nice_canadian_girl_i_totall#c948721 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 21:29:54 -0800 Comment by NapoleonXIV It really looks pale and unwell. Get it to a tanning booth.

After that thing subsides, of course...

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/memo_to_that_nice_canadian_girl_i_totall#c948735 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/memo_to_that_nice_canadian_girl_i_totall#c948735 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 22:09:28 -0800 Comment by Fuck You Control your ride, asshole.

]]> Fuck You http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/memo_to_that_nice_canadian_girl_i_totall#c948755 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/memo_to_that_nice_canadian_girl_i_totall#c948755 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 22:54:23 -0800 Comment by ivan Fucking does not hurt if you do it right.

]]> ivan http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/memo_to_that_nice_canadian_girl_i_totall#c948762 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/memo_to_that_nice_canadian_girl_i_totall#c948762 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 23:16:18 -0800 Comment by Anthony Hecht @19 - Yeah, sorry dude. Much as I try, sometimes I do things I didn't mean to do. Can you maybe show me how to stop doing that kind of thing? I'm trying to control my ride--really I am--but I need help. Help me, self-righteous commenter, I don't want to be an asshole.

@18 - Pale != unwell. It's pale because it's winter, and because I'm white.

]]> Anthony Hecht http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/memo_to_that_nice_canadian_girl_i_totall#c948771 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/memo_to_that_nice_canadian_girl_i_totall#c948771 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 23:30:10 -0800 Comment by Mahtli69 It's nothing an application of leeches wouldn't fix.

]]> Mahtli69 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/memo_to_that_nice_canadian_girl_i_totall#c948799 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/memo_to_that_nice_canadian_girl_i_totall#c948799 Wed, 27 Feb 2008 00:48:21 -0800 Comment by Christin Owwww! That's awesome!

]]> Christin http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/memo_to_that_nice_canadian_girl_i_totall#c948825 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/memo_to_that_nice_canadian_girl_i_totall#c948825 Wed, 27 Feb 2008 06:02:26 -0800 Comment by Mr. Poe Canadian? She deserved it.

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/memo_to_that_nice_canadian_girl_i_totall#c948840 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/memo_to_that_nice_canadian_girl_i_totall#c948840 Wed, 27 Feb 2008 07:40:24 -0800 Comment by NapoleonXIV Bright orange and clot-colored hematoma the size of a baby's head splashed across your knee = unwell.

Translucent milky flesh of the walking undead = pale, even for a white guy....

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/memo_to_that_nice_canadian_girl_i_totall#c948846 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/memo_to_that_nice_canadian_girl_i_totall#c948846 Wed, 27 Feb 2008 07:58:55 -0800 Comment by El Jefe Watch your speed and stay in control.

]]> El Jefe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/memo_to_that_nice_canadian_girl_i_totall#c948855 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/memo_to_that_nice_canadian_girl_i_totall#c948855 Wed, 27 Feb 2008 08:21:48 -0800 Comment by Explorer Aren't you supposed to put a steak on that or something?

]]> Explorer http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/memo_to_that_nice_canadian_girl_i_totall#c948869 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/memo_to_that_nice_canadian_girl_i_totall#c948869 Wed, 27 Feb 2008 08:48:08 -0800 Comment by stool Surely you would have seen her from a mile away and given her space. I mean, as a Canadian she should have stood out against all that white snow.

]]> stool http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/memo_to_that_nice_canadian_girl_i_totall#c948892 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/memo_to_that_nice_canadian_girl_i_totall#c948892 Wed, 27 Feb 2008 09:15:35 -0800 Comment by duh Anthony: @19 didn't put it very nicely, but the point is valid. If you're running into people at a speed that would cause that kind of bruise (even to yourself) you're clearly not riding under control.

]]> duh http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/memo_to_that_nice_canadian_girl_i_totall#c948905 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/memo_to_that_nice_canadian_girl_i_totall#c948905 Wed, 27 Feb 2008 09:29:35 -0800 Comment by Aislinn 5280: Perhaps fetish isn't the most accurate word - I'm not sexually aroused by bruises, per se. I just really, really like them. More than most people. The two weeks after I went paintballing were amazing, because I had some of the most spectacular bruises of my life.

I guess that doesn't sound any less-weird than a sexually-chrged bruise fetish. Oh well.

]]> Aislinn http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/memo_to_that_nice_canadian_girl_i_totall#c948924 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/memo_to_that_nice_canadian_girl_i_totall#c948924 Wed, 27 Feb 2008 09:51:50 -0800 Comment by mintygreen @ fnarf


I think i love you

]]> mintygreen http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/memo_to_that_nice_canadian_girl_i_totall#c948985 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/memo_to_that_nice_canadian_girl_i_totall#c948985 Wed, 27 Feb 2008 10:36:32 -0800 Comment by terry Miller i was there, and the girl in question was standing in the middle of a chute on a black diamond run out of view from anyone above her.

she was on a hill that was "too hard" for her, and she rightly admitted she shouldn't have been there at all.

tone, i still have a slight pickle-finger and a nice bruise going on my knee from the wild fire run that almost took me out for the week.

]]> terry Miller http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/memo_to_that_nice_canadian_girl_i_totall#c949038 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/memo_to_that_nice_canadian_girl_i_totall#c949038 Wed, 27 Feb 2008 11:08:23 -0800 Comment by terry Miller oh and tone was such a nice guy about it that he walked the girl to the shop to buy her new poles.

when they didn't have any, he walked her to the demo center where they straightened out her pole for her.

what a nice guy.

]]> terry Miller http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/memo_to_that_nice_canadian_girl_i_totall#c949054 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/memo_to_that_nice_canadian_girl_i_totall#c949054 Wed, 27 Feb 2008 11:10:34 -0800 Comment by Geni Try a little arnica gel, it often helps. If the knee isn't swollen, a little gentle heat (warm water soaks) might help break up the dead tissue and speed up its removal. (If it's swollen, obviously an icepack is better to bring down the swelling.)

Google 'compartment syndrome' sometime, and see what can happen to a bad bruise on a large muscle. It's NASTY. Saw it happen to a couple people I played soccer with.

]]> Geni http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/memo_to_that_nice_canadian_girl_i_totall#c949437 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/memo_to_that_nice_canadian_girl_i_totall#c949437 Wed, 27 Feb 2008 13:02:59 -0800