I fucked myself up!

Ok, so whoever hasn't heard the story or seen the pics please beware.

So Shereen and I were trying to make fries on the stove with a pot of oil, when it got to hot and caught on fire. We covered it and it went out but caught again. We covered it again, then it caught again. Then I had the bright idea of taking it outside, so I grabbed this flaming pot of oil and ran it through the door and got some flash burn to my face(I'm still pretty though). Some of the oil did splash on to me and my sweater, which caught myself and my hair on fire. I stopped, I dropped, and I rolled. Being on fire had me a little pumped so we finally able to get some heavy towels to cover the pot and put it out. Shereen did call the fire department and ambulance and they were here within minutes. They cooled my burns with some saline solution and took me to the hospital, and at first look I only suffered 1st degree to the face, and it only felt like a severe sunburn. The docs said that my hands were a mix of 2nd and 3rd degree. I was given a tetanous shot and they gave me a perscription for Flamizine Cream, T3, and reffered me to the burn clinic the following Wednesday. Shereen was on duty for changing my dressings everyday. We ran out of the cream on Monday night so Shereen and Rocel suggested that I go into the hospital the next morning to get my dressings changed which I agreed to do. I was in and out with fresh bandages in about 2 hours. The next day at burns clinic was a bit interesting. By then I had a huge blister on my thumb the size of a base ball, not one of those softballs but like a pro size hardball. When the doctor came into my little alcove and saw this monster of a jawbreaker blister all he could do was look at me with a smile on his face and say "Nice!". Shereen and I busted a gut laughing with nurses there as they drained all my blisters and cut off all the dead skin. We were there for a couple of hours and now I have another appointment with them next Wednesday. Now Thursday came and went. This morning was a bitch of a way to wake up. I rolled over in bed to see who the hell was calling, I didn't recognize the number and didn't want to answer it. But it was still ringing and I said fuck it. It was a nurse from Vancouver General Hospital. It seems that anyone who visted the hospital this past Tuesday, which I was to get my dressings changed, may have been exposed to measles and they need me to come down to get an immunization shot. Fuck, so I had to get out of bed to get stuck by a needle again. I also forgot to return my dvds to Blockbuster. That's been my past 7 days. Any questions??

Note these pictures are very graphic and only look at them if you want to. I'm not making you look at them!!
These are pics from my visit at the burns clinic on Wednesday. The guy who took the pics was very cool about it and emailed us copies of the pics.
Thumb Before
Thumb After
Hand Before
Hand After

I too, am to be travelling

Yes, thank you Shouresh, I will be coming to Winnipeg. I am cementing the plans now, but I will be there from May 13th to May 21st.
On a vaguely related note, as I may or may not have mentioned to some of you, I have once again quit drinking. At the time of this writing, I have been sober for 38 days. The reason I mention this, is that if any of you suggest that we get drunk together while I'm there, it means you are a bastard. That being said, if memory serves, the Toad serves up a mean club soda, and I will be happy to sip that vile beverage while you lot get drunk and caper about for my amusement.
See you (some of you) next month!

For the Vancouverites

Winnipeg Travels

Hey.

I mentioned this in a comment on another post, but thought I'd make it official.
Amanda and I will be in Winnipeg:

May 24 - May 27. Not a lot of time, mainly coming in for my Mother's retirement party. However, we were thinking about trying to get together with our dear resident Winnipeger friends friday night (May 25).

June 13 - 24 (ish). Congrats to Rhonda and James. They're getting married. In Winnipeg Beach, too darn close to my parents cabin to not take it over for the weekend (15 - 17) and have a shindig. Come one, come all..

Now, that hopefully will get the ball rolling.

Matt

Half Pints Brewery

Here is a link to winnipegs new brewery Half Pints. All their stuff is tasty.

www.halfpintsbrewing.com

I want this accent!

it would go well with the mustache


PS: on a totally unrelated note, Nick I saw "the Host" last night, shit that was good! very weird, but very good.

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