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Premature Fall?

David Nunez

30 Oct 2004 — 1 min read

Trees rapidly approaching from underneath...

Ouch! Oh. Ugh... garr.. crap.. #$#!% my LEGS! (I think they just broke!) oops oh OHHH! arghh. OHNOOOOO.. pain! pain! oh. noise! snapping, scratching... OUCH!! too fast! TOO FAST!

SLAM!

so.... will I survive?

Dunno. I wish I had more confidence in my gumption. At the very least, this is going to be a very difficult and long road to recovery; would someone please turn up the lights?

This is nothing like I envisioned things to go. I had a reasonable, responsible plan. I saw bright LEDs at the far end of the tunnel. I had all my bases covered... the time was flying by like nobody's business. I was settled and resolute.

And then...

Well... And then the Great Universe decided that I needed a wake-up-prodding to hasten my jump out into the abyss.

Thanks, Great Universe... Thanks for nothing.

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