Windows Broke My Hand
I managed, by misapplying my fist to a stud tucked away in a bedroom wall, to snap a bone in my right hand over the weekend. More specifically, my hand was turned slightly too much to the left when, in a fit of teenage rage brought on by the incessant stupidity of Windows XP's repair console, I punched a wall, really hard. It didn't hurt immediately, but a few minutes later, when I felt two bones in my hand crunching together I looked down to see that the pinkie knuckle on my right hand was almost completely pushed in. That's when I decided to drive myself to the ER in my stick shift. A few X-rays and no pain medicine later a doctor told me I had broken the fifth metacarpal in my right hand. The best part was how she told me, bustling into the room about midnight and saying, "You did it babe, it's broken." I felt like handing out cigars.. with my left hand.
I get casted later today, but I've already confirmed that I can still hold a controller and play by using my left hand and three of the fingers on my right. Typing is going to be a little more of a chore, but it's not like I've ever been typo free.
For those of you wall-punchers out there reading this, and you know who you are, I'd suggest taking up loud cursing. Being forced to wear a cast on your hand for something as stupid as punching a wall is sort of like wearing a giant "I'm an idiot" sign around your neck.
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