Here's what not to do if you are riding your bike, taking off one of your gloves and trying to put your iPod on at the same time when your headphones get all tangled and your iPod starts to slip out of your grasp: try to save the iPod. Know why? Because you will start to lose control of your bike, drop the iPod anyway and fly into a dry canal, where you will hit your head so hard your hat falls off. Your glasses will break, which will momentarily lead you to believe you have suffered severe brain trauma because you can't see clearly out of your right eye. A nice young man in a suit will see you in the ditch, stop his car and help you pick up your overturned bike. You will say, "I'm okay! I'm okay!" to him in Japanese, then as you are riding away, you will reach up to touch your hair and discover there is a giant crispy leaf in it.
You will remember there had been a car coming towards you when you fell. And they didn't even stop.
You will cry when you get home, because your shoulder hurts and you broke your glasses and the hood of your jacket is full of dirt and you just Googled "head trauma" and wasn't that a mistake? But you'll talk to Rob and two of your friends will call and then you'll feel better, just sore and a little mad at yourself.
Remember: forget the iPod.
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Comments (15)
Yowch! Hope you are OK, Anjali! That's a nasty-sounding fall.
iPods are nothin' but trouble.
Posted by Hayley | February 1, 2007 10:38 PM
daijoubu! daijoubu desu! :)
it's either "forget the ipod" or "try to do only one other thing while riding a bike".
Posted by gleek | February 2, 2007 12:07 AM
Masaka! O__O Daijiyobu Anjali!
I hope you are ok! Don't feel too bad, we all do some silly/not so smart things sometimes. :)
Posted by Sera | February 2, 2007 1:42 AM
Dude, I do shit like that all the time. I'm sorry to hear it happened to you, though. The glasses thing sucks, but now you can get a new pair of sweet specs before you head back to the homeland! And saving the ipod is not a bad thing. I think you need to sew yourself a little ipod holster.
Posted by Mariko | February 2, 2007 3:33 AM
Ouch! Hopefully venting helped - it always makes me feel better.
Posted by Anonymous | February 2, 2007 5:47 AM
Oh! Dear :(
don't feel bad, those things happened, i broke my glasses also because I sat on them while my coffee cup was burning my hand X_X.
I hope the trauma doesn't give you more problems.Take Care
Posted by Denise | February 2, 2007 5:52 AM
Oh! Dear :(
don't feel bad, those things happened, i broke my glasses also because I sat on them while my coffee cup was burning my hand X_X.
I hope the trauma doesn't give you more problems.Take Care
Posted by Denise | February 2, 2007 5:53 AM
what about the bike, man?? how`s the bike? (said in a rough tough Harley rider voice...)
it`s all about the bike!!!
and let me know if you need any assistance from Nagasaki......
sorry to hear about your accident. I dumped my scooter once and my glasses ended up in a pile of noodles in the gutter...
Posted by jan in nagasaki | February 2, 2007 7:22 AM
It feels weird commenting here because I've been reading your blog for a few months without saying anything. But I felt compelled to step out of lurkhood to say - I hope you feel better soon!
I broke my glasses a couple of weeks ago and what a debacle that was! Coming from the States it was hard for me to come to the realization there are no "one hour glasses" or "glasses while you wait" out here!! So I walked around with glasses with only one earpiece for awhile...
Don't know where you're located but the "insiders" tell me that the Seiyu here in Fussa can do glasses in a couple of days, rather than a week or so.
Posted by Gigi | February 2, 2007 10:13 AM
Think of the blog that LEAF is writing right now...
"...so there I was, just hanging out with everyone down at the dry channel, minding my own, when WHAM!
Next thing I know, I'm stuck in her HAIR! Which was such a bummer because I had just gotten all the fuzz off of me, and then I went and got hair on me.
...long story short, I'm really achy and kind of scared to go back to the dry channel. I mean you just never know."
Glad you're okay. Quit harrassing leaves! Eco-terrorist. ;)
Posted by Therese | February 2, 2007 10:45 AM
I'm so glad you're okay! That sounds scary and generally unpleasant, but at least you weren't hurt badly.
By the way, I just finished reading through almost all of your archives here, it's super entertaining~
Posted by Zena | February 2, 2007 11:35 AM
Thanks for all your nice thoughts everyone! Except for my sore arm and broken glasses, I'm fine and back at work today (though I got a ride). TGIF! Or as my high school Spanish teacher would say, GADEV!
Posted by Anjali | February 2, 2007 1:20 PM
Hi, I live in Tokyo and do things like this...frequently. A few months ago, I was riding my bike to the store. I tried to flip my purse into the front basket(why stop for 2 seconds), the purse missed, got caught in the front wheel, and I fell over sideways(think "Laugh In"). The only person around(in Tokyo?) was the 80+ man walking towards me a block away. When I returned home, I called my husband at the office and told him what happened. His answer...did this happen at the sports club? He goes to the same sports club. I guess he was afraid he would be identified with the crazy foreign woman that fell off the stationary bike. I was fine, except for the largest black/purple bruise on my backside. Take good care. I hope you feel better.
Posted by Rhonda | February 2, 2007 4:54 PM
Hey, glad you're already better! That sounds like one bad fall. And those people who just drove by without stopping are hopefully very ashamed of themselves. :P
Posted by Barbara | February 4, 2007 8:43 PM
Oh Anjali:
My condolences - feel better soon. May I recommend some chocolate? I'm sure that fabric and paper shopping and umbrella making and sushi eating facing in a favorable direction will help heal the hurt.
Best from Boston,
-Lori
Posted by Lori Magno | February 7, 2007 1:24 PM