James Wynn

I seem to have the worst luck with injuries. Anytime I have one, I never do it the easy way. We were playing catch and I catch a ball wrong and stub my finger. Not so serious I figured, I’ve done it dozens of times. We tried pulling on it and messing with it and eventually iced it and left it alone. But eventually I went to the hospital cuz it looked a little funny, and I could only move the tip in one direction.

So yeah, its broken. And as I said, I never do anything the easy way. Turns out the area of the bone where the tendons connect broke off. The tendon is fine, the bone is just screwed. Well, actually its about to get screwed. Or more acurately pinned. Two pins to be precise. I go in on monday for the surgery. Really I should count myself lucky; I’m getting to see a rare side of Japan (the inside of a hospital) and its considerably more cheap than getting it done at home. Socialized health care is awesome. I’m definitely a fan now. Six X-Rays and all my lab work cost me LESS than $90, and the surgery is only going to cost about ￥15000, which is around $135. A small fraction of what it would most likely cost in the states.

As for Penthouse Views, some friends and I went down to Osaka to party at the top of the Hilton. A nice buffet of gormet cakes and other various desserts accompanied by one of the best views in Osaka. Some of the best cake I have ever had; they even had Sakura Cheesecake. Once I gather the pictures I will post them.

“When a man cries, he cries alone, but when he laughs, the world laughs with him.” - Oldboy

Yeah, its been almost 3 months since my last post, although its not from lack of content. The CS program here HATES its seniors, in addition to me just being absolutely dismally impaired at time management.

I’ve come to the point in my life when I must face my destiny. I must come clean and show the world who I really am. No, I’m not gay. I’m a SUPER HERO! My powers have been manifesting for quite some time. I thought I might relate to you some of the powers, so that you might better understand.

One of my super-abilities is that of shooting my mouth off. I have the innate ability to just ‘know’ the worst possible thing to say at just the right moment. E.g. I comically bring up a dead mother comment to a friend shortly after his mother had died; I ranted about kicking a grader in the face for the way he graded something, only to find out he was sitting in the room; I ripped on one of my group mates while he was sitting right behind me; I used the term ‘gay’ in a perjorative manner around one of my gay friends, needless to say, he was not thrilled. These are just some more recent examples of my super powers at work.

I’ve also displayed the supernatural ability to be unreadable to women, or so they relentlessly complain. Never have figured out whether this is a good thing or not. I’m gonna stick with it is, but I think that just goes back to my primary super-ability of unwittingly being a total dick to girls.

With these powers in mind, I ask you, my humble readers (still wonder who the hell you are) for suggestions for my Super Hero Name, for only then can I unmitigatedly don the mantle of a true super hero.