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Knee Appreciation Week
Dec. 20th, 2005 02:20 pmIt's eleven-thirty at night. Do you know where your knees are?
No, really. Consider your knees. Think of all they do for you, without your even noticing it most of the time. Remind yourself of their many uses. Bask in their glow as you successfully and painlessly stand up, sit down, get in and out of bed, climb or descend stairs, enter or exit the bathtub, crouch to pick things up...
As I'm sure you can tell, I have developed a new appreciation for my knees. The inspiration for my knee-love is that, earlier this month, I discovered myself abruptly stripped of normal knee activity. Beats me as to why, but my knees decided without warning to behave as if all the insulating cartilege within had been removed and replaced with unsanded plastic doll joint parts. My every attempt to bend my knees with my weight on them was accompanied by a serenade of crackles and pops that would have made the Krispies elves proud, as well as a burst of stabbing pains, as though a thoroughly-loaded pincushion had been inserted into each joint and was now exploding its way out again....
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This entry has been largely to distract myself from the fact that 90% of JSP is going back to America tomorrow, and I will be in the small percentage left behind to wave goodbye as the bus pulls out in about eleven hours. A lot of them are coming back for next semester, but it's still three months off and therefore a fair excuse for angst and distractive rambling.
Also, if anybody needs ideas for a cheap last-minute Xmas gift, I'd love a paid LJ account. XD I promise to bombard you all with (succinct) voice posts if you get me one...which ability would probably also encourage me to post more often...
No, really. Consider your knees. Think of all they do for you, without your even noticing it most of the time. Remind yourself of their many uses. Bask in their glow as you successfully and painlessly stand up, sit down, get in and out of bed, climb or descend stairs, enter or exit the bathtub, crouch to pick things up...
As I'm sure you can tell, I have developed a new appreciation for my knees. The inspiration for my knee-love is that, earlier this month, I discovered myself abruptly stripped of normal knee activity. Beats me as to why, but my knees decided without warning to behave as if all the insulating cartilege within had been removed and replaced with unsanded plastic doll joint parts. My every attempt to bend my knees with my weight on them was accompanied by a serenade of crackles and pops that would have made the Krispies elves proud, as well as a burst of stabbing pains, as though a thoroughly-loaded pincushion had been inserted into each joint and was now exploding its way out again....
( Read more... )
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This entry has been largely to distract myself from the fact that 90% of JSP is going back to America tomorrow, and I will be in the small percentage left behind to wave goodbye as the bus pulls out in about eleven hours. A lot of them are coming back for next semester, but it's still three months off and therefore a fair excuse for angst and distractive rambling.
Also, if anybody needs ideas for a cheap last-minute Xmas gift, I'd love a paid LJ account. XD I promise to bombard you all with (succinct) voice posts if you get me one...which ability would probably also encourage me to post more often...
