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Date Posted: 12:28:48 02/08/07 Thu
Author: AmyLynn
Subject: Inside ...
In reply to: Meg 's message, "OUCH! Poor you! (inside)" on 11:59:27 02/08/07 Thu

First, yes, I know the STUNT PERSON is the one who really fell. (Rolls eyes, LOL) But how do THEY feel after they do this all day?! I'm impressed, but not sure at what --- their bravery or their stupidity (I mean this in the best way possible). LOL

Second, why on earth were you RUNNING DOWN a hill?!?!

And Third,

My pride was injured early in my "falling" career, but now I have none left. I practically warn people when I'm introduced to them. "Hi, I'm Amy and I trip on air." (Not a very good opening line, huh?)

I try and be UBER-careful. (Except for that last fall down the basement steps, LOL) This means I walk like an old person on ice or down the steps, holding firmly to the railing, taking one step at a time -- I trip when I try and take two steps at a time, LOL -- and I go SLOW. I've been known to trip on dry, flat ground.

I think my problem is that my feet can't keep up with the rest of my body when I'm in a hurry, LOL. Though I say this in jest, I'm probably correct: I have moderate scoliosis (and though people say they can't tell, I surely do) and that does affect the feeling in your legs and the way I distribute weight on my hips when I walk, and because one hip is pulled up higher, the affect is my legs have slightly different lengths. Slight, schmlight --- it sure matters when you need to lift your leg to take that last step, or when your weight shifts slightly when you go down the steps.

Combine this with glasses, and you have an accident waiting to happen at almost any moment in time. My friends take it in stride and now yell out helpful little things when we travel or well, go anywhere ---

"LOOKOUT, there's a CURB! Did Amy see the curb? Somebody let her know--"
"Yes, yes, everybody, I SEE the curb."

"Well, there's 300 steps to the lookout point. Do you think she'll make it?"
"Yes, I'll MAKE it, just go ahead and I'll take my time. I do have to hold onto the camera AND the railing, you know."
time passes, and they've made it up to the top and rested, and then I'm there

And then there's ice. I mean, honestly, a person like me has NO BUSINESS having to walk on ice. I will never ski, either. Just break my legs, now, please, and give the doctor the money I saved from the ski rental. I've had good friends invite me to go skiing ...I wonder if they're out to get me.

I have had 2 really bad falls on ice in my own drive-way (it's sloped like a mountain ::shakes head::), and one EXTREMELY funny experience that makes me laugh whenever I think about it (I'm smiling now, in fact): I slipped on the flat, icy ground at the post office, and my legs went half-way under my car, while I was stuck between the car door and the drive-through mail box. I started laughing at the absurdity of this, and my friend in the car with me started laughing, and there I was, stuck, not able to pull myself up until we quit laughing.

I have no grace when I fall, either. I just fall, all over the place, in a big whoosh. It's really quite comical. I usually laugh about it, too .... once I get up and find the icy-hot.

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[> [> [> [> Re The Person Who Fell (inside) -- Meg, 13:46:49 02/08/07 Thu [1]

First, yes, I know the STUNT PERSON is the one who really fell. (Rolls eyes, LOL) But how do THEY feel after they do this all day?! I'm impressed, but not sure at what --- their bravery or their stupidity (I mean this in the best way possible). LOL

Oh, sorry, I didn't mean to make you feel bad. No, I mean, the character who fell on Meltdown was not Gibbs. It's a terrorist who's dressed like him. This guy does apparently die, because he takes the fall and doesn't get back up. We're led to believe it's Gibbs, until we see he's actually up on the landing. Designed to scare the crap out of us for a second. Gibbs apparently ducked in the other direction.

As far as the stuntmen, I have no idea how they do that. Not my idea of a fun job, but I'd love faking my death by gunshot. That looks cool (ie, Split Decision, or even being in Sasha Alexander - not Kate's - position on Twilight)

Second, why on earth were you RUNNING DOWN a hill?!?!

School track meet - at the end of the day they were holding a tug of war and encouraged some of us watching on the hill to come participate. Limited room, so my friends and I ran. BIG MISTAKE!

Oh, ice is a menace. I consider myself a success when I make it through a whole year without falling. And curbs? I wiped out on one outside my bank and skinned my knee royally. It was such a treat.

But I seem to be prone to the dumbest injuries too. I once cracked my arm falling off the couch while home sick. I was wrapped up in a blanket and the phone rang. I tried to hurry to answer it, got tangled in the blankets and fell with the side of my arm striking the corner of the arm of the couch. Two days later I tripped over a suitcase and hit my other arm in the exact same spot on the corner of the wall. That one didn't get cracked, just bruised.

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[> [> [> [> [> Inside .... -- AmyLynn, 13:54:10 02/08/07 Thu [1]



Re it not being Gibbs: Yeah, I figured out what you meant after I sent my message. You clarified this once before...the fact just hasn't stuck in my head, yet! LOL

Re your dumbest injuries: I'm sorry, but I laughed. I could see it in my mind, and I just laughed. I completely understand how these things happen. And I emphathize, too, if that makes you feel better. (I hope so!) I bet you got alot of grief from your friends, too.

AmyLynn

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[> [> [> [> [> [> Don't apologize! -- Meg, 14:09:12 02/08/07 Thu [1]

I laugh now too when I think about it. And yes, I got a lot of grief. My aunt kept telling me "Watch out for the curb" for months after that. (Until she wiped out three separate times when going up stairs - don't worry, she wasn't hurt)

Even the doctor got in on the act. He's checking my arm and when I told him what happened he said they would need to wrap me up in cotton wool. Thanks so much!

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