East vs. West
This magic life of paranoia I live, is really in fact not all that magical. Petrifying is probably a more appropriate term for it. Probably the majority of my fears circle around the possible injury of my dominant right hand. And while fleeting thoughts of bodily insurance and such has crossed my path, I always felt like it wouldn't be enough. Sure, any insurance thing would pay me a chunk of money for the rest of my life if I destroyed my right hand....but the money isn't the problem. It's the fear or really never being able to do anything again.
At the age of 15 after the violent tearing and straining of my Scaphotrapezium ligament and the dislocation of my 5th metacarpal on my left hand, quickly followed by a cast, physical therapy, and maybe the most awkward date I have ever been on (sorry Becky McKillip, yeah I thought Blade was terrible too)....I have never really been able to do a whole lot my left hand. But the time for change has come.
I have been training my left hand...to be, well my dominant hand if anything happens to ole' righty. This started when I realized that I need to learn how to smoke left handed while driving (this took a long time to get used to). Now my left handed abilities have branched into smoking, turning book pages, writing (thank god my handwriting is terrible right-handed, you really cant tell that much of a difference left-handed), using my mouse, etc. Basically, I am doing everything I can left handed except for drawing...which I figure is really the final stage. Drawing is the M. Bison to my left hand's world of Street Fighter. I assume drawing is going to be A LOT easier than using a brush left handed...but only time will tell. Then last night, a miracle of left handedness happened:
- This Mii whom I lovingly refer to as "Cromag", is my left handed Wii sports Mii. Left-handed tennis, left-handed bowling, left-handed golf....etc. I have even been known to play two player games, where one player is my right hand and one is my left. Then last night the left-handed baby jesus came down and blessed me with a left-handed miracle; a perfect left-handed game of bowling.
This is officially the lamest blog entry I have ever posted.
At the age of 15 after the violent tearing and straining of my Scaphotrapezium ligament and the dislocation of my 5th metacarpal on my left hand, quickly followed by a cast, physical therapy, and maybe the most awkward date I have ever been on (sorry Becky McKillip, yeah I thought Blade was terrible too)....I have never really been able to do a whole lot my left hand. But the time for change has come.
I have been training my left hand...to be, well my dominant hand if anything happens to ole' righty. This started when I realized that I need to learn how to smoke left handed while driving (this took a long time to get used to). Now my left handed abilities have branched into smoking, turning book pages, writing (thank god my handwriting is terrible right-handed, you really cant tell that much of a difference left-handed), using my mouse, etc. Basically, I am doing everything I can left handed except for drawing...which I figure is really the final stage. Drawing is the M. Bison to my left hand's world of Street Fighter. I assume drawing is going to be A LOT easier than using a brush left handed...but only time will tell. Then last night, a miracle of left handedness happened:
- This Mii whom I lovingly refer to as "Cromag", is my left handed Wii sports Mii. Left-handed tennis, left-handed bowling, left-handed golf....etc. I have even been known to play two player games, where one player is my right hand and one is my left. Then last night the left-handed baby jesus came down and blessed me with a left-handed miracle; a perfect left-handed game of bowling.This is officially the lamest blog entry I have ever posted.
posted by matthew at 11:00 AM
5 Comments:
I broke my right wrist just before my last year of college. I was heart broken and devasted for a while, but did start to draw with my left for a while. It's suprising how much drawing exists in your brain. It's really only the technical aspect that is limiting and with time you can train your left hand to do that. Many artists have.
Anyways, from then on I've taken my right-handed activities very seriously and cautiously.
you'll be able to call yourself "sinistral" if you become fully left-handed. that's just cool.
Wow! I can't ever get more than a turkey with my either hand in wii bowling. Congrats!
And I too broke my wrist...my dominant right wrist, and could draw or swim for a whole summer. It sucked.
this was an intense read
I actually have my Mii set as right handed, but I hold the controler with my left hand. I am right handed, by the way.
Damn you and your perfect game. I've gotten 11 strikes in a row (with my left hand), but never a perfect game.
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