Happy Boys’ Day, Boys!
May 5th, 2008 by World Wide EdWell, not really. Today is technically “kodomo no hi” (Children’s Day). But I say Heckwitdat! Like Timberlake says, “I’m bringing sexy back!” Girls of the world have their Hinamatsuri (Girls’ Day) every March 3rd, so we should have our own day too right? *grin*
So how did I spend Boys’ Day so far? Bleeding in a hospital bed. Well, not quite, but close.
In a softball game yesterday afternoon, I took my usual place at Shortstop. Nothing out of the ordinary. The sky was clear and the sun beamed down on us as always. In the second inning, a hot shot came scorching down my way. Again, nothing out of the ordinary. But today, for some reason, that scorcher decided to get nuts and take a bad hop on me. A bad hop right in my face.
As soon as it hit, I knew it was bad. Aside from the sound it made when it smacked me in the kisser, I could hear the reaction of my teammates as well as the other team. The “ooohs!” and the “ohhhhs!” were echoing.
As I slowly made my way back to my feet, I could see my shirt stained with blood from where I covered my mouth. I then ran my tongue across the back of my once straight teeth, and found a virtual rocky mountain side at the tip of my tongue. Three of my bottom teeth caved in from the impact and were loose. Coach John made me laugh by asking if they were crooked before, but I think he was serious in his questioning.
With an already depleted lineup (we had only 8 players) I told myself to “man up” and keep playing. Others kept telling me to go home or go to the hospital, but I wasn’t having any of that. Besides, the doctors probably couldn’t have done anything besides give me an ice pack and tell me to take it easy. The real “fixing up” would be the next day when I go to the dentist.
Which leads us to today, celebrating my Boys’ Day, getting a root canal and my grill re-rearranged for a whoppin’ $492 (after insurance!). Oh what fun.
One of my teammates Neil called me the “manliest of men” for continuing to play after the incident. I laughed not just because of the comment, but because right then, I knew it would make an apropos, “manly” post for WWE (World Wide Ed).
Anyone else with horror stories out there?
***WARNING***
The following photo is of my jacked up grill. For those who have a weak stomach, you may wish to take your mouse off that scrolly bar. For those daring and few, keep on a scrollin’ to check out the loveliness that is me (you’ve been warned):
Don’t hate me because I’m beautiful!
Tags: boys' day, children's day, girls' day, hinamatsuri, kodomo no hi, tango no sekku
May 5th, 2008 at 12:05 pm
Spud Ed, I’ll be honest here, since we go way back in the day, but me thunketh that it’s only appropriate that the softball position you choose to play is SHORTstop. Ha! I’m kidding, man. I’m more fit to play goalie in hockey, because my opu takes up the entire space of the goal.
Sorry about the injury, man…make sure you don’t need stitches! Maybe you can take the opportunity to ask your dentist to make your grills so the whole top’s diamond and the bottom rolls gold. Until then, now that you have crooked teeth, people might think that you’re a tourist from Japan!
May 5th, 2008 at 12:09 pm
Holy fish flags flying! I had to read that again . . . I thought you were talkin’ about an incident that happened in little league (were you in little league, Ed?)! But, that happened yesterday!? Take care, man. Green tea’s good for dental injuries. Take care man.
See? First Advertiser blogger to mention our day, BOYS’ day!. LIKIN’ THIS BLOG A LOT. I’m part Japanese, and I get Boys’ Day money from my Japanese side. Yeah, I’m in my 30s and I still get Boys’ Day money [!]. Ahhh, part of it only ends up going to pay for Mother’s Day gift this Sunday anyways, heh. Yep, right back to the ma’, aunts, grandma that gave you the okane in the first place. See a conspiracy here
, heh.
With that injury . . . make sure you get your money too, Ed!
May 5th, 2008 at 12:33 pm
Holy crappers…sorry to hear about your injury dude!! You GOTTA post a pic for your avid readers!! You know we’re all dying to see it!!
Oh…and btw….Happy Boy’s Day to you!!!
May 5th, 2008 at 5:20 pm
* franksabunch: Haha, very funny. Just because I’m under 6 feet tall, it doesn’t make me short.
Grills sound dope, but I think I might be too old for dat… unless they got spinners! 
* Chicken Grease: Thanks man! Yeah, I had Jamba for lunch and stocked up on soup for the rest of the week. Looks like I’ll be losing weight again. LOL! I should ask the ‘rents if I’m due my Boys’ Day money. That would be nice. Nah!
* Miss Pris: Hehe, I’ll probably post the pic laster tonight for the scare factor alone. It looks pretty jacked up! Don’t say I didn’t warn ya!
May 5th, 2008 at 7:38 pm
I seen Ed’s lip first hand and I must say, he must be pretty “manly” to have gone through that. Hope your lip and all your other injuries heal fast so we continue to be weekend warriors. Everyone out there in the “Blogging World”, be sure to visit Ed’s blog because he might be just your average swollen lip guy but he sure has some damn interesting blogs. Lets make Ed the number 1 blogger in Hawaii, he deserves it. Personally, my life might not be very interesting but reading Ed’s blog makes me realize that I’m extraordinary in every way. Beware bloggers out there, we got a new sheriff in town and his name is Ed (Supahman Blogger) Sugimoto and he’s about to ROCK the Blogging community.
Happy Blogging
May 6th, 2008 at 7:06 am
Ed, you one supa man.
I injuried my mouth at work many years ago. I was working on a car and used a lot of force to loosen a bolt and the wrench slip and my mouth kissed the part of the vehicle I was working on. My inside lower lip was cut up and I cracked 2 teeth.
May 6th, 2008 at 12:20 pm
Incredible. That’s just . . . man. Tough. M, your situation sounded bad, too. Hahah, too much, franskabunch, tha’s funny.
Cripes. No work’ comp’ or third party to make pay for the incident, too. Man.
Ed IS the Supahuman Blogger, as Dave said.
May 6th, 2008 at 1:12 pm
* Dave: Thanks for the positive words. Means a lot coming from you, the real journalist!
* M: Yikes! Sounds similar. Sucks yeah? I gotta go back tomorrow to re-crack my teeth back into shape. D’oh!
* Chicken Grease: Hehe, thanks man! It really was nothing. It’s more irritating than anything else. I can’t eat (again), have to miss games in other leagues, and the $$$. Oh well, hopefully this’ll be the last time eh?