It had to happen...

[fpessanha]

Well... do you know that feeling that warns you that a bad thing - a terrifying thing - is lurking about? I've been having that for quite some time now... so I decided to use my DE for a while, under the excuse that I was in a rush... However, yesterday, I decided that I was going to brake out my Dovo and shave like a man. The prep was great, the blade was keen and well stropped. The shave was going smoothly. And then disaster struck!

As I was going for some blade buffing on my chin, my left index finger and the blade had a very close encounter! I know that these things are sharp... but I found out that they are "no-pain" sharp! I only knew that the cut was bad because I started gushing blood and I felt the steel on my finger bone! A very strnge feeling... And my first thought was "Do not drop the razor! You don't want to nick the blade..." Then I shouted to call my friend and room mate, a medical student, so that he could assist me. And he did... I had to go to the hospital, of course. But I finished the shave with the DE, cleaned everything up and dressed as ususal. The result was 6 striches on a cut deep to the bone and almost an inch long. Cool!

And because I'm very calm and non-tragic, after I came from the hospital I went to class and in the evening, I cooked dinner for some friends and cleaned up afterwards...

Well... no biggie! I just wanted to share the experience.

Oh! And I learned a very important thing: when cooking risotto always stir with the same pace. It does make a difference when it comes to the gradual cooking of the risotto rice... that and always be aware of the location of the razor in relation to your moving body parts... such as fingers.