Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Houston, we have a problem.

I was limping during pride.

People tend to misjudge the likelyhood of rare events.  This comes up every time there's a natural disaster.

SoundsFun and I had been down in the dungeon.  We were using chain and restraints to workshop out a positions for use with rope.

We got soundsFun into position. 
The hands behind the back is a lways a good thing.  I used a long shackled lock to give the shoulders some rest.  These were pulled to an ankle.  With rope I would have pulled the ankle closer to where the large leg muscle wouldn't be useful.  The ankle to the ceiling keeps the floor work from moving away.
I had been hoping that this position would be usable.  At at first inspection it appeared so. 

I knealt straddling the leg that he had against the floor.  My knee hit the rubberized floor and my world filled with pain.  And I was suddenly on my back writhing in pain.

Half a minute later I was able to stretch out my leg.  A minute later I had caught my breath and pulled myself together.  And continued.  My knee will recover (after a couple weeks on ibuprofin), but my dignity is injured.

It's hard to prepare for something like this happening during a scene.  But I will do my best.