My Foot Is Broken: What I've Learned After A Few Days On Crutches

my foot is broken: what i've learned after a few days on crutches

shit I didn't know/even think about before edition

your armpits are NOT supposed to be resting on the crutches. you are supposed to use the handles, straighten your arms, and the top of the crutches are supposed to be about an inch or two lower than your armpits- the rubber is just there because otherwise it'd really fuck up your upper arms. crutches make your PALMS hurt, not your armpits.

default hospital aluminum crutches can fuck you up. they cracked my damn phone screen. they will crack your head open if you let them.

carrying/holding shit with crutches is HARD. like, near impossible if you're trying to hold a medium sized thing in your hand. if your friend is new to crutches and tries carrying something while clearly struggling, please help them.

also heavy backpacks are fucking nightmares in crutches. do they give you more momentum? yes. do they make your palms hurt even more because they're not supporting 120 pounds of person but now 15 more pounds of pure academic beef (and candy)? YES. also my boot is heavy so that's like an extra 6-7 pounds. that's 20 extra pounds, y'all.

being able to put some pressure on your foot is a GAME CHANGER. y'all if one of those feet is not touching the ground you're either swole or need to take breaks because damn I did that for a whole day and I was so goddamn tired by the end of it (remember, I'm also a regular rock climber- this was definitely more tiring than going to the gym, to say the least)

being injured has made me really appreciate how good my body is at compensating. can't use the foot? knee. can't get up to throw something away? it's a 3 pt shot. need to sit down but you're facing the wrong way, on one foot, and your crutches are across the room? balance and spin around! it's a flourish and also fun! every new thing I need to adjust to is just a quick problem solving task with multiple right answers.

yes, you can't do menial tasks like you usually do. yes, you'll be frustrated that you straight up can not do some things. but listen, able-bodied people whose injury isn't permanent, you're literally going to heal. you have the rest of your life to do everything like you did before. have fun with doing it differently for a few months.

this is by no means exhaustive (I actually have a helluva lot more written down) and definitely not reflective of people who live with mobility aids on the regular- just some things I hadn't realized as an able bodied person who's also never needed a proper mobility aid before

Stray (2022) but you're a witch's familiar trying to gather necessary ingredients in modern day. along the way you're given increasingly difficult quests, like finding an eye of newt on the tip of Manhattan Island (yes I know eye of newt refers to an actual, non-newt ingredient but let me have my fun here okay). your final quest? get a tear from the innocent. you're locked in a room with the 1%, go

this is so good i'm going to lose my mind

literally just thinking of arthur and mera's son falling for someone

just submitted the paperwork to change my legal name so it's storytime, damn it: why's your user/blog name All of the Above?

warning: it's a bit sad, but it's about my time as a kid, so you knew that already.

let me tell you a story. a story of a young, mixed race, queer, disabled, afab kid with some trauma and emotional issues you could walk to the moon on. actually, i won't tell you the whole story; safety online and all that. but, i'll tell you the bits you need to know.

notice how that entire list was just attributes that are unchangeable? none of that list mentioned that the kid liked to sing, draw, write, and talk to the quiet students in class because they liked their stories and nonthreatening body language.

because that's what i was. that's what everyone made me out to be: a list of things. but they didn't expect it! they said, looking at a kid who learned to pretend to be NT, completely white, and hetcis out of a habit just to adapt to the majority of people around them.

it just became inevitable. that i would always be strange, and people would turn to the words, the indicative words, as a quick explanation for whatever they needed justification for accommodating.

so i wanted to take that for myself. say, "yes, i check every single box you have," and stare them down. because i'm more than the sum of my parts and all that.

tl;dr sometimes, something is so ubiquitous that the only way not to be driven a bit mad by it is to reclaim it. so it's ironic. i'm "all of the above" but, really, just one person.

another post about my coworkers because they're wild

so i work at a rock climbing gym and a kid on the youth team (~9 years old) was really scared being a few feet off the ground

child: *actively crying*

coworker: oh, sweetie, it's okay! just imagine [the head coach, our boss] in a penguin costume!

head coach, having misheard: yeah! I'm going to order a penguin costume right now if you make it to the next hold!

long story short the next week we had to give up controlling the kids towards the end of practice because they were busy following around Mr. Penguin

JUSTICE LEAGUE INFINITY #3 / Cover art by Dan Mora

I'M GOING TO LOSE MY SHIT IS THAT CALVIN ELLIS MY FAVORITE SUPERMAN EVER

background: he's a your kryptonian named Kal El who crash landed on Earth as a baby (this time with even mildly realistic skin color because if you need to absorb sunlight you're going to have a dark complexion!) styles his fighting based on the boxing training he had as a kid, became the president of the US, and runs literally his own JL, the multiverse JL (usually comprised of the most powerful iterations of leaguers throughout the DC multiverse), and also makes time to be the president-

I just can't with him he's so ridiculously op in time management of all things

by the way have you seen his costume? coolest shit. I get that the trunks are traditional but m8 the golden belt is sooo good. with the house of El silhouette in the middle? aspirational! and that modernized S? beautiful! so clean! the one shoulder cape that kind of reminds me of old medieval knights? dashing! the high collar? are you trying to kill me? phenomonal!

fun fact! inspiration for his design came from Barack Obama and Muhammad Ali, the creators from him are Grant Morrison and Doug Mahnk

i love that J'onn and Bruce look incredibly similar. oh you guys

I can't get over the fact that this Bruce has a more tacky color scheme (showing approachability?)

and this J'onn is just... a different shade of green? please never change your JL outfit in the DCAU, J'onn. I can't say it's my favorite outfit of all time (because it's not) but it's perfect for you in this universe- please don't get rid of it.

absolutely adoring the Nubia Wonder Woman

with more gold accents like a necklace and more gold on the tunic and skirt. looks very purposeful and more warrior-esque rather than trying to stay close to the traditional Ms. America thing from the first WW origins.

ngl i really prefer this outfit because having silver bracelets with other golden accessories always bothered me so Nubia Absolutely Got It Right

then Arthur has his chest covered! oh what a day!

the close cropped hair and lack of a hook says quite a lot about his character differences already.

also is that the Sydney Opera House behind him? is this Aquaman from the southern hemisphere? oh my god please tell me he has an aussie accent that'd be amazing. (if we get Aussie Aquaman can we please have Actual Southerner Calvin Ellis, too? please that'd be amazing. and New Jersey Man Bruce. and Actually Greek Nubia. and Midwestern (Detriot, duh) American J'onn. and Place He Was Raised Carter Hall.

oh hey Flash has a new outfit! pretty minimal but also similar to Bart's? I'll decide if I like it when I see the whole thing.

hey look it's *squints* Hal?

OKAY so I Googled to see which GL is on Earth 23 and got this from Fandom.com: "John Stewart is the Green Lantern of Earth 23." then I realized that they've already changed some other Earth 23 canon already by including Aquaman and J'onn so I give up.

if you were looking for commentary on his clothing then i think yes he looks cool I just am so confused why he's wearing white?? that's usually a parallax thing? is this Hal and he's in his Not Parallax Anymore aftermath? I give up

then... oh Carter Hall, never change. I love that the big yellow "X" covers his nipples of all things. this mans.

the obvious difference between cooler tones for the OG league vs. warmer tones for the alt team is great I just want them to make J'onn less lime green.

I'll probably review JLI #1 finally like in a week? I just keep forgetting to get around to it. by then it'll already be JLI #2 time and goodness knows I've already bought that because I preordered it hell yeah