From 9fce418b46c9f0894f429384ef9e3dabaeffbeb4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Case Duckworth Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2015 16:36:17 -0700 Subject: Change file hierarchy and rewrite makefile - File hierarchy is now as follows: - / - appendix/ < appendix source files - backlinks/ < backlink sources & builds - hapax/ < *.hapax source files - scripts/ < scripts, like *.js, *.hs, etc. - templates/ < templates for outputs - text/ < source files - trunk/ < assets, like css, images, heads, etc. - index.html - *.html - Makefile --- text/x-ray.txt | 46 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 46 insertions(+) create mode 100644 text/x-ray.txt (limited to 'text/x-ray.txt') diff --git a/text/x-ray.txt b/text/x-ray.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d8df7f0 --- /dev/null +++ b/text/x-ray.txt @@ -0,0 +1,46 @@ +--- +title: X-ray +genre: prose + +id: x-ray +toc: "X-ray" + +project: + title: "Buildings out of air: Paul in the Woods" + class: paul + order: 30 + next: + - title: Wallpaper + link: wallpaper + - title: Yellow + link: yellow + prev: + - title: Yellow + link: yellow + - title: Writing + link: writing +... + +While chopping a tree in the woods with his hatchet (a Christmas gift from his mother) a bird he'd never heard before cried out. +He jerked his head up and to the right as the hatchet fell down and to the left. +It cut deep into the back of his left hand. +A low thud didn't echo in the forest because all the needles and snow absorbed ~~sound well~~ the sound. + +When he got back to the house his hand wrapped in the end of his shirt he still felt no pain. +He called for his mother and found her watching TV in the main room. +He stayed in the kitchen not wanting to get blood on the carpet. +She turned around cigarette dangling from her open mouth said "Oh god what happened." + +She drove him to the hospital in the car. +[The radio stayed off the entire way.][] +Paul wanted to turn it on but ~~he didn't want~~ the desire not to annoy his mother was stronger. +They drove in silence. + +At the hospital after the X-rays and stitching and pain medication prescription the doctor said "You got lucky, son. +If that axe had hit a half-inch lower you'd [have lost your hand][]. +You won't get full mobility back because we had to tie the tendons, but with therapy you should be able to work it pretty well." + +On the drive back home all he could think was that he was glad he didn't hit his writing hand. + +[The radio stayed off the entire way.]: worse-looking-over.html +[have lost your hand]: roughgloves.html -- cgit 1.4.1-21-gabe81