Dissonance

[eriktheplaid]

[Cross-posted from my MovableType Blog]

I'm sweaty, smell faintly of smoky beeswax, and I have (mild) first degree burns on my hands and forearms.

I also feel giddy, and more centered than I have in a long time. Even though pretty much everything I tried failed, most of it spectacularly.

Comments

[schwap23]

Fire-gel (or fire-jel or whatever could be trademarked) is your friend! Draws the heat out of the burn, which keeps them milder than they would otherwise be. Awesome stuff! (I usually get it by raiding the first aid box at work, but yours probably isn't equipped like mine! try a drug store...)

But, yeah, that feeling of contentment, that's why we do this...