October 24th, 2004:

Both of my models for this weekend had to postpone to a later date. So, if anyone would like to do a shoot this Friday or Sunday, let me know.

Yesterday, at the CHEF’s Warehouse sale, one of the things Jess and a picked up was a Mandoline. I was anxious to try it out this morning when making some potatoes for breakfast. Jess gave it a try first, but it just wasn’t working right. So then I tried. On my very first downward swipe, I cut off the end of my pinky finger. After gushing blood into the sink and onto the floor, I finally got a cloth and applied some pressure. I think the bleeding has mostly stopped now, but it still hurts like hell, not to mention that I kind of miss my finger.

This is officially my first even remotely serious kitchen accident. Let’s hope it’s my last.

The best part was that, afterwards, as I was cleaning up the kitchen, I picked up the mandoline instructions to find the following written in clearly and boldly at the top of the page.

bq. Warning: The cutting blade on this instrument is extremely sharp.

I guess I should have read the instructions first.

With my recent “re-request for models”:http://revjim.net/item/10157/ I got more responses than I bargained for. Thanks to all of you who responded. If I’ve spoken to you already, then we’ll still make plans for November. Otherwise, feel free to email me and let me know you’re interested, and I’ll schedule you for sometime in December. For those of you that are easy going with relatively free schedules, let me know, and I’ll keep you on a list of people to call in the event that someone should cancel.

Here’s what I have got coming up:

* 10/23 Weekend
** Jill
* 10/30 Weekend
** Kelli
** Halloween Party
** Wes
* 11/06 Weekend
** Laura
** Erica
* 11/13 Weekend
** Danielle
** House Warming Party
* 11/20 Weekend
** Rachelle
* 11/27 Weekend
** Morgan
** Thanksgiving

Wow. That’s a lot.

Thanks again, to all of you. I really appreciate the time you’re willing to put into this and am incredibly grateful. Thank god for Jess who helps keep me sane and my creativity flowing.