[CH] Faster, Red Savina! Kill! KILL!!
Captain Apathy (captappy@yahoo.com)
Sun, 6 Oct 2002 22:19:48 -0700 (PDT)
Presented in DramaScope
So there I was, sorting and destemming, peeling and
grinding... just having a good 'ol time with a
buckets-worth of dried habs. Following all my own
rules and being extra paranoid from a recent
eye-gotcha! I was in dried hab heaven. I was "grading"
my powders... run it through different screen sifters
for uniform particle size after grinding. And this is
what got me.
I was fine and felt no Idiot Burnings for the 2+ hours
I was doing this powder creation, I was proud that I
didn't do the "blind-eye dance" around the kitchen.
Finished, I religiously cleaned the area I was
working, got the hazardous waste double-bagged and
outside, even so much as tasting the cutting boards.
Assured I was done with clean up, I started to prepare
a meal using my newly made powder. I made it extremely
hot as one might, having been recently surrounded by
chiles. So naturally, a couple bites in I began
sweating... And the world changed.
My face began burning in a way that I cannot describe
on a family-oriented list. I couldn't breathe. It
didn't stop intensifying. The moisture from sweating
activated the sub-micron dust that was all over my
skin from grinding and sifting. My face went off like
a point-blank pepper spray blast and the burning made
me hurt and panic and sweat more, which got more dust
whetted and into the game, which caused... well, you
get the idea. In 5 minutes my face, neck, and forearms
right up to where the gloves stopped at the wrist were
shooting flames to my brain. (Point of reference -
I've been gassed at the citizen, civilian police, and
military levels. This was pretty bad. :-)
The first couple minutes I was disoriented and doing
my best to control my reaction. It's been awhile and
I'm not embarrassed to say I was effectively
incapacitated. I regained control fairly quickly but
(explative deleted) this hurts!!! A good 10 minutes
went by before I could think clearly about getting it
off. The oil / alcohol treatment worked well and I
only had red dots for a day but this was a chile burn
even knuckledraggers won't want twice. Topical burning
seems so much stronger, I can't imagine letting it
"wear off" without cleanup. I was really wishing for a
Sudecon towel. Suffice to say this was my worse chile
experience ever. Also my best chile endorphin rush
ever. Live and learn? No. Survive and remember.
(in background, Comic Book Guy from The Simpsons
saying: "Worst episode ever!")
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"It is my responsibility to enforce all
the laws that haven't been passed yet."
-- Central Scrutinizer
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