running injury. i was blessed with long legs that are great for self propelled motion, but unfortunately lost out a bit on the gracefulness and agility sweepstakes. and that is how i managed to injure the back of my fingers while unintentionally embracing the tarmac at high speed. yes, it probably looked as funny as it sounds. bless those koreans and their face-saving culture, fastidiously averting their eyes as i pulled myself up and jogged off like nothing had happened. final tally: poorly paved sidewalk 1, me 0. thankfully it happened at the beginning of the run, and the sweat running into all the little scrapes and abrasions (would have had to make a collage to show them all) kept me going for 12k up the top of namsan and back home. a macro was definitely necessary here to sufficiently enlarge the physical injuries to a size that would match the injury to my pride!