So here's the story from the horse's mouth....

Wednesday there was a soccer game. The first game of the Intramural Coed Soccer tournament. Very important, obviously. Nothing else matters, life - death, it's all chump change compared to tourney games. So in the second half the score is 1 to 1. There is about 10 minutes left in the game. My defense is too far up the field and the other team attacks. The ball is passed to one of their forwards. He gets around my center D, kicks the ball up and it's a foot race between him and my center Fullback. The ball is rolling toward the corner flag. The forward is faster than my fullback. So I, playing Goalkeep, leave my box to get the ball. We slam into each other, I jump up and try to get back to my goal. He still has the ball. He is headed toward my goal. I get back in front of him. He switched directions and is going toward the outside. I change directions also but my planted foot decides not to. I look down in time to see my knee momentarily leave it's normal place of residence. I feel the most intense pain shoot through my leg. I fall down and am out for the count. 4000 minutes later, the D*mn ref decided to blow the whistle and stop play. I'm on the ground holding my knee. I take off my glove and shove it in my mouth to keep from saying all the bad things that were in my head at that moment. One of the girls on my team, who is an athletic trainer, runs over and figures out what is wrong. I'm taken off the field and the game continues. Spencer takes my place in goal and does a brillant job. Regulation time ends, the game is tied.
Over time....
No score....
The game goes to Penalty Kicks. Spencer blocks shot after shot while our we put 2 in the back of the net. We win 2-0 in PK's.
I am happy, we won. Like I said, Tourny games are of the utmost importance. Nothing else matters.

How the story ends:
I am helped off the field and go home. Ice my knee all night. Sleep...
The next day, I get to the ER to see what's wrong with my knee. After an X-ray, two doctors bending my left knee in every imaginable angle, and crutches and a knee brace, I'm sent home with the diagnosis: I might have torn my LCL and maybe a meniscus. I go in for an MRI tomorrow and might need surgery to repair the LCL.
So now I am out for playing soccer (which is REALLY the sad part of the story), I can't DDR unless it's on my PS2. I can't drive my car. And I have to call people in order to go anywhere (which really sucks).
On the plus side, I can catch up on my summer reading and movie watching. I have gotten the most sympathy in the past couple days I've ever gotten in my entire life, far surpassing the time I got pegged in the face with a soccer ball that was going 1,000,000 miles per hour and the time I got a death threat from possible gang members. (Stories that will have to wait for another time), but I've gotten free food, looks of sorrow, and people offering to do stuff for me, which is really awesome of them, Bless their hearts.
It is offically summer, injuries are in full swing in the 2nd Ward. A possible new segment may be added to ward prayer: the past week's ward injuries, or stories from the ER. What would an injury be without a cool telling of it in ward prayer?
Next up: the Memorial day activity.

Bill Cosby is cool.

nuff said.

This email was sent to me from a friend. I thought I put it on the blog than send it out, just to see what happens.

1. What time is it? 10:19 am

2. Name as it appears on birth certificate: Jay-Adams Rory Johnson

3. Number of candles on your last birthday cake? The last b-day cake I had was probably when I was 20. One of my comps. baked a cake, was happy about his accomplishment, swung the cake around as he brought it into the room, then dropped it on the floor. I spent the next 15 minutes trying to get carmel chocolate out of the carpet and trying to convince him that 'it was the thought that counts'. Then like 20yr. old guys would do, we still at the 'good' parts of the cake.

4. Pets: Magnus (my Vampire sock monkey) and Murphy (the stuffed monkey my sister got me when she was in D.C. and the one I made Steve hug one night).

5. Eye color: dark brown

6. Hometown: Ghetto-ville aka Fruitland, NM

7. Town you live in: Mormon-ville aka Provoland, UT

8. Favorite foods: Dead and cooked with some A1 sauce.

9. Ever been to Africa? Toto has taken me to Africa.

10. Been toilet papering? yes

11. Love someone so much it made you cry? Not yet, but if you count soccer as a 'someone' then Many times.

12. Mayo or Mustard? Mayo.

13. Croutons or bacon bits? Bacon Bits (not the cheap nitrate imitation stuff either)

14. Favorite day of the week? my days off

15. Favorite restaurant: I'm torn between Tucanos and Red Lantern.

16. Favorite flower? The fire flower from Super Mario Bros.

18. Favorite sport to watch? If you don't know this one by now, you don't know me at all...

19. Favorite carbonated drink? Dr. Pepper, Strawberry lemonade, Root Beer, and Cherry Pepsi (all equal)

20. Favorite adult beverage? A Large or Biggie Sized Dr.Pepper, Strawberry Lemonade, Root Beer, or Cherry Pepsi.

21. Favorite ice cream flavor? Anything from the Sherbet cartel.

22. Disney or Warner Bros.? Warner Bros. because they kicked off the stupid 'AOL' thing from their title. Anyone who dropkicks 'AOL' is good in my book.

23. Favorite fast food restaurant? Panda Express.

24. What color is your bedroom carpet? Villa Green.

25. How many times did you fail your driver's test? None. I got a 70 on the written part and the driving part was short and I didn't even have to parallel park.

26. Before this one, from whom did you get your last e-mail? the MSN team, trying to get me to buy more storage space for me email.

27. Which store would you choose to max out your credit card? either Circuit City or Best Buy

28. What do you do most often when you are bored? Surf the 'Net, read my Vampire Chronicles, sleep, Watch Buffy, eat, listen to music.

29. Most annoying thing people do? ...or don't do, people don't know how to drive!!

30. Who will respond to this email the quickest? Unknown.

31. Who is the person you sent this to that is least likely to respond?

32. Favorite TV shows? Simpsons, Who's line is it Anyway, South Park, Cosby Show, Buffy, and Soccer Games.

33. Last person(s) you went out to dinner/lunch? Emily, Leah, Kat, and the Ritz.

34. Ford or Chevy? I'm a Chevy man.

35. What are you listening to right now? When I started this: Motion City Soundtrack's 'I am the Movie' CD, now: Nightwish's 'Angels Fall First' CD.

Where the Heck is 36 and 37? Oh well. They must have been inappropriate or something.

38. Time you finished this email? 11:39 am