{"id":1230,"date":"2026-01-26T17:07:50","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T17:07:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/booksvantage.com\/demos\/eli\/?p=1230"},"modified":"2026-05-18T22:47:39","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T22:47:39","slug":"the-time-i-opened-for-megadeth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksvantage.com\/demos\/eli\/the-time-i-opened-for-megadeth\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby&#8217;s first head injury:"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1230\" class=\"elementor elementor-1230\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19ba660f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"19ba660f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-243733b elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-title elementor-page-title elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"243733b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Baby&#8217;s first head injury:<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7024e886 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7024e886\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<p>A Flashback , Vancouver 1983.<\/p>\n<p>If you ever meet me face to face, chances are that you&#8217;ll notice that I have four eyebrows. Each bushy little face Caterpillar is split in two, horizontally, by 2 thin White scars . Here&#8217;s their origin story;\u00a0<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60565ed e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"60565ed\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c776cf elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7c776cf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"562\" src=\"https:\/\/booksvantage.com\/demos\/eli\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1000027950-1024x562.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1716\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/booksvantage.com\/demos\/eli\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1000027950-1024x562.png 1024w, https:\/\/booksvantage.com\/demos\/eli\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1000027950-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/booksvantage.com\/demos\/eli\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1000027950-768x421.png 768w, https:\/\/booksvantage.com\/demos\/eli\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1000027950-1536x843.png 1536w, https:\/\/booksvantage.com\/demos\/eli\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1000027950.png 1693w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2325830 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2325830\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<p>It&#8217;s 1983. False Creek Daycare, Vancouver. I am three, wound the fuck up, and absolutely TEARING around my daycare at full speed, turning corners much too tight to be safe, and finally my giant noggin catches the corner of where two walls meet, splitting my forehead open, just above my left eye, sending a steady gush of blood down my face, a strange foreshadowing of my own bloodied visage, 38 years later.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f5ee1f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4f5ee1f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ca32f3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8ca32f3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/booksvantage.com\/demos\/eli\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1000027919-1024x1024.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1715\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/booksvantage.com\/demos\/eli\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1000027919-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/booksvantage.com\/demos\/eli\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1000027919-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/booksvantage.com\/demos\/eli\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1000027919-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/booksvantage.com\/demos\/eli\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1000027919-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/booksvantage.com\/demos\/eli\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1000027919.png 1254w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47d380a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"47d380a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<p>Same daycare, same insane child, two years later: It&#8217;s 1985,, I&#8217;m 4 and I&#8217;m ripping around the space again, and some unidentified child -sourced\u00a0 detritus gets under my feet, and I trip, sailing face &#8211; first into a windowsill, landing a gash directly through my right eyebrow. With no conscious intention, I&#8217;d perfectly matched the scar I&#8217;d given myself two years earlier on the other eyebrow;<\/p>\n<p>and that&#8217;s why I have 4 eyebrows.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Flashback , Vancouver 1983. If you ever meet me face to face, chances are that you&#8217;ll notice that I have four eyebrows. Each bushy little face Caterpillar is split in two, horizontally, by 2 thin White scars . Here&#8217;s their origin story;\u00a0 It&#8217;s 1983. False Creek Daycare, Vancouver. 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