If it were not for memepool I would never have posts on this site.  This time they linked to a story on Lara St. John’s website.  Lara St. John is a fantastically talented classical violinist whom I have adored since I first saw her, performing live at the Borders Books & Music in Santa Monica, California.  The Carmen Fantasy that appears on her Gypsy album sounds impossible to play (this is not hyperbole) but she makes it come to vibrant life.

The story on her site is entitled Lara’s near-death experience and details her accidental poisoning with hydrogen peroxide during a photo shoot (she was accidentally handed a glass of it when she asked for water.)  Before she had time to stop she had swallowed a tablespoon of an aqueous solution of hydrogen peroxide at 35% (yes, this thoroughly trumps my Gatorade story.)  I’ll spoil the ending: she recovered without needing surgery (this apparently disappointed the surgeons.)  “So life goes back to normal,” she says, “but without spices in food, any alcohol, or anything crunchy, for a while. And apparently things like a Vindaloo curry are out for the rest of my life, or at least a long time.”  She counts this experience among the “random and ridiculous” accidents she has survived throughout her life.  “Apparently someone somewhere is looking out for me,” says Lara, “but I sort of wish they could do so a few split seconds earlier.”

Sun, 09 Dec 2001 13:57:43 +0000
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