not taking the hint

so i've taken two pretty serious spills lately on a snowboard. last weekend i tried to ride a rail (again, i know, right?) fell before i even got there and hit my back on the metal corner. only missed my spine by about 1/2 inch. cried (i've tried to ride a rail 4 times in my life and i have cried every single time).
then saturday i took a jump in the baby park at breck. actually got a little air (i'm learning how to pull my knees up when i jump) and then landed it, caught my heel edge and fell backwards, hitting my head pretty solidly (i wear a helmet, of course but it still freakin' hurt) and causing something to crack within my neck. i didn't feel the pain in my neck until about 10 minutes later at which point i realized i couldn't turn my head. since then i have slept almost non-stop. i wonder if i concussed myself or something, because i can't stop sleeping. i'm going to try to take today nap-free. we'll see how that goes.
since i never remember to take the camera where i go, here's my vision of what i look like snowboarding. i accidentally drew myself left-front instead of goofy, and although i haven't seen sun in a while, i don't think i'm that pale, but otherwise, it's pretty much exact. :)

i think so, anyway.

so the point here is... seems like maybe the big guy upstairs is trying to warn me that i shouldn't be trying to hop on and over things on my board like a 12 year old. every injury lately has been a "wow, i was really lucky it wasn't an inch to the left" sort of thing. so i guess i should be taking a hint, but NO WAY

it's just too much fun