I helped out on a friend’s movie tonight. We were reshooting a scene where the lead actress had to have two black eyes. The last time they shot it I was dying to crack out my injury stack and get to work, but we didn’t have the time for me to run home and get it. Tonight I finally got my chance.

I tested it out on myself first, and unfortunately my skin is dark enough that the bruising was barely noticeable. The actress was very fair-skinned, though, and it popped nicely. For my efforts I was promoted from “Boom Guy” to “Make-Up Guy”.

I’ll never be Sutan, but I’m glad I can fake a half-decent bruise.