"Face" the Facts

FITCHBURG — For years after the subway accident that left James Maki terribly disfigured — missing his nose, upper lip, and cheeks — he mostly stayed inside and watched television. He lived just four blocks from downtown but never went there. He preferred isolation to children’s screams and strangers’ horrified stares.

This past Wednesday, two years since Maki underwent the first partial face transplant performed at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, he strolled into the City Hall Cafe on Main Street in Fitchburg.

“Hi!’’ exclaimed waitress Mona Roberts, who hadn’t seen him in a while. “You look wonderful.’’

Roberts hugged Maki warmly before he chose a table nestled in the front window, where he was clearly visible to passersby.

“I had put a brake on going out, because I didn’t like to listen to all the things people were saying,’’ Maki said after Roberts brought him hot chocolate with whipped cream. (Boston.com)

First off - who drinks hot chocolate and whippy after not showing your "face" for a few years ?

Not me. I would grab the stiffest drink in America and pound it - then hug the waitress.

I am a nice person and I have a huge heart. I feel for this guy for realsies. But I am going to ask the same question everyone will likely ask, "Why didn't this guy grab a sexy face?"

I honestly don't want to sound like a pecker head, but he grabbed a new face and the dudes face he grabbed was beat. The new face looks like Donald Trumps little brother on acid. Not a good look man - should've sniped Heath Ledgers or something.

He is probably still the best looking dude in Fitchburg. Place is the pits.

I swallowed a bug.