.oodgey finger disease.

In an attempt to finaggle my way out of dishwashing duty [Grandma got out with the excuse that her fingers were cracked] I told Mommy that my finger was infected and showed her my cut, which has in the past few days, become quite swollen. She [and Daddy] freaked out and now don't want to allow me to surf tomorrow. They're going to be VERY displeased when they figure out tomorrow morning that I have no intention on listening to them. Mommy suggested that if my finger doesn't heal in a few days that we go see a doctor, but guess what? I DON'T HAVE MEDICAL INSURANCE. In your face [not my mom's face of course, but the face of medicine]. RAWR.

My poor, poor, poor finger. It does look a tad swollen doesn't it? [Which freaks me out a little since I have an active imagination following the story of the guy whose body was swollen to 6/7 times its normal size after he fell into the Ala Wai Canal! Yikes!]

Ironically, as we were discussing my yucky finger I was perusing Free Surf Magazine and discovered this concoction invented by Surf Syndicate, actually a dietary supplement that was designed to kill bacterias typically found in oceans, lakes, rivers and sand. It can also be used as an oral spray prior to and following entering the h2o, and topically to prevent infection resulting from coral wounds and other minor cuts. Doesn't it sound like some bacterial miracle drug? I just want to spray it all over my body and roll around in the h2o.

And here are some fun facts that the article provides.

44 billion tons of mass solids [ie. sewage sludge] are deposited into the coastal waters of the Pacifical Ocean annually

20,000 days of beach closures were ordered during 2004 [85% due to the presence of bacteria associated with human waste from local sewage plants]