magicbeans. nothing if not awkward.

bean is not actually from antarctica. his heart is covered in paisleys.

he makes tiny little pictures and sometimes writes about his life.

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12 June 2004

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I'm amazed that I had the foresight to take my ring off as my finger started swelling up last night. Had I not, I would have definitely needed to go to the hospital. As it is, I'm sort of self-medicating. I know my finger is broken. I don't have health insurance. If I were to go to the hospital they would take some x-rays, charge me a few hundred dollars, and tell me that my finger is broken. If I said that I was in a lot of pain I'm sure they'd give me a prescription for Tylenol with codeine, which would then cost me another $30 or so. And I'm not in a lot of pain.

I don't think that I broke the joint. Before it swelled up last night I was still able to move it, without much pain. And so really, what is there to do, except to put a splint on it for a few weeks?