z-rayed

since California doesn't have group health cooperatives I have to visit good ol' Kaiser Permanante when im sick or nicked. I had visited the Physician's office once when experiencing breathing problems last year during basketball season and the ER the time I split the side of my forehead open during our regional final soccer game against Masters College. But the current nick: my right hand ring finger. Trainer Kim has been helping me rehabilitate my finger by doing exercises like gripping a squishy ball and exploring my range of motion in the ice bath/bucket and even bending it manually to the point of most pain without meds. It's still a little swolen but I have experienced mass improvement in the last couple weeks - slapping out dough is probably another good excerise, even though it kills and definitely calls for extra dosage of advil.
TK, very precautionery, told me that its possible that I could have a hairline fracture opposite of the torn ligaments and a small chip of bone could be obstructing my range of motion and impeding the healing process. I was incredibly doubtful of this occurence and, thus, unconcerned. MOM, on the other hand was adamant about me visiting good ol' Kaiser for an x-ray. So after a week of rebellion I finally compromised and went to the Lakeview branch - ALWAYS busy and WAAAY too big. Serena made me an appointment for 6:45 thursday night - long story - and three hours later I still didn't have a broken finger, just torn ligaments at the joint knuckle... that's all a dislocation really is right? ha.

below is why I called this post "z-rayed." Mitch is a comedian that Brynne introduced me to... I posted about him about a month ago.

Mitch Hedberg in Mitch All The Way

Xylophone is spelt with an X, that’s wrong... Xylophone: zzz“X” - I don’t freakin’ see it -
It should be a Z up front. Next time you have to spell Xylophone use a Z and if someone says, “Hey that’s wrong”, say “NO IT AINT!, If you think that’s wrong then you need to have your head Z-rayed.”
It’s like X wasn’t given enough to do so they had to promise it more:
Ok, you won’t start a lot of words but we will give you a co-starring role in tic-tac-toe, and you will be acquainted with hugs and kisses, and you will mark the spot, and you will make writing Christmas easier.
And it’s a deal: you will start Xylophone. Are you happy ya freakin’ X?