aloe

friday i was cooking a pizza that coincidentally had entirely too much goatcheese on it. my hand cocked awkwardly as i was removing the tray and i burned the leftside of my right palm. the horror. i could see the deep red indent forming and so i went outside and chucked a piece of aloe off the mother plant and slapped it onto the burn. i was initially skeptical as I stood there contemplating the snot like nature of part of the aloe and the gelatonous context of the other. but then i remembered that once i had a burn on my thumb and i had tapped aloe to it and left it there all night and the next day no blister was to be found. i then decided to not half ass it. i skinned a big piece off and taped it to the left side of my palm (with non-medicinal tape- a bad idea) and i left it there all day. that night i could see a few tiny blisters threatening to form. the horror! but as i stand here magically typing by telepathy, all that is left is a slightly redder, waxier and decidely non-blistered mark where a very painful blister should be. hazah! all hail mother nature! exelcior, the magic elixir worked!