So for the last 3 weeks my pointer finger has been swollen and immobile but I’ve avoided the doctor because I’m pretty sure it’s some sort of karmic payback because a month ago there was this guy in our lobby and he was on crutches and missing a leg and I smiled at him and he gave me this look like we knew each other but I didn’t recognize him so I kept walking but then I realized he totally works in my department and I wanted to go back and be all “Oh, hey you!  I haven’t seen you in weeks!  How are you?” but I was afraid he’d see my whole ”Oh, I didn’t even recognize you without your leg” look and so instead I just pretended like he’d always been without a leg, which is probably totally inappropriate and then like a day later my finger stopped working and I’m pretty sure it’s some sort of karmic punishment from God, who, by the way, throws a pretty kick-ass church camp.  I know because I went to my first church camp thingy last week because (I don’t know why this is so hard for you people to believe) I work for a Christian organization that likes to hire heathens and it was actually kind of awesome except that it was out in the woods and all I could think about is that it’s totally the kind of quiet place that hot teenagers get slaughtered by axe-murderers but only the skanky ones having sex so I figured that I was safe but then the second night I had sex and I was all “Great.  Now I’m fucked”.  I should mention here that my husband works with me so it wasn’t like I was having sex with a stranger.  I may not be a good Christian but I don’t just go around having sex with random strangers at Jesus camp, thankyouverymuch.  But the whole time all I could think about was the giant wooden cross nailed to the wall of our cabin and when I first walked in and saw the cross the first thing I thought was “WTF?  Am I in Van Helsing’s room?”  And then later Victor was all “We made baby Jesus cry” and yeah, we probably did, but I’d like to think Jesus stopped listening after I totally accidentally said “holy shit” in the chapel and then right after that I had a discussion with this guy over whether “holy shit” or “fuckity-fuck-fuck” was more blasphemous and I say “holy shit” is worse but I guess it doesn’t really matter since technically I said both.  And then I was attacked by a plague of these abominations.  And by “plague” I mean “one” but he was really jumpy and also could FUCKING FLY so I’m pretty sure he counts as like 12.  And then I started thinking that since all the land at Jesus Camp is blessed and holy it would totally be an awesome camp for Highlanders and then I started wondering if all the water in the toilets was technically holy water and it freaked me out so bad I couldn’t poop for like 3 days.  It was probably all in my mind though, much like my zombie finger.  But then my mom came down this weekend and saw my finger and my achey feet and she said I probably have what she has, which was cystic something-or-another so I got all panicky and called my doctor today and was all “I THINK I HAVE CYSTIC MALAYSIA” and the nurse was all “Malaysia is a continent” and then I was all “Oh, well something like that…systemic ambrosia?  Does that sound right?” and apparently it didn’t because she put me on hold AND THEN HUNG UP ON ME.  While I’m suffering from Cystic Psychosis.  But then like 5 minutes later she called back and set up an appointment for tomorrow but I’m thinking of cancelling it because I’m pretty sure it’s something fatal because the nurse was all “Uh, I’m just gonna write down ‘hurty finger’ in your chart” but she was writing for a really long time so I’m pretty sure she wrote something like “Get paid up front.  This chick’s a fucking goner.”

PS.  It isn’t cystic fibrosis.  I can’t remember what it’s called but my mom looked it up last night on wikipedia and it was un-deadly and said something about being brought on by stress.  It didn’t explicitly mention the stress of possibly doing it in front of Jesus but I honestly can’t imagine that helped.

PPS.  If they cut off my finger I’d want everyone to call me ‘Four-Finger McGee’. 

PPPS.  Except technically I guess I’d have nine fingers.  But two are thumbs so really that’s seven? Fuck.  Never mind.  Just call me ‘Jenny’.

Comment of the day: I knew a chick who had her (very large) dog’s scrotum tanned after he was knackered, and then made a necklace-pouch-stash-bag-thingie out of it. Maybe not as cool as having your own finger on a string, but pretty fucking cool anyway. And the pot took away some of the smell of leathery dog ballsack. And it probably would’ve been pretty confusing to police dogs: bark at the necklace? Lick the necklace? ~ TJ

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1 Anna December 22, 2008 at 7:16 pm

I hope Santa brings you a finger miracle for xmas. Amen.

Anna’s last blog post..Possibly the Funniest Thing I’ve Ever Read:

2 Human Woman December 22, 2008 at 7:22 pm

I saw a show last night on one of those medical channels that show all sorts of horrible things. It was about these people that have random things on their body grow uncontrollably, and one woman had her feet grow really incredibly huge and I really like the color of her incredibly massive shoe and wondered if I could get shoes in that color, except much smaller, about 40 times smaller, so maybe that’s what you have in your finger.

Human Woman’s last blog post..Holiday Greetings

3 kd@abitsquirrelly December 22, 2008 at 7:22 pm

It’s only blasphemous to say Holy Shit if you are standing in front of the cross at the church, otherwise its just normal sinning. In case you were still wondering.

kd@abitsquirrelly’s last blog post..My brain is frozen so you get this

4 Sammanthia December 22, 2008 at 7:25 pm

Wouldn’t that be awesome if your finger was amputated and the doctor replaced it with another middle finger? Then you could flip people off twice with the same hand.

5 Terry (required) December 22, 2008 at 7:26 pm

fucking brilliant!!

Terry (required)’s last blog post..What I learned this year and What I would have like to.

6 Cara December 22, 2008 at 7:26 pm

Maybe that’s why you were having trouble with your IPhone? Once you get this fixed you can throw out those dead hobo fingers, which are probably pretty stinky by now.

Cara’s last blog post..Traditions

7 Mo December 22, 2008 at 7:26 pm

Hopefully, they aren’t going to cut off your middle finger. That would be sort of tragic.

Mo’s last blog post..Merry Suck-Mas (An early morning rant)

8 kristin/kwr221 December 22, 2008 at 7:28 pm

Maybe you can get your finger blessed.

…it’s not the middle finger, is it?

….oops. I guess I shouldn’t skim, huh?

kristin/kwr221’s last blog post..A holiday gift from me to you

9 juliejulie December 22, 2008 at 7:28 pm

I knew that horrid creepy-crawly creature thingy you posted on Twitpics was evil. He put a curse on your finger. Damn. He wants it to fall off so he can eat it.

juliejulie’s last blog post..Seeing Janice: how I should never leave the house without looking in the mirror

10 derfina December 22, 2008 at 7:28 pm

Where was this Jesus camp, Chernobyl? WTF IS that thing???

derfina’s last blog post..B Freakin’ R R R

11 amybear December 22, 2008 at 7:28 pm

I wouldn’t worry too much about the nurse. After all, she thought Malaysia was a continent. It’s not.

12 Laurie Ann December 22, 2008 at 7:28 pm

I had a lovely antique crucifix in my bedroom and my boyfriend could not have sex facing that direction. I actually had to move my bed around so he didn’t have to look at Jesus.

That bug is just plain hideous.

Laurie Ann’s last blog post..My camera is broken and my phone finally sent photos

13 Carol Pyles December 22, 2008 at 7:29 pm

Oh my I certainly would go through with going. I highly doubt its anything highly serious but maybe you got a splinter or a bug or something of that nature at the camp and its infected. None the less it would be better to get it checked out before it does turn serious.

Heres hoping you get to keep your finger for christmas. :)

Carol Pyles’s last blog post..** CONTEST ** Fav Movie Quote

14 Petra December 22, 2008 at 7:29 pm

No effing way I am in the top 6? Sweeeet. This must be because I mentioned you in my post today. It’s karma. Kinda like your finger issue, which I totally agree has to do with doing it in front of Jesus. I did that one time and the very next day came down with the worst yeast infection ever.

true story.

Petra’s last blog post..History is Made: The First He Blogs, She Blogs

15 gerd December 22, 2008 at 7:29 pm

I hope you don’t have some germany in your finger…

gerd’s last blog post..Links for 2008-12-21 [del.icio.us]

16 Joey December 22, 2008 at 7:31 pm

At least it’s not the middle one. Flipping someone off with a stump? Not nearly as effective.

Joey’s last blog post..It’s funny cause they’re for children

17 Thomas December 22, 2008 at 7:31 pm

If you lose that pointer finger, how will people know when you flip the bird at them with that hand?

18 Allison December 22, 2008 at 7:37 pm

You have sex-in-the wooods finger.

Allison’s last blog post..My Little Bachelors

19 Mahala December 22, 2008 at 7:41 pm

One of those crabby mole cricket thingies probably sprayed your finger with it’s imobilizing sperm while you were in the throws of passionate sex. Baby Jesus sent him.

Mahala’s last blog post..Cha-Cha and Silver Linings

20 Marinka December 22, 2008 at 7:42 pm

If your readers really loved you, they’d offer to donate a finger for a transplant. Also they would do this if they were insane.

Marinka’s last blog post..Week in Review

21 gingela5 December 22, 2008 at 7:42 pm

Holy Moley…you should have taken some of that holy toilet water and thrown it at the “bug.” That way if it was in any way demonic it would have melted…

gingela5’s last blog post..Danger Will Robinson, Danger…

22 Laggin December 22, 2008 at 7:43 pm

If they cut it off, will you give me the finger?

Laggin’s last blog post..lmao

23 ThePeopleGeek December 22, 2008 at 7:44 pm

If you have pets make sure to sleep with your bad finger is covered.
Feed them a little extra before you go to bed.

24 Georgia December 22, 2008 at 7:47 pm

I once worked with a woman for like SIX MONTHS before I looked down on her desk one day and noticed she had tiny baby fingers on one hand and I was sooo close to exclaiming “ZOMG what happened to your fingers??” as if the day before her fingers had been normal, then that night she like drank too much and had sex with an elf and her fingers shrunk. Luckily my brain was all “dude, she was probably born that way and you should probably stop staring at her hand now” at the very last second before it would have been awkward. Gud thing I’z soo smrt.

Georgia’s last blog post..Certain Someone

25 GoingLikeSixty December 22, 2008 at 7:49 pm

I guess one never gets tired of hearing that they write funny.

You do.

I love it.

Congratulations.

And thanks.

GoingLikeSixty’s last blog post..Wooden Shoe Please Take My Survey?

26 churchpunkmom December 22, 2008 at 7:51 pm

I’m going to call you Four Finger McGee anyway.

churchpunkmom’s last blog post..It’s Dancy Dance Time!!

27 Faye December 22, 2008 at 7:53 pm

Now I know why I find you so amusing–you’re a southern girl! They are the only ones who get systemic ambrosia during the holidays. Less informed doctors just diagnose your condition as fruit salad fingeritis.

All the best to you in ’09 Jenny. Keep writing so the rest of us can feel so-o-o normal!

Faye’s last blog post..Kiwi Christmas Tree

28 mrtl December 22, 2008 at 7:58 pm

You are so fucked. This is a trilogy of karmic payback: 1. coworker guy, 2. blasphemous Jesus camp shenanigans, and 3. your hobo finger scheme.

mrtl’s last blog post..I did make sure she didn’t follow us home.

29 Akilah Sakai December 22, 2008 at 8:00 pm

You are f*ckin’ hilarious 4-Fingers-McGee!
What the hell kind of bug is that and what State is it from so I can be sure NEVER to go there on vacation?!

Akilah Sakai’s last blog post..The Perfect Gift, Part II

30 Jenny the bloggess December 22, 2008 at 8:01 pm

Texas. Although I’ve lived here all my life and it was the first one I’d ever seen. I can only imagine they only show up as some sort of harbinger to finger amputation.

31 Kathy December 22, 2008 at 8:02 pm

Never fear. I think they can sew toes on in place of fingers now. You can’t tell me we need all ten toes. Eight, tops.

Kathy’s last blog post..Weirdest Trip Memento I’ve Ever Saved

32 movin down the road December 22, 2008 at 8:10 pm

Well, if they have to cut off your finger, THAT would be karma!

movin down the road’s last blog post..Snowy birthday

33 Keely December 22, 2008 at 8:11 pm

I hope the woman at the doctor’s office gets systemic halitosis in HER finger from writing bad things about you.

Keely’s last blog post..A list of things I may consider possibly resolving to do in the New Year. If I feel like it.

34 MommyNamedApril December 22, 2008 at 8:19 pm

well at least if you lost your finger, you wouldn’t need a dead hobo finger anymore.

MommyNamedApril’s last blog post..Hubs is Getting Me a Big Mac. I Love Him.

35 Sprite's Keeper December 22, 2008 at 8:35 pm

Actually, if she lost the finger, she WOULD need the dead hobo finger.

I’m going on a wild guess, but I think you’re just sore from pointing at all the heathens.

36 Grey Street Girl December 22, 2008 at 8:36 pm

Where did you put your finger that night in the woods, eh???

Grey Street Girl’s last blog post..Cabbage Patch Fever

37 EdenSky December 22, 2008 at 8:37 pm

Have you considered the possibiliy that one of those monster bugs laid its eggs in some tiny scratch in your finger and it hurts because they are slowly growing to maturity and soon they will hatch and burst forth from under your fingernail? Because that could be it.

EdenSky’s last blog post..I like to talk about myself.

38 Jim December 22, 2008 at 8:39 pm

I think those abominations have an elixir that cures the finger thing. Only problem is that no one wants to touch them.

Baby Jesus always cries…that’s what babies do.

Jim’s last blog post..The Inaugural He Blogs, She Blogs

39 Alonso Quijana December 22, 2008 at 8:56 pm

Jenny – clearly if the toilet was filled with holy water, you should use it to poop – because then it would be, well, holy shit.

Sorry about your finger. It must be hard to type with your finger full of ninja mole cricket larvae.

40 Steve December 22, 2008 at 9:10 pm

Have you tried your dead finger on your iPhone? Maybe it’ll work now.

Steve’s last blog post..Oh Deer

41 a December 22, 2008 at 9:14 pm

Well, first of all, Malaysia is a country, not a continent, so you should go in and laugh at the nurse.

Second of all, HOLY RUN-ON SENTENCES, BATMAN! I thought the guy who trained me to do my job was the worst, but you just beat him into the ground. Do you ever top for breath when talking out loud?

Finally, for the record, there are much more offensive things to say besides holy shit and fuckity fuck fuck at a Christian camp, because God is not mentioned in either of those. Once you add those three letters to any curse word, you have surpassed the profanity bar.

Hope your finger is not so hurty.

a’s last blog post..What?

42 a December 22, 2008 at 9:15 pm

Sorry, that was “stop for breath”

a’s last blog post..What?

43 Carrie December 22, 2008 at 9:32 pm

I would like to know the name of that disease because I think I might have it too. Or maybe it’s just arthritis, but who wants to have arthritis in her 30s?

Carrie’s last blog post..Reading After Lights Out

44 Walking With Scissors December 22, 2008 at 9:39 pm

My favourite part was when you just finished having sex, saw the crucifix and then said, “Now I’m fucked.” Well, technically you should have said, “Now I’m gonna be fucked AGAIN”. Unless you were still doing it when you said that. In which case you’d have to say, “I’m being fucked.” Just sayin’.

Walking With Scissors’s last blog post..Finally Moving Forward

45 thedemigod December 22, 2008 at 9:44 pm

Holy jeebus you just keep getting better and better!

I know “Chuck” doesn’t mind you boinking in front of his effigy. The finger is probably from too much self-pleasuring, methinks.

thedemigod’s last blog post..A Photo-finish Holiday

46 Linda December 22, 2008 at 9:48 pm

I think I adore you. A little.

Merry seasons holidays.

47 SAM December 22, 2008 at 9:53 pm

Holy mother. Aliens-disguised-as-bugs and church camp sex and a zombie finger…that’s some way to kick off Baby Jesus’ birthday. Merry Ho Ho, Jenny. Hope that finger gets better.

xo

SAM’s last blog post..So Lonely

48 Brookie Brooke December 22, 2008 at 9:55 pm

Are you kidding me? Karma is a bitch and she is very specific.

Your dead hobo finger (read those three words,and be thankful its the finger that is ailing you and not either of the the other two words) post is what did it, not the whole sex in front of Jesus thing. If you were a real Christian you would know he is always watching. And you are always doing it in front of him. And he is going to punish you with your kids for that one, or something… but don’t ask me, I’m just a girl who went to Catholic school, so I’ve got issues.

49 Rhea December 22, 2008 at 10:01 pm

That bug scared the daylights out of me. I’ve lived in Texas all my life and never seen a mutant bug like that.

50 Lotta December 22, 2008 at 10:02 pm

Mmm? She goes away to camp and comes back with a diseased finger. Who was your bunkmate you kinky girl.

Lotta’s last blog post..Sallie Mae, It’s not me. It’s you.

51 Ariel December 22, 2008 at 10:07 pm

Dude. If they cut off your finger can I keep it in a jar of alcohol and show it to people?

Ariel’s last blog post..Hypothetically speaking

52 Wanda December 22, 2008 at 10:07 pm

I wish my mind worked like yours does.

Perhaps it is payback for dead hobo fingers. Can you work your phone now?

Wanda’s last blog post..Monday: Solstice Follow-Up Pictures

53 Lesley December 22, 2008 at 10:09 pm

Your blogging has always impressed me. But knowing you’re currently doing it with only nine functioning fingers? Awe. Struck.

54 annie December 22, 2008 at 10:09 pm

It would suck to lose your finger right before Christmas. Or worse, end up in the ER on Christmas Eve night when you really need to be home perpetuating the whole Santa lie thingy. Did that come up at church camp? I would think it would as it is close to the Jesus birthday thing.

Anyway, good luck with that finger thingy.

P.S. It’s not the middle figure? Is it? That would be a loss.

annie’s last blog post..Book Giveaway! Matrimony by Joshua Henkin

55 Lesley December 22, 2008 at 10:11 pm

Sigh. Your new version of Comment Luv doesn’t luv to pick up my posts anymore.

Oh. Except now it just clicked on for this comment. Okay, now I’m just confused. But all of my fingers work so I can’t complain.

Lesley’s last blog post..This Quasi-Post Defines Both "Highly Successful" And "Borderline Obsessive" (It Also Has Drunk People In It!)

56 todd December 22, 2008 at 10:21 pm

There’s a lot of greatness in this post, but the Van Helsing line has to be my favorite…

I’ve played a lot of church camps in my time…I don’t know that there’s any scriptural precedent for Jesus cursing someone’s finger. Ask one of your bosses…I’m sure they’d love that conversation.

todd’s last blog post..THANK YOU, APPLE

57 Jill/Twipply Skwood December 22, 2008 at 10:24 pm

That’s why it’s easier to be Jewish. Then it’s a good deed if you have sex with your husband & doubly so if it’s on the Sabbath. It probably doesn’t even make Jesus cry…all that much much.

The only part I can’t figure out is if it’s still a good deed if you’re not actually married to your husband. At work tell me it doesn’t count, but I’m thinking shacking up is really, really similar. Ok, Jesus might need a hanky here after all…

Jill/Twipply Skwood’s last blog post..Yet Again We Have Escaped the Public School System for Two Entire Weeks!

58 shonda December 22, 2008 at 10:24 pm

I never had sex at Jesus camp and that has always been one of the biggest regrets of my life. Hey, can I come visit you the next time you have to go? I will bring my husband, I won’t molest one of those hot teens. Now, I might dream of them while doing it with husband, but that’s still good behavior in my book.

shonda’s last blog post..Have A Corporate, Corporate Christmas

59 Kelley December 22, 2008 at 10:31 pm

Holy SHIT!

That thing totally looks like the plague of thingies that were in The Exorcist. You are fucked my lovely.

Can you leave me your blonde wig in your will? Cause I could totally rock it.

Oh and Merry Christmas.

Kelley’s last blog post..Hey Kids! Don’t read this post.

60 Andrea December 22, 2008 at 10:41 pm

Thank you for making me forget about the puking child for a few minutes. And try not to listen to your mother…they have it in for us for all the puking and diarrhea we had when we were kids. Re: doing “it” in front of Jesus…I’m sure you weren’t the first. And like you said, the axe murderers will go for the skank whores with the big boobs first.

Andrea’s last blog post..mail call sunday…er, monday

61 Momma Trish December 22, 2008 at 10:49 pm

Seven-Finger Spermophile?

Momma Trish’s last blog post..They wouldn’t let poor Rudolph join in any tax planning activities

62 Shaba December 22, 2008 at 10:50 pm

Eh, I’d still call you Four Finger McGee.
I still call my boyfriend’s penis “Schnizel Fitz,” regardless of the fact that he is not Eastern European.

Shaba’s last blog post..Christmas Flavored Domestic Goddess

63 Captain Dumbass December 22, 2008 at 10:52 pm

Do you think Jesus had performance anxiety? You know, since instead of worrying that God might be watching he was pretty sure he was.

Captain Dumbass’s last blog post..Because We’re All About Diversity

64 I'm Jo. And I'm awesome. December 22, 2008 at 10:53 pm

so, when you go to the doctor you should totally smack that nurse upside the head with a dictionary or encyclopedia because Malaysia is a country, not a continent.

Then you should stick your diseased finger in her eye for laughing at you when she put you on hold, because I’ve decided that all nurses do that.

I’m Jo. And I’m awesome.’s last blog post..I’ll be home for Christmas…

65 Twenty Four At Heart December 22, 2008 at 11:04 pm

I’m wondering if it was your middle finger? Because the middle finger is, you know, the “fuck you” finger. And you said fuckity fuck so it would then follow, quite logically, that if it was karma payback your “fuck you” finger would stop working.

Just sayin’ ……

66 Jessica (from It's my life...) December 22, 2008 at 11:16 pm

Last time I went to a bible camp for adults the people in the room next to us had ridiculously loud sex multiple times during the night. The sin there was that they kept waking me up.
In the morning the husband showed up at breakfast without his wife and said that she was sleeping in because she hadn’t slept well. Almost spewed my coffee at him.

Jessica (from It’s my life…)’s last blog post..The holidays in pictures – Part 1

67 emmysuh December 22, 2008 at 11:31 pm

Did you know that holy water is actually just plain fucking TAP WATER that the goddamn priests (oh yeah, I went there) just put a blessing on, i.e. mumble mumble God mumble Holy Spirit on? I keep asking my favourite pastor if I run a bath at my house, will he bless it and then I can have a bath in HOLY WATER? Because I sorely need it. I have been struck by lightning in church YET…but it’s only a matter of time…

68 stare bear December 22, 2008 at 11:50 pm

There’s a guy at my work with a really little arm, which he always keeps hidden by holding it as though he’d shoved it into his pocket half way up forearm. I don’t know why he’s ashamed of it and I honestly think hiding it just makes it worse.
For the first 3 months I worked here, I thought he was constantly playing with himself and so I’d scowl at him disgustedly and disapprovingly to let him know that I was on to him.
Also since I found out, I keep on uncontrollably asking “Do you need a hand?”
But I’d recognise him on the street, because I’d think “Who’s that creep with a hole in his pocket?”

69 The Archduchess December 23, 2008 at 12:00 am

I keep on getting finger death-gangrene-cystic-whatsit too! Although I don’t technically know what it’s called. But my finger hasn’t fallen off yet, so whatever.

Hurray for Jesus camp for heathens? Sounds like an army recruiting thing. And those bugs look like the scourge of the skies and quite possibly the Things That Live Under Your Sink And Jump Out At You When You Least Expect It And Then Eat Your Face Off.

The Archduchess’s last blog post..Jouer cartes sur table

70 Brandy December 23, 2008 at 12:16 am

Zombie finger…hmmm. If it grows a mouth, I’d definitely cut it off. And I personally think it would be awesome if it had been your middle finger. Flipping people off with a stump would make people freak out that much more :D

Brandy’s last blog post..I’ve Been Pimped!

71 TJ December 23, 2008 at 12:17 am

I knew a chick who had her (very large)dog’s scrotum tanned after he was knackered, and then made a necklace-pouch-stash-bag-thingie out of it. Maybe not as cool as having your own finger on a string, but pretty fucking cool anyway. And the pot took away some of the smell of leathery dog ballsack. And it probably would’ve been pretty confusing to police dogs: bark at the necklace? Lick the necklace?

72 PearlWisdom December 23, 2008 at 12:26 am

I am going to have nightmares about that crustacean alien thingie you posted for months now. Do you think Jesus Camp will subsidize my therapy?

PearlWisdom’s last blog post..What do you mean I have to wipe my boss’s butt?

73 Ericka December 23, 2008 at 12:55 am

holy fuck. what IS that thing? that totally counts as a plague. maybe two. yikes.

um. sorry about your finger. the nurse is cracked. malaysia is not a continent. ha! shows what she knows.

Ericka’s last blog post..Leverage…

74 Zoop Jayne December 23, 2008 at 1:06 am

I’m changing my cat’s name to Entropy.

75 LiteralDan December 23, 2008 at 1:54 am

Fuckity fuck fuck I wish I never saw or heard of those horrifying mole crickets.

Thanks for the heads-up, I suppose, and yet at the same time, thanks for nothing. Two inches long, digging, flying, or swimming, and looking like that?

I’d rather not be looking over my shoulder when I’m violently sent to that good night.

LiteralDan’s last blog post..The weather inside is spiteful

76 Mrs C December 23, 2008 at 4:13 am

Jesus camps without outhouses? My how things have changed.

Mrs C’s last blog post..Pants*

77 Mrs C December 23, 2008 at 4:22 am

Holy shit! I just looked at the flickr pic. Are you sure that you weren’t at Anti-Christ(ian) camp? I am suddenly reminded of the locusts in Egypt and am very weirded out. I’m hella glad to be on the other side of the Atlantic from those ugly mofos.

Mrs C’s last blog post..Pants*

78 jess December 23, 2008 at 7:22 am

Fuckity fuck, you crack me up. Thank you, I really really needed the laughs.

jess’s last blog post..Letter to Santa

79 Yelocrab December 23, 2008 at 7:48 am

I am guessing that your mommy thinks you have fibromyalgia. It’s one of the only phantom diseases that sounds like Malaysia. It’s definitely a disease that mom’s would diagnose on their children as if wishing them mysterious unexplainable pain for the rest of their lives that no one will believe actually exists and forcing them into chatrooms where others who have been diagnosed with this talk about how miserable it is and how nobody believes them. You may have cystic fibromyalgia, which I just made up or it also may be dysplasia, in which case your family will probably have to have you euthanized at the vet’s office. If you think it’s hard to put down a dog, imagine how tough it will be for Victor and little princess to have mommy go to the big farm in Heaven with lots of chickens to chase and other dogs to play with at this time of year. God bless your family during this difficult time. Especially hard to have to put someone down during the Christmas season. You should get your affairs in order.

Lesson: Next time go do it in the car or the boathouse instead of the twin bed under the Jesus cross.

80 Kristine December 23, 2008 at 8:00 am

Jesus camp for grown-ups? I had no idea they had such a thing. I had some of my best…ummm…camp experiences…at Jesus camp.

Kristine’s last blog post..This title is harder to think of than any I have had in the past.

81 Debbi December 23, 2008 at 8:05 am

hahahahahah.

sex in the Jesus camp. I had sex in the church the other week. no one was there, but I sure saw heaven, baby! LOL

and I’m sorry about your Malasia. That’s a hideous disease that people just don’t take seriously. Thankfully, it’s not your leg, or you’d end up like the guy from your department. Maybe he got Malasia leg?

Debbi’s last blog post..Yay or Nay (a la Ginger)

82 Kimberlee December 23, 2008 at 8:08 am

fuckin’ A, if they have to cut off your pointer finger, what will happen to your blog? that was MY first thought. cos if you think about it, some of the best letters are typed with the pointer fingers. I mean there goes J (jenny) F (fuck) not to mention (well okay I’m mentioning) R, U, V, M, N, B, Y, and T. Jesus H. Christ … your posts are gonna look hella weird or maybe you’ll have to get Victor to type or you’ll have to buy one of those voice activated keyboard. and something tells me that your voice isn’t quite entirely…ahem…normal so who knows WHERE that will lead.

So, hopefully they won’t be cutting off your finger. After all, it IS all about us. the readers. Or maybe the finger sickness can get shifted to a toe or something. much less of a loss.

Kimberlee’s last blog post..the times they are a changin’

83 Sazaran December 23, 2008 at 8:17 am

My dad (a pastor) cut off his middle finger on a table saw. We now ask for high four-and-a-halfs instead of high fives. I thought it was pretty clever, myself.

84 Cathy December 23, 2008 at 8:49 am

Well, it could be karma or it could be some sort of Malaysia-inspired finger disease or it could be a fungus responding only to those gross anti-toenail-fungus products that proclaim on their labels: “Does not work on nails.” So go figure.
Merry Christmas!

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85 Domestic extraordinaire December 23, 2008 at 8:54 am

You know if they cut off your finger maybe they would give you a bionic finger, that would be rockin’. And everytime you went to push a button on your iPhone you would hear that cool music that you would hear on the Bionic Woman show, or was it the Six Million Dollar Man. At any rate, it would totally rock.

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86 reeky December 23, 2008 at 9:19 am

when I read your blog and I read the comments, I know I am home. so funny, instant classics. like…

@TJ for knowing a chick with a dog scrotum purse. wow, can’t you top that?

Ms. Jenny,
Want to know why the nurse took so long to write in your chart? Because she couldn’t decide between 10-40 and 10-41. That’s the police 10-codes for 10-40 mental patient and 10-41 intoxicated person.

She probably had to get a coin and flip it. My guess is it landed on its side and you got both. I usually get put on hold forever and I know they are probably all in the smoke break room getting stoned and filling out my chart laughing. paranoid in my chart much?

Merry Christmas o Ye of Zombie Finger

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87 M@ December 23, 2008 at 9:34 am

How about we just call you DAMN funny?!?

Did the cross start weeping before or after you had sex?

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88 Lori December 23, 2008 at 9:36 am

At least you haven’t started randomly stabbing yourself in your own hand, a malady with which I was recently afflicted. And not even always when I’m drunk. OK, it’s only been two times so far, but neither stabby place was in a location I could pass off as stigmata, so I was disappointed.

Lori’s last blog post..What’s the Big, Fat, Hairy Deal?

89 The Other Dawn December 23, 2008 at 9:40 am

OMG this totally happened to me, my finger was sore at first and then it got all swollen and it hurt like a MFer and then I went to the college clinic and they tried to lance it with a pin WITHOUT WEARING GLOVES and so I just left. Then the infection spread up my arm and I had to go to the ER and they lanced it with a scalpel and cottage cheese drained out and it was awesome and gross, but the infection went away. Unfortunately the infection ate away some of my bone so now I have a janky pointer finger.

Totally true story. Go to the doctor unless you want a janky pointer finger.

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90 Ed T. December 23, 2008 at 9:41 am

Question: Was the wine at Church Camp authorized? Bootlegged? SACRAMENTAL!?

:-)

~EdT.

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91 Jett December 23, 2008 at 9:46 am

I can’t top Lori’s comment, so I’m shelving what I was going to say in favor of Big Ups to Lori.

92 Rye December 23, 2008 at 10:26 am

I know how you feel about squid. So I thought of you when I saw this.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/12/081222-squid-sex-weird.html

93 Miss Grace December 23, 2008 at 10:42 am

My grandma pricked her finger on a rose thorn and then it got infected and then they cut it off except they hooked all the tendons and nerves from her (now missing) forefinger to her middle finger on that same hand so it “feels” like she still has all her fingers. Which I think might be worse.

Miss Grace’s last blog post..Lucky for me, I have THREE weirdo grandpas

94 Becky Mochaface December 23, 2008 at 10:56 am

Fuck. I don’t even know where to start. Except to say you’re fucking brilliant. I LOVE how the whole post was one long paragraph. Will you adopt me?

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95 Wam December 23, 2008 at 11:13 am

That abomination is a mole cricket. Not only are they horrifying to look at, but they’re a real pain in the ass when you find yourself sunk into the earth up to your knees because they’ve been feasting on your front lawn…

96 Miss Yvonne December 23, 2008 at 11:23 am

If you had to get your hurty finger amputated, I would probably pretend that I didn’t notice but would try to secretly sneak looks at it and then would probably make gagging noises because it would look kind of gross. That’s probably more respectful than asking you about it.

Miss Yvonne’s last blog post..Colin Firth and Wine: A Winning Combination

97 Heather December 23, 2008 at 11:25 am

I was about to say “All I ever did was learn to French Kiss at Church Camp.” but then I remembered more and, well, I’d be lying if I said that now. So I won’t.

In some cultures they call it ‘Swol Point’, it means you’ve exercised the pointer finger too much, and the rest of your body not enough, so your finger gets ‘swol’ like those body builders do. But the rest of your body doesn’t. So you should work out more. Right?

Heather’s last blog post..17th of December, Part 4

98 Mr Farty December 23, 2008 at 11:51 am

If you get an itchy ear, don’t stick your zombie finger in it coz it’ll eat your brainz.
That’s what they do.

99 Robin December 23, 2008 at 11:53 am

Have you met Rahm Emanuel? Together you’d have 18.5 fingers. Cool.

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100 Wendy December 23, 2008 at 11:55 am

Jesus is a perv.

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101 SassyTwoSocks December 23, 2008 at 12:11 pm

I’m so tired of trying to be *extra* funny when I post comments here, so here are the two things that popped into my head while reading this post:

1. I feel totally validated that other people sarcastically and tragically discuss baby jesus. All I want to do lately is stop at one of the millions of nativity scenes that everyone has outside their houses and either draw a giant mustache on the baby jesus, steal it altogether and replace it with a giant ham, or replace it with a little black baby jesus. Then I’d hide out and see what happens when they notice. Hopefully, they’d drop down on their needs and start praying.

2. It totally depresses me that you use wikipedia to validate medical stuff. It was probably some 12 year old from Bangladesh who wrote that entry…

SassyTwoSocks’s last blog post..Getting married ghetto style

102 for a different kind of girl (FADKOG) December 23, 2008 at 12:16 pm

When I saw the photo of that creature on Twitter this weekend, I yelled out “Holy fuck!” which caused my husband to come running to the room because I also yelled out holy fuck the last time I fell down the stairs, so, you know, he thought he was putting two and two together. I showed him the photo and he said, “That’s better than the time you fell down the stairs!”

Anyway, when I fell down the stairs, my leg swelled up and I was all kinds of screwed. So has your finger fallen down the stairs lately?

for a different kind of girl (FADKOG)’s last blog post..would you like a gift receipt?

103 Shoegirl December 23, 2008 at 12:38 pm

OK, First of all, your nurse DID NOT really say, “Malaysia is a continent” did she?? Like, since when did Malaysia become one of our seven continents? I have been away way too long! I’ve missed reading your crazy stories. I love the part about making baby Jesus cry! Too funny!

Shoegirl’s last blog post..Handbag Fetish

104 groovehouse December 23, 2008 at 1:01 pm

You had sex at Jesus Camp? You are my fucking hero!

groovehouse’s last blog post..Stumble Upon (Your Own Image)

105 lildb December 23, 2008 at 1:02 pm

oh, my darling Jenny. you: still equal parts lovely:mad. it’s dashed elegant how you keep up the wicked lashed to the brilliant and the way it all bleeds together spun from sugar into a laced chain of snowflakes and depraved, leering souls spent from too much devouring of it and wrecked from the gut-wrenching laughter that ensues.

this is my xmas ode to you, dropped in the midst of another long string of comments written by people just trying to rub their hands together near your fire. yes, i am absolutely intimating that people want to (not dry) hump your leg. possibly as much as jesus does, now that he’s been made so much more aware of you.

oh, and how clever. of COURSE that’s why you went to jesus camp and dragged Victor, the “co-worker/husband” character, along with you. so you could introduce jesus to some of your more vampish skills.

dashed clever.

*bows low before themastress.com*

106 @wyndsong December 23, 2008 at 1:20 pm

Ya know what would be cool? If your finger got amputated and you got it stuffed, like by a taxidermist, and then you could post it on ebay to sell for charity. Then you could do a NEW xmas book for your parents, with nasty photos of your finger places where it really shouldn’t be (probably places it already has been), and then all the money from the ebay auction could go to homeless porn stars or something! That would be cool!

107 raino December 23, 2008 at 1:37 pm

okay, if it weren’t for you being in a little pain, i would be laughing, laughing, laughing out loud! i am so sorry but the way you tell this story is so effing funny. but hey, have a great christmas.

raino’s last blog post..Christmas Meme

108 Jennifer December 23, 2008 at 1:37 pm

Catholics do it front of Jesus ALL THE TIME.

It’s part of our “sinning makes me come” thing. And totally awesome.

109 groovehouse December 23, 2008 at 1:48 pm

“Catholics do it front of Jesus ALL THE TIME.”

That’s because they usually have a crucifix over the bed!! LOL!

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110 JD December 23, 2008 at 1:52 pm

WWJDFS

what would jesus do for sex

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111 Cat December 23, 2008 at 2:10 pm

You are my hero – I have so much to learn from you about run-on sentences.

Babies don’t know when you’re having sex, especially immaculately conceived babies, so you’re a-ok with Baby Jesus as long as you still have his binky.

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112 Beth December 23, 2008 at 2:19 pm

So, you were “holding it for Jesus?” Not allowing your shit to flow makes for a constipated Jenny and a bunch of unhappy bloggers.

113 tokenblogger December 23, 2008 at 2:24 pm

It could be worse. You could have cooties, too.

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114 Liz Caro December 23, 2008 at 3:44 pm

Malaysia is actually a country…not a continent. So just whip that bit of information out when you see this nurse and remind her who the smart one is!
And if you have to have your finger removed…just hide it in her food or locker or purse or something…

Liz Caro’s last blog post..Heart Cry

115 Chris December 23, 2008 at 4:12 pm

Well it sure makes dry weather nose picking an absolute joy.

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116 A Free Man December 23, 2008 at 4:30 pm

Malaysia is a country. Asia is a continent.

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117 Undomestic Diva December 23, 2008 at 5:17 pm

At least it wasn’t your middle finger, in which case I’d have to tell you that Jesus must not love you. Because seriously? What’s living if living is without “fuck you?”

Undomestic Diva’s last blog post..Fishing for compliments

118 Evening December 23, 2008 at 5:52 pm

I thought we told you NOT to drink the kool-aid at Jesus Camp. Now look what happened.

Ok, maybe I understand why you drank the kool-aid now after Rye’s little tid-bit of terror. Flesh eating sperm AND giant squid. The Hell!?! Do not poke the phobias pal. The meat eating, hand digging “mole-cricket” or whatever the hell was bad enough.

119 WM December 23, 2008 at 6:03 pm

So all I’m sayin’ is just be glad it’s not your middle finger. Can you imagine them having to cut off your middle finger and then you getting mad in traffic…then what do you do ?

Well I guess you have another one…but really you’d never be able to do like a ‘double fuck you’ like if you’re really mad and stuff

WM’s last blog post..Seattle, we might have to break up.

120 Hippo Brigade December 23, 2008 at 7:13 pm

he was actually missing a leg? that’s crazy, you should probably go find out what happened, maybe it was because he said “fuckity-fuck-fuck” in church

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121 nikki December 23, 2008 at 7:25 pm

You had sex at a Christian camp and made baby Jesus cry? You are totally my hero.

Have a wonderful holiday.

nikki’s last blog post..That’s what I’m talking about!

122 David December 23, 2008 at 10:06 pm

lol….now THAT was funny….

David’s last blog post..Eyes for Daddy

123 Cedarflame December 24, 2008 at 12:11 am

So, what happen to the guys leg? I so thought he was going to come back into the story, but after reading you for a year now I am not sure I would think that.

124 .escamilla. December 24, 2008 at 2:39 am

jenn, i’ve subscribed to your blog for some time but have never commented until now. i effing LOVE your stories. and what the hell is up with that mole-cricket thing? that is not natural. it can’t be.

anyway, cheers and merry christmas!

.escamilla.’s last blog post..…me & the lil’ man…

125 Martie December 24, 2008 at 9:39 am

THIS. THIS post, right HERE?–it’s why I adore you. Ok, adore may be tooo strong a word. Or too “gay” a word.

Maybe I mean… This post reminds me that although I am fucked up and crazy–YOU are fucked up, crazy and FUNNY. And me likes that. Alot.

126 Summer December 24, 2008 at 1:44 pm

Wow. My Jesus camp growing up was nothing like your Jesus camp. Granted it was a Mormon Jesus camp in Utah so there was no cussing or sex only praying and singing and scripture study. Guess our plague was guilt.

I think I’d much prefer your camp.

Summer’s last blog post..The aftermath of Christmas parties

127 avonlea December 24, 2008 at 2:44 pm

I so wish I didn’t know about the mole cricket or about it living here in Texas. That thing is the stuff of nightmare.

avonlea’s last blog post..More potty talk

128 Johnny Truant December 24, 2008 at 5:20 pm

So I was going to say that I didn’t wade through your assload of comments and was just going to assume that I was the only one witty enough to notice the irony in you saying, “…the second night I had sex and I was all ‘Great. Now I’m fucked’ “, but then I decided to do a quick search to see if anyone else had caught that and of course someone did, but I’m going to pretend that I didn’t do the search and hence will have a forgivable reason for making a joke that was already made.

BUT.

In doing the search that I actually didn’t do, I just did a “Find” for the word “fuck” and THE FUCKING WORD FUCK IS ON THIS FUCKING PAGE FORTY FUCKING TWO TIMES HOLY FUCK IS THAT FUCKING CRAZY.

AND.

I also want to point out that one time I wanted to show that I was cool with disabled people being normal and was going to prove this by not giving this girl without a thumb any favoritism. I theorized that if she had a sense of humor, I could wait for the right time and congratulate her on something by offering to give her a “high four” and I think the people I was talking to misinterpreted my awesome and groundbreaking tolerance and instead said I was going to hell.

Johnny Truant’s last blog post..Unfortunately, pants

129 BenoSmash December 24, 2008 at 9:54 pm

Is it okay that all I got from that post was “holy shit” “I had sex with a stranger” and then “she hung up on me”?

And why is there only one other person talking about Van Helsing? And they didn’t even talk about how cool it was that Jenny got to sleep in his room. A zombified finger is not all that cool, guys. You’ll get more than enough of them during the zombie apocalypse.

130 chris zydel December 25, 2008 at 12:43 am

I think that “Jesus Fucking Christ” , “Jesus, Mary and Fucking Joseph” or “Jesus Fucking Christ on a Holy Shitstick” are right up there with most blasphemous. In case anyone is doing a survey.

Good luck with your finger. I hear that Cystic Malaysia Ambrosia can be cured pretty effectively having sex BACKWARDS in a Jesus camp. I just haven’t figured out how to do it yet!

chris zydel’s last blog post..PAIN FREE CREATIVITY: YOU DON’T REALLY NEED TO SUFFER FOR YOUR ART

131 Sisyphus December 25, 2008 at 5:03 pm

This is one of the most mindless and infantile posts I’ve read in a long time.

132 Jenny the bloggess December 25, 2008 at 5:18 pm

Obviously you must be new here.

133 Zach Flauaus December 25, 2008 at 5:33 pm

This is the first post I read (and spent the next three hours reading other posts on here). I’m 17 and my mind is being warped even more. BRING IT ON.

Zach Flauaus’s last blog post..Merry Christmas! 2008

134 katie ~ motherbumper December 25, 2008 at 5:41 pm

Zach will be back & will bring all his friends. I’ll be reading about you on the walls of the boys room at the local high school fer sure.

katie ~ motherbumper’s last blog post..predicting the unpredictable

135 Wendy December 25, 2008 at 5:43 pm

…does the Van Helsing Room at Jesus camp cost more? How far in advance do you have to make reservations? Just in case….

136 Mike Kirkeberg December 25, 2008 at 5:58 pm

Oh, my, you are drunker than me; and certainly more interesting. Hope you and your finger do well,

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137 Zach Flauaus December 25, 2008 at 8:29 pm

Katie, I’ve already brought a friend. And warping her as well.

138 Relo December 26, 2008 at 12:29 am

re 131: Early checkbox for that New Years resolutions huh? #1 fulfill thy destiny.

Though, I have a feeling you’ve been checking that box off most everyday of your life on the internet.

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139 Dickless Tim December 28, 2008 at 7:53 am

There are worst things to lose…

140 blissfully caffeinated December 31, 2008 at 1:03 pm

Someone’s been reading The Wings of the Dove, I see.

blissfully caffeinated’s last blog post..Goodbye 2008, you stupid bitch.

141 Melissa January 5, 2009 at 11:19 am

You are so twisted. Your posts are like a car accident. You want to look away, but you can’t help yourself. You have to read them. LOL

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