feb 27 2007 Arraial D'Ajuda, Brasil approx. 5pm

After a fun pick up futbol game on la playa with a bunch of italians and one killer brasilian futbol player... we all jump in the water to cool off... im treading water when i get a sharp painful sensation on my left ankle. i feel the burn a little bit further up again and realize i am being stung by a jellyfish. i cant speak italian or portuguese ( the common language was futbol prior to this moment) so i try and ask the guys if they know if there are "jellyfish " in this water... after a bunch of hand-motions and broken spanish they get the point im asking about " MEDUSAs" = italian term for jellyfish. they have no idea and jokingly tell me theres sharks but no medusas... i seriously tell them no, there are, i just got stung, and get out of the water... everyone looks at my ankle as it has swollen red marks all over it. katy tells me to go pee on it...i do not pee on it and say it will be fine. the guys buy a round of beers and i drink mine before we cheers ( im the a#%shole cheers-ing with an empty glass) and look down at my ankle a half hour later to see it perfectly back to normal... jellyfish cant hurt me! beer cures everything.
SpongeDiver