What are white people like me supposed to do when they go to Florida? Get a stupid sunburn.
Mission accomplished.
I managed to burn my forehead & face without getting too much of the racoon-eye thing going on. I also burned my back & shoulders. Also, I somehow ended up with an inverted flip flop tan. Yes, instead of having red feet with white stripes, I have white feet with red stripes.
From this I think I’ve learned some lessons for preventing sunburn:
1 - Base tans can be helpful, but they didn’t help my face very much.
2 - Body hair can be a good sunblock. Maybe it doesn’t do well on it’s own, but it may help fight against number 3…
3 - “Ultra-waterproof” also appears to mean “rubs off on everything,” where “everything” includes flip flops which apparently sucked the sunblock right off my feet and contributed to my burn.
Now, 3 days after having spent less than 3 hours in the sun, my forehead is finally starting to peel. I’m looking forward to spending the next few days making piles of dead skin. The excitement is overwhelming.
