Oh hi. Friday, June 26, 2009

So my lack of writing can almost wholly be attributed to the fact that I've spent the last two weeks trying frantically to re-finish a side table and bookcase rescued from the depths of my grandparent's basement. The scraping and sanding and inhaling of strong chemical strippers did wonders for my mental capacity. We used to tell ourselves in college that the brain cells we killed were clearly the weaker ones and therefor just making space for the stronger ones to survive and multiply. That theory is total bullshit.

Minor setbacks aside, I should be finished with the bookcase this weekend. The side table, well, that one is a little bitch. The first round of stain on the top looked horrible due to some experimenting that went horribly wrong. So I had to re-strip it yet this time around the stain seemed to eat the stripper and wouldn't come off. So I had to sand large stubborn sections forever. Which is probably why my shoulder is hurting, you know that bitch shoulder that has been bothering me for months.*

Yet tomorrow is going to be perfect weather and I'm not going to be working on any of these projects. Instead I'm going to be flinging my body from an airplane. This, my friends, is not hyperbole. I am actually going to be doing it and I absolutely cannot wait. I've wanted to go sky diving for years and round and round we've made mythical plans to do it. A couple of months ago I decided it was time for us to stop pussyfooting around and set a date. This is the year of action.

Full report to come tomorrow or very soon after.

*I finally did have that shoulder looked at and am currently doing some physical therapy. I should be better according to them in mid-july.

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Skeezix  Friday, June 26, 2009

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  • At June 27, 2009 7:24 PM, Blogger Lincoln said…

    Skydiving is awesome. I did it about 10 years ago. Although I prefer bungee jumping. I feel like that gives more of the "falling" feeling. Skydiving is more akin to flying. I'm anxious to see what you think.

     

  • At July 27, 2009 7:34 PM, Anonymous Stacy said…

    Oh my gosh- I laughed so hard at this post! Mary sent me an email I'll have to find for you...so funny. I haven't read your blog in awhile- missed it :) Hope you're doing good!

     

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