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My Poor Decision

I was just thinking of one of my poor decisions. I should have gotten the life jacket.

It’s not as bad as it sounds. We were vacationing last January in Playa Del Carmen and decided to take a day trip out to Chichen Itza, which included a visit to the Ik Kil cenote. The trip involved some poor choices already (an entire day of driving and other garbage they made us endure for like an hour at Chichen Itza and maybe a half hour swim at most at the Ik Kil cenote), so when we got to finally swim at the Ik Kil cenote I decided not to bother renting a life jacket.

This was the poor decision I’m referencing above.

Why need it? I can swim, right? Well, the cenote is between about 80 feet deep at its shallowest point, 130 feet at its deepest. The sides were pretty much entirely vertical. The platform they put at the pool you weren’t allowed to hang onto. That meant you pretty much had to swim the entire time you were in the water, absent managing to briefly cling to the wall, unless you were smart enough to rent the life jacket.

No one told you this ahead of time.

So, yeah. Didn’t perhaps get as much enjoyment there as I would have liked because I was too busy trying not to die. It was one of the coolest parts of our Mexico trip, but it would have been perhaps more enjoyable if I’d been smart enough to rent the life jacket so I could just float around…seeing as there was no where to rest until I got done swimming and got out. It would have really been a problem if the stupid tour company hadn’t wasted so much time that day that we got almost no time at the coolest part of the trip.

Just saying.

Denver Has Wrecked My Tolerance For Gray

Denver has wrecked my tolerance for gray. I’ve lived in Omaha and Seattle, places where it can be gray for months at a time, if not the entire winter. That was fine. Denver is so sunny though. They advertise 300 days of sunshine a year, which seems at least vaguely true.

So what does that mean?

Well, this morning it was gray and it felt as if it had been that way forever. Then I remembered that it started two days ago. Two days is not forever.

Denver has wrecked me for grey.

I Didn’t Find Many….

I didn’t find many, but I found one. Ralph Snart animated gif.

You’re welcome.

The Humble Beet Is The Answer To All Riddles

The humble beet is the answer to all riddles.

Just so you know.

It’s A Good Thing I Don’t Have Photoshop

It’s a good thing I don’t have Photoshop. Do you know what I’d be doing right now if I did? I had the sudden urge to add single Gobots to pictures of Transformers and then release them onto the Internet. Put one in the background or something. Just to muddle reality a bit. Cause a little confusion. Could you imagine?

Yeah, probably not. I bet you think of more productive uses of your time. Oh well, my brain is what it is. I’ve gotten somewhat used to that.

 

 

Trying To Combine Two Obsessions

I was trying to combine two of my obsessions today: animated gifs and chop suey. It’s hard though. System of a Down keeps cluttering up the Google image search results.

We’ll just have to go with it.

Memeing Up This One Again

Now improved by Jack Handy.

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Better, isn’t it? Kind of fits, though Jack is way better than this.

Another Meme I’m All Too Proud Of

I don’t know why I’m so proud of this meme.

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I am though.

How To Live On A Boat Without Leaving The City

I just saw a clickbait article with a title something like “How to Live on a Boat Without Leaving the City.” I didn’t click on it, because it was obvious clickbait garbage, but this is what I immediately thought:

How hard could it be? Just put a kayak in your living room and sit there when you aren’t working. There, done. You didn’t need to read an article for that.

I Miss Turkey Television

I miss Turkey Television.

That was a good show.