Images of Excess

A fascinating little video I saw on the internet today that brings up all kinds of questions and some compelling images.

The Story of a String

So I received this little jewel from a friend in email form this morning beside the warm glow of my computer screen. Enjoy...

"I'm eating cherries. Everytime I eat cherries, I think of you and your accident along a highway somewhere in Washington state. I've told your story various times.

Most recently, I told it go a group of people at work. We had just had a conversation about nipple piercing. One of my coworkers just had this done. Another one of my coworkers has a friend who had his nipple pierced, and afterward there was a little white thing coming out of the nipple. It was bothering him for a while so he decided to pull it off. But when he pulled on it, more came out, and more and more, until soon he had a 5" white stringy thing dangling from his nipple. So he decided to do what any logical person with a white string hanging from their nipple might do (why didn't he decide to go to the doctor at this point, we'll never know). He cut it off. When cut the little white string, which was apparently a nerve, he lost all bowel and bladder function instantaneously. In other words, he shit his pants. The good news is that it was a temporary problem, and rumor has it he doesn't need to wear diapers today."

SF Payette Boatercross

So I entered my first kayaking competition ever. It was a lot of fun and it was really good to challenge myself by doing it. Basically, it was a race down Staircase Rapid on the South Fork of the Payette River. A class IV section of whitewater. Here's how it worked. 4 boaters raced at the same time down the rapid and the top two of each heat advanced to the next round. My goals going in were 1) Not to swim out of any holes and 2) To make it to the second round. Well, I guess I was 1 for 2 because although I didn't swim out of any holes and I didn't make it to the second round. Can't wait to do something like this again.