exquisite pain

okay, first things first- this should have been posted a couple days ago, but being the lazy ass i am, i am just now getting around to it. this is just another example of me not paying enough attention to this whole blog thing, which i might write about soon, if i get around to it. that being said, on to the good stuff-

i am in pain. my entire body feels as though it spent hours in the sun with no protection whatsoever. which it did, so i guess this feeling is normal. last tuesday i went down to waterworld with jim for the day. left a little after nine, getting there around ten, and didn't leave until nearly five. that's seven hours with no shirt, no shoes, and most importantly, no sunscreen. why, you may ask, did i not have on sunscreen? good question. you see, i had woken up a little late, and was kind of in a rush, and didn't have time to look for it. but, you continue, couldn't i have found it the night before and put it somewhere i could get it easily? possibly, but i am before all things lazy, and that would be too much effort. ok, you say, but didn't jim have any? probably, but i didn't feel like asking him. but, you insist, surely there was somewhere to buy sunscreen at waterworld? jesus, what the hell is it with you and all these questions?! seriously, what do you want from me? ok, fine, my lack of sunscreen was not an accident. i deliberately chose to forgo sunscreen for the day. you see, when i burn, after the pain, and the peeling, and the ridiculous looking red skin, i become tan. that's right, i traded temporary pain for a slightly less temporary form of attractiveness. who cares if i can barely move, or if i'll probably get cancer in a week, or that my bed will soon be covered in dead skin? i am tan dammit, and i look good.

ok, can we move past the sunburning canceritis for a while, so i can actually talk about the day?
first off, i am very disappointed in myself for never getting to waterworld before this. there is no excuse, it is just too much fun for me to have missed out for nearly twenty years. i'm not a big fan of regular amusement parks, particularly roller coasters, they just plain scare me, but waterworld is different. i guess it's cuz most of the stuff is over in a couple seconds, but no matter the reason, i loved it all. from the two hundred foot tall slides (that may be exaggerated a little, but not by much), to the wave pools, to the tube rides, it was all quite awesome. i even got in a nice nap, as jim and i semi-sorta accidentally fell asleep by one of the pools for an hour or so. that probably wasn't good for my stomach, the reason it now resembles a large red balloon. oh well, still worth it.