Today I went water-skiing. I never did actually get going; each time I fell on my face a little farther from the landing than I had the previous time. (Progress is progress though.) It wasn't at all what I expected, because rather than starting from a standstill behind a boat, there was a wire track in the air all the way around the lake, and when you started it yanked you along off to the side, not in the direction your skis were pointing. But there were some crazy wakeboarders there jumping like 10 feet in the air on the curves (just to rub it in I think) and one of them looked eerily like Kurt Cobain, except with lots of muscles and a nice tan. I felt pretty damn white around all these people...the first time such a feeling has come over me in Germany.
Posted by Alan at July 31, 2002 09:38 PM