I promised a guy for whom I have a lot of respect that I would help him out with a team sport event he is holding in Armadale tomorrow.
The problem is, I'm already drunk and it's only the beginning of the evening. My friends and I are going to a new club called Shape in Perth, and I fear tomorrow will be most difficult.
You see, the sport is dragon boat racing. Essentially what you do is hang out the side of a rowing boat with one paddle and dig into the water in an effort to beat the other boats around you.
During the week I was compelled to cancel on him, knowing I had a big night planned on Saturday night. The thing is, that would have been unfair of me.
One of the most compelling bits of advice I was ever given by my ex-girlfriend Helen was that sometimes, you have to do things you don't want to do.
So I'm viewing tomorrow as character building. Tomorrow I will take my hangover and I will row it out of me.
And if you don't hear from me again you'll know why.
3 months ago
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My sister and I once went out on a dragon boat practice race with the British team in Singapore. A woman borrowed my life jacket to sit on bcause her arse was getting wet. The boat sunk. Luckily I could swim well (I was 11). The Aussies fished us out of the river before we got SARS. The end.
OH and my dad found my life jacket and thought I had drowned. Enough for you? I thought so...
I feel SO much better :)
Doing things you don't want to do? Tell me about it. I just wrote a story about people eating for diabetes. Public holidays bring out the best and the worst in us, I fear.
I suppose since you'll already be hanging over the edge of a boat hurling up chunks will be convenient. :)
Multifuncional, go away and come back when you can spell
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