I got a bunch of my navel-gazing questions answered this morning. It turns out
one of the juniors is apprenticing to be a piercer. This is not a major surprise,
considering the amount of metal already inserted through various parts of his body
-- navel, behind (not through) both nipples, and "the one you can't see" (his
words). Anyway, as both an athlete and a piercer, he was able to answer some of my
specific questions better than the people at the piercing place, who look like
they don't get out in daylight much. And he recommended that in future I go to
the guy he's studying with -- I didn't quite have the heart to tell him I was
planning to stop with just the one extra new hole.
Back when I was
coaching the city juniors programs, the kids used to come in and tell me about
every new piercing this guy and another one had gotten, so I already knew he'd
"pierced his junk" (their words).
Why do people feel the need to
tell about these things? Yesterday I walked to my car after work with a coworker
heading in the same direction. This guy's wife also works here, and had told me
about an unusual medical condition of his, including the exact reason she's glad
they had their son a few years ago. Walking with him yesterday, all I could think
was, "I know about this man's sperm count. That is far more than I wanted to know
about him."
Speaking of which, the sperm count in my boat was higher
this morning. I rowed the double with Rudder, and this time it actually went
fairly well. We did a 1000m piece faster than he and She-Hulk do it. (*gloat*) Of
course, then he had to take credit for all the power -- "the boat was much more
set so I could use my full power and I can't do that with her." Gee, at least he
gave me credit for setting it. She'll be a better rowing partner for him in the
long run; she's considerably bigger than I am, and she'll be able to improve her
technique more than I will my strength.
PS. Andrew's just got to fix this Optional Fields thing. They need to be
longer, and they need to be re-editable. That up above should say, It's Mistress
Sinister's fault."