SkydivingNurse

Before today: One and a half years. After today: sorry, jumped today.

I was in the Navy, first trip out to sea I had to go get the BT punch. Fuckers.

So today was the day I finally got back into the air. I had taken way too much time off for a variety of reasons, I attended Safety Day this year, I went to the DZ one day and did a refresher of EPs, but couldn't jump. I thought about it for a while and decided that the best way to get my legs again would be to do a tandem dive. What a great choice it turned out to be! I arrive at the DZ, a bit nervous and a bit excited. I go through the paperwork and half-heartedly watch the tandem video. I have jumped before, did six AFF jumps, so I knew (I thought) most of what would happen in the air. Things are looking good. I'm feeling a bit scared but nothing that can't be managed and enjoyed a little. A taste of fear sharpens the senses. Blood flows swifter, adrenaline brings a focus that I don't feel that often. I start going over the dive with my tandem guy. ? I can't wear my full face!?! (little voice in my head gets a little bit more shrill~the wind you fool! You won't be able to breathe! Back down! Go home! liberate tutemet ex inferis!) Oh, I might hit you in the mug with my helmet. OK, sounds good. I trust you. Then comes the harness. Yegads that thing is tight. I endure, knowing that this tight ass harness is going to save my bacon. I try to crack a joke or two to relieve my tension. Apparently the harness doesn't make my butt look big, my big fat ass makes my butt look big. I have a smile on my face, at least. Tension level decreasing. I'm starting to feel the jump. Feel the wind, the acceleration of the plane on the runway, the vibrations and find myself beginning to look forward to this. Time to board the plane: we walk towards the plane, oh noes! the voice is back, and this time he brought the butterflies (you can do it, it's only a minute or so of freefall and that damnable wind you can do it you really can). The plane is small inside. Didn't look that small walking up to it. It's all good though. John in front of me and Jim behind. I love these guys. (you just had to have that damn bean burrito last night, didn't you, ohmygodIhopeIdon'tfart) Here we go!!! Fast, this plane is really fast. OK. Altimeter is working. Nice view. Time to go over the dive in my head again. Head back, arms crossed, kick John in the heiny. Ohcrapohcrap the wind is going to suffocate me. Shut up, inner voice! A few thousand feet up the guy next to me opens the door, checks the spot, Later, bro! Wow, the wind! Climbing, climbing. Is that a fucking jet? Holy shit that's close. There's a freaking jet out there passing us at around 5K, plowing through the cloud tops, can't be more than a mile away. Lesson learned: don't fuck with minimum visibility and look the hell out! Oh shit, it's my turn! You can do this. You've done it before, you'll be fine. I take a few moments at the door to breathe. In. Out. In. Out. OK. This is no problem. Head in the wind and I'm still breathing. Let's do it!. Out. In. YEEEEFUCKINGHAWWW!!! I'm breathing! Oh shit! Can't see! Fucking wind is bouncing my goggles all over the place, dragging my glasses. Everything is bouncing. Can't let go of my goggles, gotta try this one handed. Cloud bombing! Two clouds, space in between, this is AWESOME!!! I can see how fast we are going. All senses in over drive, (check alti) how cool is this! (check alti, getting close). So cool, words fail at this point. OK. 7K, locked onto altimeter. 6K, wave off, pull (damn that's hard), canopy! I can let go of my goggles and enjoy (YEAHHHHH!!!!!!!!) the ride. Sorry for the long post, but it's been so long since I've jumped and this was so much fun and I really can't wait to get up there again, but this time as an AFF again. Tandem: so much fun I want to crap myself. After the long break it was an unbelievable comfort knowing that I was attached to someone experienced. I honestly can't say that I would have been able to get up there again without this. John, you ROCK! The entire staff there is just too wonderful to say. I jumped, I had more fun than I've had since my first jump. I felt good today. Now I'm off to add that magical 1 to my jump number. Here's to ya, everyone! I may not know you, I may not have met most of you yet, but I love you all. (no, I'm not drunk. Not yet, at least )

I still love this toon. (no offense intended to our resident Greenies, btw )

While this is true, I must call your attention to figure A, where we examine awesomitude as a function of badosity. Region A (the linear region) is where most common movies operate, bad is bad, good is good, and everything is simple. As you get into Region B, the "bad movie effect" results in an inflection point, and the movie gets more enjoyable. In fact, if the director plays his cards just right, you can end up a higher awesomitude than with a badosity of zero. Region C is the saturation region where things start to collapse. The mind reels, sense cannot be made of what's going on, and it is wise to stop the film before you have a coronary. ----------------------------------------------------------- It appears these numbers may be skewed slightly to the left. The liner equation of the bell curve purports a distinct, subtle paradigm shift while leaving basic functions to task. The difference here is in the mean versus the medium. Without a justifiable clause, or P99 ratio, to balance the shift we will be left with only the undeniable fact that the ratios must be skewed. It is the same reason the space shuttle blew up I think you may have forgotten to factor in the angle of the dangle, or something.

Ward was and still is my favorite thing about NASCAR, even though he doesn't have a ride this year. What a freaking marble mouth. My favorite comment of his was him describing how he ran a race like a three legged goat. I miss ya, Ward! The CAT car just isn't the same.

Rookies. Yes, 20% alcohol. It tastes great, btw. Fizzy yellow beer is for wussies. I got a fridge full of stuff like this. Who wants to party?

I would pay huge amounts of cash to watch Ward Burton sing the song. That would be gold.

I only drive as fast as my mad skillz allow. Crowded roads, not too much over the limit. Wide open empty roads=100 mph GO GO GO!

How do you donate without using paypal?

I don't think even strong mojo will help me find someone

For all the musicians on the site: What do you get when you drop a piano down a mine shaft? A flat minor. Thanks so much, I'm here all week and don't forget to tip your waitress!

Does MST3K count?

My favorite Democrat is Robert Byrd, the KKK guy. Also the guy who is so in favor of not changing Senate rules. Edit to add: I don't consider myself a Republican, just a conservative. I think a bunch of the people on both sides of the isle are full of crap.

Point well taken. I've never had to try to teach kids about the birds and the bees (I don't have any kids) and hadn't thought of that.

Challenging social mores is one thing. What I want to know is what scientific value does his "study" of young children have? This isn't an attack against you or any other poster here. I'm just curious what value the findings have? How does knowing how many orgasms can be induced in a 5 month old baby enrich us? I'm sure that I could come up with a study of the effects of being electrocuted with a wire inserted twelve feet into a person's lower intestine, I could couch it in the language of science, provide my own version of table 34, but how would that further the cause of humanity? Human sexuality is a wonderful thing, a glorious thing (so I'm told ), and we should enhance our knowledge of it. I just can't see Kinsey as a free thinker or courageous. The ends don't always justify the means. Was it worth it? I'd rather live in a society that is a bit on the prudish side than one that places value on a study like this. Just my opinion. Humanity has always had a working knowledge of human sexuality, babies have always been born. My idea of a courageous scientist pursuing thoughts that were unpopular is closer to Galileo or Copernicus or Heisenberg. Just my $0.02

Actually, no, I don't but how does that justify using a study that is blatantly flawed?

I've always been fond of "people"

Kinsey was a demented pervert.

[jedi] These aren't the post-bots you're looking for. Move along [/jedi]

Every other website than this I'm Jack the Ripper. It's a long story. So far, though, I haven't disemboweled any English hookers.

Prove that I have ever owned a slave and I'll gladly pony up. Was it a terrible chapter of human history? Of course. Are there any former slaves or slave owners these days? Probably not. Non issue.

BUMP~cause the DVD is out. I'm going to be singing those damn songs for a long time. America, FUCK YEAH! Coming again to save the motherfucking day, yeah! So lick my butt and suck on my balls. FUCK YEAH!

I didn't take the quiz, but I could always see a little bit of myself in Teri Hatcher's character. I'd love to see a little of me in her over and over and over.

People who haven't put their ass on the line to defend that Flag probably don't know what they're doing, either. Most of the nitwits I see burning the Flag on videos are just that. Nitwits. I find what they do extremely distasteful and disrespectful, but unless they did something to actually hurt someone, I don't think I'd do anything more than pity them for their ignorance. BTW, six years in the Navy, Honorably Discharged.