David's Journal

Score: 204
Location: Waikato uni rec centre
Team: Adam, Me
Ball: Indoor Soccer

Last saturday I went to Auckland for my nephew’s first birthday which was excellent. As I said at the time, its a good birthday when some of your presents are larger than you. It was a windy and rainy day (it even hailed once) and I scandalised my mother by insisting that we go to the beach so I could swim. Very few people I talk to relate to me in this. I love to swim, no matter the weather or temperature - it’s something that reconnects me to nature and reaffirms the fact that I’m really alive, not just living some comfortable facsimile. When I’m away from the sea for too long I feel stifled, and diving in to her welcoming waters is like a deep breath of fresh air. Most people think, “Dear God man, it’s winter/spring/autumn, the water will be freezing! You are so weird!” But honestly, it feels so good (especially when you walk back up the beach with the wind warming you) that to me it’s strange that people are afraid of it.

Reading:

The Iliad, Homer
The Martian Chronicles (The Silver Locusts), Ray Bradbury

Playing:

Soldat
Cave Story
Wolfenstien: Enemy Territory
Counter-Strike Source
Star Wars Knight Of The Old Republic 2: The Sith Lords