What a week I've had! After all that worrying and preparing, in the end (no pun) I entered the water bum first! Too funny. I was way too serious back then. Too bad that Lisa didn't bring her sheet on the boat and 'encouraged' me out of the cabin with it as a last, symbolic gesture :) After the traumatic plunge into the water and the unseemly bout of delirium passed, I thought about drawing w/ my bum, but shiny fish kept distracting me. I floated in the water for a very long time and just let the ocean carry me, letting my mind go numb. It was very cathartic, and almost spiritual.
I took my life way too seriously before, and I missed out on some wonderful stuff, like a friendship w/ the baby owl (formerly 'evil baby owl at the zoo'). My jealousy of the newly born chick made me blind to how wonderful she actually was. And the baboon with the evil eye that like to sit on other animal's faces for fun, when you were feeling down, he was always good to make you laugh.
The tracking-thing doesn't feel too bad while swimming. Glad they removed the guy who glued his finger to my bum. He'd be way too challenging to swim with :)
Met a mermaid all tangled up on sea rubbish. I pecked at it furiously for a while to free her and she STILL gave me bad directions afterwards. Mermaids are known for giving bad directions for spite. Took secret delight in the fact that she now has a bald patch on her head as a result of my furious pecking effort :) Never trust a mermaid!
Being a juvie means no mating/ice obligations. I'm going to have fun and explore while I can. Don't get constipated watching me swim north :) Going back into the water now. I think the boat people are done mating. Thank you all for your lovely and encouraging tweets/posts. Now get yer bum off the tracker map and find yourself a little pool of water to frolic in. Life is short (and very confusing!). It's not the path that I have taken on a map that's important. I wish I could share with you all that has happened between the two points on the map. Maybe next time, I'll have a drawing to post on my blog, if I don't get too distracted by shiny fish. Till then... Pengy hugs :)
Love the blog Pengy!
ReplyDeleteMaybe save the drawing stuff for when the you have the muse?
Happy swimming!
PS When the time comes.
The extremely white beaches taste better than the sandy ones. You'll know where they are, when you feel drawn to them (not in a cartoon kinda way)
I think it's something to do with a signal that those girl penguins send out. it may not be a blue Argos one though.
gah. come across this again just now after so long. learned once again that "burst into tears" is not simply a figure of speech, but a real thing.
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