I went scuba diving for a week with some friends, and it was quite fun. Since the greater majority of us weren't Open Water Certified, we opted to obtain said certification. We got an awesome instructor - and I mean awesome - he decided to get the actual training done incredibly fast so we could just dive for fun most of the time. It turns out that his "fast method" ended up getting us prepared for our exploration dives in three training ones and about five hours of bookwork. After that, I'm proud to say that I saw quite a few interesting fish, some rays, got lost, navigated my way back to shore, and wasted about 700 psi doing so (which was roughly a third of my already depleted tank's capacity). Thank god I know how to use a compass. :] Otherwise, well, I can see the headline now: "Boy, 16, slain by bloodthristy kelp in recreational dive - goes unnoticed for 12 hours. Coast Guard, 'Oops. Our bad.' "

Seriously, though, it was a damn good trip, what with being away from home for a week and actually spending time with my friends. The only problem is that I came home. The day after I got back, I was assaulted with carve-my-eyes-out-with-a-knife boredom... or was it of the jab-a-flaming-candlestick-through-my-brain boredom? I forget. At any rate. Crap. I need something to do.

Later,
DS

Categories: diving [t], random [t]

The guy in my post is actually 7-3 (7-10 was a slight exaggeration). Some call him the Great Khali: http://www.wwe.com/superstars/smackdown/thegreatkhali/profile/
» dave on 2006-07-14 10:47:29

woo hoo! i love the ocean
» teresa on 2006-07-14 05:04:07

Boredom..... the foundation of
creativeness.... when i get bored i die my hair... or cut it... or make clothes... or sumthin..... so far so good but im scared one day im gonna come out with something that isnt so cute....
» finelegsforever on 2006-07-17 10:20:23

wow
luckey bastard
» eXiled on 2006-07-24 09:21:29

You know, I hardly ever get bored these days. I don't know why, but I just generally don't get bored. When I do, however, it's one of the most hellish things I can imagine.

Scuba diving sounds super awesome.
» DarkDragonKnight on 2007-01-31 11:04:11

sounds like you had a great weekend scuba diving but the getting lost thing must of been scary. I wish I could go fishing, sounds kind of scary though, well hope the boredom goes away.
» catatonicloki on 2007-05-01 10:47:08

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