Afterglow 2014 - Day 5 Wednesday

 

 

Kevin and I went swimming one more time today. This video is really like 4 videos stitched together. That's because it takes modern technology to correct Jenny Reck's inability to take 1 decent video. But even modern technology is unable to make up for the fact that she didn't capture us jumping off of the high dive. At this point in my career I don't have enough money to add in CGI versions of us. So you'll just have to do it the old fashioned way and just imagine that you saw us jumping off the HD. It's not like you haven't seen this before, so I'm sure you have a pretty good idea of it in your head. If not, check out the video in which I made to try and recreate the madness. Dear God help us all.

  

It was raining outside, but that didn't stop Kevin and I from enjoying everything the HD and Lake Afterglow had to offer. Of course we're crazy. And of course we were drunk. Nice combo. Luckily Jenny and Brandon were cowering under the roof of the woodshed and took some pictures and halfway decent videos to share with you. Because if there aren't pictures or videos (documented proof), then it probably didn't happen. You wouldn't have believed me if I just told you about this. We're all goofballs in our own right, so this seems like the right thing for us to be doing on a Wednesday evening. In the end it's just another glorious day here at Afterglow Lake Resort.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I sobered up a lot thanks to some time and plenty of water. We then ended the night like we do most nights here at Afterglow - we had a roaring fire. I don't remember if we played any music that night, but now it doesn't matter. It's in the past and there isn't anything that I can do about it now. That's what happens man. Life happens. Sometimes even when you aren't paying attention.

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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This is where the day took a disastrous turn. Don't let these pictures fool you. Things are not always what they seem. There's always more to life than what is captured in photo albums. In fact, one might argue that pictures are not real life (because they are posed or staged) and life is what happens in between the pictures. There's a story to be told here and everywhere. Unfortunately this is one of those bad stories. See, I was really drunk and I decided it was a good idea to go out in a boat. I hadn't been out in one all week and I decided that now was the best time. So I rowed out into the water and couldn't control myself. The rocking of the boat (and my drunken state) caused me to fall over (thankfully in the boat and not into the lake) and I couldn't sit back up right. After Mom took these pictures from the shore, I had to be rescued by Kevin in a kayak and brought back to shore. It was one of the worst decisions I ever made in my life. If I fell overboard or hit my head, I could have easily drowned. That's no way to go out. It was foolish. I was an idiot. And I regret every bad decision I made that day. I scared my family and myself. That's not fair to me and it's not fair to them. I screwed up.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I cut my fingers up real bad and I was bleeding all over the place. But what hurt more was on the inside. To try and make right with the Universe, I went to the only person who I needed to talk to - Timmy. Thankfully I was just a short walk away from Memory Point. I won't disclose what I said to him (that was between the two of us) but basically I apologized for being so careless. My family can't stand to have another one of us die young. While I was out there, Kevin, Brandon and Jenny crashed my party and brought some of THAT DEET!! I guess Mom was worried because I disappeared into the night, but these kids knew where to find me. I'm always where Timmy is and he is always where I am. Even though he is gone, we are still connected. It can never be broken.