Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Swimming

I love swimming. It's the closest thing the human body can get to flying. Sky diving, BASE jumping, etc., all of that is literally falling with style. Your trajectory is inexorably downward.
Hang gliding is a close second. You are almost soaring through the air by yourself. But the big wing contraption is still there and you have to keep moving forward to stay aloft. When you're swimming, there's just you and the water. Up, down, those directions only limit you to the extent you can hold your breath.

There's some kind of irony in there about flying but having no air. Meh.

I use it as a wallpaper.

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  1. MarkJune 20, 2012 at 8:20 PM

    I can't swim, but I get what you mean about how it's really quite close to actually flying. The two experiences are probably not very dissimilar.

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    1. UnknownJune 20, 2012 at 8:40 PM

      Been encouraging you to try swimming again for months, man. You can take that "probably" out of your sentence after you do.

      U-unless you're one of dem sinkers.

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    2. BerserculesJune 21, 2012 at 1:23 PM

      Mark you can't swim? I didn't know people like you existed! You're very unique!

      As a person who can swim (and fly) I can tell you that, yes, they are very similar experiences!

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  2. Mai YangJune 20, 2012 at 11:52 PM

    I love swimming too! and I'm proud to say that I can swim :D I'm not good at any style of swimming but I can swim, though I can't hold my breath for more than 1 minute and I'm not expert at any style of swimming but I can swim..('',)

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  3. Mai YangJune 22, 2012 at 9:56 AM

    what am I saying here? HAHA~

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