I was supposed to paint today. I went to the paint shop yesterday so that I didn't have to go on a Saturday with a million other losers with dirty walls. They told me they only had 2 shades of white. "Everybody buys this", the sales woman assured me. So I bought it. 735,- kr a bucket. 110 bucks a pop. 10 liters/2½ gallons. I just got started on the corners and I can already tell that I hate it. The old paint is whiter than what I just bought. If I don't like it - if - ah ha ha ha - I'm gonna go back to the old cheepie stand-by that we painted our old house with.
Anyway.... today is the Red Bull diving competition just down the street.
Q: Do I continue painting the room a dirty white or do I take a boat ride down the harbor and watch half naked guys jump off The Opera House?
A: duh
I dropped everything, put on my winter jacket, pushed 'S' in the elevator and crossed the street to catch the boat.
On the boat sailing into town.
The boat is loaded with my neighbors on their way to see the diving show.
Sailing under Knipple Bridge.
One of the other harbor boats on the way back to pick up more neighbors.
There's The Opera House.
A diver on the big screen.
Next Stop - Opera House.
Sailing past The Play House - loaded with viewers.
Sailing past trendy places - loaded with viewers.
I get to see this from the boat.
Now I'm sailing past The Opera House as the boat stop is just on the other side.
Diving 89 feet from the roof of The Opera House.
The diver on the big screen is the same guy- with a 2 second delay,
diving from the roof of The Opera House.
OK - that's plenty of Speedo's for today. Back to dirty white paint.
