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I think I've found a replacement New Year's Resolution: I'm going to swim across Walden Pond. It's probably not that big a deal to the normal, reasonably-in-shape human, it's less than half a mile across at it's longest point. When I get the other side I'd feel like a complete tool walking around the lake barefoot in my swimtrunks, so after one lap I'll have to turn around and swim back.
The thing is, I am absolutely terrified of dark water. When it's all murky and you can't see the bottom god knows what's going to come up underneath you and start chomping. There's alligators and shit out there. There's piranha, big mutant flying piranha, fer chrissakes. I've seen movies. Walden Pond's 100-foot depth was carved out by a big glacier, so you know there's at least one ichthyosaur down there. Oh man. I am going to be so scared.
The thing is, I am absolutely terrified of dark water. When it's all murky and you can't see the bottom god knows what's going to come up underneath you and start chomping. There's alligators and shit out there. There's piranha, big mutant flying piranha, fer chrissakes. I've seen movies. Walden Pond's 100-foot depth was carved out by a big glacier, so you know there's at least one ichthyosaur down there. Oh man. I am going to be so scared.
