Well, I have hung suspended by a thin rope 30 feet over the edge of a cliff, I have climbed 50 foot waterfall with only picks on my boots and ice axes, and I have floated 2000 feet above ground, held up by only a few meters of paper thin nylon. And by far the stranges thing I have ever done is today, when I went "tanning" for the first time.
I know, I swore I would never partake in this stange, somewhat masochistic ritual. But as I gazed into the mirror this morning and noticed my darkening farmers tan, I decided to suck it up and go to the tanning salon. Well, not really a tanning salon, since it's attached to my gym. I figured, what with the wedding dress being strapless and backless, that a farmers tan might not look so good. So in order to even it out, I purched 3 months of unlimited tanning at the gym. I also purchased the "accessories" that go with what is known as fake n' bake. A pair of goggles that are set on top of the eyes to protect form light damage, which look more like shiny, bulging red eyeballs, and tanning cream, which is supposed to prevent the skin from drying out during the tanning. All I know is it smells fruity.
So they let you into this little room with the tanning bed. You get into whatever little amount of clothing you would like, flip the switch and lay down in the bed. Then you're lying there. Thinking about how stupid you feel. Here you are laying in a bed made of light tubes, risking melanoma so you can look good by having a tan. Man, did I feel stupid. At least it doesn't last very long. Today I went for 8 minutes. Though 8 minutes of lying there thinking about how stupid you feel lying in a bed of lights while nearly naked is actually a very long 8 minutes.
But I'll keep going, 'cause I laid down a fair chunk of change for the time. And because if I wanted to stop the farmers tan I would have to stop running outside. And I'm sure we all know that's not going to happen. So tanning it is. Though I'm sure after these three unlimited months I won't be visiting the tanning salon again. Hopefully.
