What a crazy day. Today, we had our "Executive Carwash" at work, which is a fundraiser for United Way (charity for underprivileged kids). I volunteered to help out with ticket sales and whatever else. We also had a dunk tank that I was on the list for (along with 10 or so other people). So, in short, we're raising money for United Way Lower Mainland by selling car washes, burgers & food, and with the dunk tank. The dunk tank was a new idea this year, and it turned out to be a success. So here's my story. Today's weather was cloudy with little bits of rain. A tradition that started last year was that there'd be a water fight, some Wireless software guys would load the back of their trucks up with ice from outside an ice rink, and start dousing people with water. I was the 2nd last dunkee... but FORTUNATELY, when I stepped up to the plate, I got 4 big buckets of slush from the truck poured into the tank. Great.

I didn't think it would be a big deal, so I kept my glasses on. Well, they came off and into the water on the first drop. DAMN... THAT WATER'S COLD!! Anyway, I couldn't bare to stand in the so-recently-chilled water long enough to look for my glasses, so I took a soft mop and pushed everything in the water towards the front of the dunk tank such that I wouldn't step on it.

My gig was that I was yelling insults at the throwers, you know, things like "You trying to get me wet?! The only thing that you can get wet is your BED!"... just for fun and to get people lining up for me. It is charity after all... and it seemed to work. I went down a record 9 times into this freezing water, and believe me, it was unbarable (but I couldn't exactly just up and leave). I don't know if this means I was the most popular, or the most hated... or the most popular to hate. Either way, I guess I'll be proud of my accomplishments. Now I need to focus on not catching a nasty cold (which I feel coming on already).

I took a warm/hot shower for 15 mins, came out, and was still shaking. So I went back in for another 5 mins. A few hours later, I was exhausted. You wouldn't believe how stressing that kind of thing is on your body. In fact, I spoke to 3 other dunkees, and they were all REALLY tired.

Now, I came up with a brilliant idea. I did this for the kids... and so I think they owe me one. I suggested to a few coworkers that we all go down to United Way with some buckets of icy water, and find them lil' bastards... [SPLASH!] "Now what do YOU think of THAT?!"

Maybe another day I'll talk about how bad shrinkage can get after 9 dunks into icy water... and where the worst place to get frost bite is.