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the past few days have been interesting.

since thursday, i've pretty much been going to the pool, and then back home, exhausted. it was my first lifeguard class that i taught, and there were initially 40 of them that we were supposedly going to hire. between the seven of the lifeguard instructors, this was definitely bearable. but going up in front of them, talking to them in the beginning was the scariest thing ever. so many of them towered over me. seriously, the dudes could have been doubles for the incredible hulk. not all of them, but enough of them were massive i cringed at first. but as the class progressed, i definiteliy got used to the environment, and we all got to be comfortable around one another. i definitely developed confidence from teaching this class. even after working this job for years, practicing the skills, going through the instructor course -- i think it was nice to be able to prove i could teach it. and get to know people. i definitely hated the initial awkwardness. but a few laughs later, things were great. some of my favorite (new) guards:

• "weasley twin" - he has a twin brother working at a different part of the crc. they're redheads, and identical. what more can you ask? they also sound very much like each other, though i've only seen them together at the same time once.
• tech swimmer A - big, friendly guy. quiet giant. sculpted. holy crap. incredible huk #1.
• tech swimmer B - always had this mischievous grin. you'd think he was always up to no good as a kid. and never grew up. actually, he was hilarious. he told me he was going to take a turd in the pool today during practice. yeah. gross. but funny at the same time.
• philsky's little sister - i kid you not, this girl looks like my buddy's little sister. she's so TINY. potentially smaller than shawty. no jokes. apparently during the final scenario though, she had the voice of the devil. as in, everybody stopped as she was yelling and doing cadences. scariest thing ever. but similarly, funny.
  
• joe byrne look-a-like - sounded like him, only mini-me'd. also had the similar personality. he knew his stuff too, and was making my life easier as a teacher.
• G.I. joe - for the lack of a better name, because he was enlisted. also, cool student. so into the lessons. 'nuff said.

we had to fail a couple students at the last day, and we had to ask a few of them to leave on the first night. that was a bit of a shame, but had to be done. i'm looking forward to working with these guys over this summer and getting to know them.

still want to ride the bike properly. haven't gotten the chance to do that yet.

but here's a picture, blue with absurdity.

eddie -- i don't think i could go too far with it, it's prolly more for commuting purposes (it's a single speed). i'm game to try though, let me be a beast first though.