Joe has been practicing his swan dive all morning, jumping off of the ledge out front, mastering every last arm swing so that when he takes that fateful leap, that magnificent jump, with nothing but 450 feet of doubt and sorrow between him and the menacing ground, he will be prepared.
Joe is ready. He is pumped. He is a warrior who expertly displays such a magnificent calm before the storm that those around him questions whether the storm is coming at all.
Alas, the storm is coming, we already paid our $260 or so, so the storm is definitely coming. The bungee company is smart, they make you pay before your jump, with no refunds, so if you whimp out while looking down at your impending mortality, it’s your financial loss.
But Joe is not a whimp, Joe is ready to conquer this bungee three times over.
I, on the other hand, am scared shitless.
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