Dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun......
So here's the deal. I'm really really REALLY scared of great white sharks. Like...I can't go into the ocean. And I've had problems in a pool. (Roll your eyes. Go ahead. Get it over with.) As far as my psyche goes, paddling legs = hungry shark. It's a 1-2 step.
This fear might be traceable to an early-childhood viewing of Jaws (damn you, motor-operated shark double!!!), but my father and sister experience a similar phobia and so I've tried to argue it's genetic. Yes? No? No. Okay.
Nevertheless, I was recently saying to Florian (mr. boytoy) that I think I would hate having to die at the hands of a great white shark more than he would, which he found ridiculous because he believed that at the brink of death, all manners are equally terrifying and the victims equally terrified. To which I shook my head and maintained that I would find death-by-shark a bit more awful than he.
I tell you of this inane debate (which is probably no more interesting now than it was then) because it just goes to show how truly and utterly petrified I am of these aquatic terrorists.
There are those who ask, how have I let this fear cripple me? And to them I respond, how have you not? And I ask that while posting this picture:
Have fun in your pools/shark tanks,
Ama"ruining summer vacations one post at a time..."lia
So here's the deal. I'm really really REALLY scared of great white sharks. Like...I can't go into the ocean. And I've had problems in a pool. (Roll your eyes. Go ahead. Get it over with.) As far as my psyche goes, paddling legs = hungry shark. It's a 1-2 step.
This fear might be traceable to an early-childhood viewing of Jaws (damn you, motor-operated shark double!!!), but my father and sister experience a similar phobia and so I've tried to argue it's genetic. Yes? No? No. Okay.
Nevertheless, I was recently saying to Florian (mr. boytoy) that I think I would hate having to die at the hands of a great white shark more than he would, which he found ridiculous because he believed that at the brink of death, all manners are equally terrifying and the victims equally terrified. To which I shook my head and maintained that I would find death-by-shark a bit more awful than he.
I tell you of this inane debate (which is probably no more interesting now than it was then) because it just goes to show how truly and utterly petrified I am of these aquatic terrorists.
There are those who ask, how have I let this fear cripple me? And to them I respond, how have you not? And I ask that while posting this picture:
Have fun in your pools/shark tanks,
Ama"ruining summer vacations one post at a time..."lia
posted by Amalia at 8:02 PM
9 Comments:
you're not alone in your freshwater shark in the swimming pool fears.
most definitely not alone...i actually feel that the people who don't have this as their top two fears are the freaks in the world. it just so happens that my fear of death by shark is so great it fills up my quota of top one and two. jaws 3 was on the other night and i nearly pissed my pants....speaking of which, such a story just might appear on a future trippingonmyfuture....but patience friends, patience.
Our next menorca post was to be labeled "menorca is heaven" but now will be re-named "menorca feeds us to the jaws of death via waterfall filled swimming pool or turquoise ocean water" Job well done, mali.
PS...OBSESSED with McSweeneys. great link...
Lana's comment is great...because it suggests that Amalia is actually the shark she is warning people about. I am entertained by this image, as I have seen Amalia swim before and know that it is not shark-like PER SE.
amalia, do you consider yourself a good swimmer?
BTW, I don't think of you as just a food writer...
Maybe we should submit ourselves to clinical trials at UCLA to see if this shark "issue" is truly genetic or just the passing of fears lovingly from one gen to another. Like a gift.
Yes, and I'm glad you've added McSwees. It's sort of the SPY magazine for your generation, a little bit more lit, but not enough to frighten.
OK, back to the sharks. Isn't being afraid of sharks in the ocean just like being wary of using electrical appliances just as you step out of the shower? Maybe we're baseline normal. And everyone else is batshit blind to this danger. Fine. More space for us if they swim WAY OUT into the ocean... Keep going, it's safe! You're bleeding? It's your period? Not to worry. Just keep swimming, that suit looks great on you...
Very pretty design! Keep up the good work. Thanks.
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