Wednesday, October 3, 2007

Kona

Shakespeare's plays were usually performed without backdrops. This is why, whenever the setting changes in one of his works, there's an obvious exposition line, explaining the location. I'm going to go ahead and steal my favorite, from As You Like It. Forgive me, dead white guy, I'm going to paraphrase you:

"So now I am in Kona, the more fool I."

Before my first triathlon, I remember standing in the water, channeling Chevy Chase from Vacation - "This is crazy. This is crazy. This is crazy".

That wasn't crazy. _This_ is crazy.