A Mind-Altering Swim
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This is probably of minimal interest to anybody, but I just had the best swim I think I’ve ever had in my life. 2500m non-stop at an admittedly leisurely pace (just shy of 40 seconds per lap) – but the quality of the swim! It was so good it was almost adulterous. The water seemed to have no density. At one point I felt like I was on the verge of an out-of-body experience.
I got out of the pool as high as kite. Must have been in maximum endorphin release mode today. Wish I could turn it on and off at will.
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Posted to The Good • 2002.05.10 (Fri) • 19:07
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Posted by Adam Frederick 2002.05.07, 15:34
As an Australian citizen, I’m glad our Government hasn’t widley adopted zero tolerance crime laws.
I’m glad Australia has a political and social landscape that allows people to have widely divergent views and agendas and to promote them as they see fit.
I’m glad that I can come to personal website and see a criticism of my country and comment on it.
Woohoo!
Posted by jh 2002.05.08, 00:40
Hi, Adam, and welcome.
It’s my country, too (I guess I don’t make that clear anywhere but in stray posts every now and then) but you probably knew that. I’m from Perth.
I’m also glad that Australia hasn’t adopted the zero-tolerance approach to a great extent, although the trend towards minimum mandatory sentencing is pretty disturbing. I haven’t lived in Australia for more than a decade so I’m not sure what the atmosphere is like these days for “widely divergent views and agendas” but I certainly hope it’s as you suggest. I found myself with a lot of explaining to do to Japanese and non-Australian foreign friends here when Pauline Hanson and One Nation were on the rise.
I’m not sure I was very helpful as I really didn’t know what was going on back in Australia. The embarrassment, however, was acute.
-jh
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