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I kind of almost drowned today.

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Whole
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States6046 Posts
July 26 2011 02:29 GMT
#1
I figured I would do a blog on an interesting experience I had today. I would do some flashy intro or something, but I guess saying that I'm not doing a flashy intro is a flashy intro in itself so.....whatever let's get into the story.

So a week or two ago, my coworkers and I decided to go to a trip to a local (well 2 hour drive lol) water park called Blue Bayou. This is kind of weird in itself because it is a high-school boy (me), four pretty college girls (them), and one of the girl's boyfriend. But whatever. Despite our different backgrounds, we were all really good friends.

Here is a little relevant background: I am and was always scared of roller-coasters and rides with big drops and sickening turns. The fear of a ride's drop is because I'm a pussy, but the turns and stuff actually make me kind of sick.

Okay, so unfortunately the first slide we do is the "Mad Moccasin." It is a stereotypical ride that I would not like. Turns...so many turns, curves, twists, ect. But it is the first ride, I'm not gonna pussy out. I did express how scared I was going on the ride though. (Well I get scared for every ride even though I know it won't be bad.)

I knew of the "Mad Moccasin" since I was a little kid. When I was in about 5th or 6th grade, I went to Blue Bayou, and I saw the "Mad Moccasin." I automatically knew I was not going to like that ride as a kid...especially because it shakes. I saw it shaking from far away when I was a little kid.

Well standing in line was even scarier, no matter how old I was. Walking up the stairs to get to the top of the slide, you would see the whole foundation of the slide shake every minute. And I was already nervous X_X.

So after a while of being nervous and waiting in line with my coworkers, it was my turn to slide down. I was the last one of our group to go. As I'm going down, I just close my eyes because of the random dark tunnels you go through and the slide was stupidly fast and sickening. So I'm twisting, turning, and doing a bunch of other stuff that made my stomach hurt, I suddenly feel myself going "up." WTF. The slide doesn't go up. Whatever, the ride should be over soon, so as long as I keep my eyes shut, I should be fine.

I feel fresh air (the tunnels during the ride have a distinct atmosphere to them), and I think for a second, "Finally, this is over." Well I get launched into a pool at the end of the slide...and I can't find the surface. Well remember how I thought I was going up? I thought up was down and down was up. So even though I should've been fine, I start swimming down. This is a problem, and I start panicking and just keep trying to swim to what I think is "up." Well now I can't fucking breathe, and I'm drowning. Cool. Actually...not cool. I can't even make that sarcastic because I was fucking about to die. Thankfully, someone (lifeguard) picks me up, and I get my head out of the water after another set of hands lift my head up. I cough out a bunch of water from my lungs. They ask me if I was okay, and I give a thumbs up. I stand up...disorientated...and say, "Dude, I almost fucking died."

For the rest of the day, we just joked about how I almost fucking died, and I rode every ride (but one because just watching it was making me sick). It was fun. The End.

Bonus: Spectator's Point of View of my Drowning:
Oh, here is my friends' story of me drowning. They saw I was launched out, but didn't see me surface for a while. They thought I was just swimming to the surface underwater, but obviously that wasn't the case. Apparently, I stuck my head out for a second to gasp for air, but I went back down. (I don't remember this) Then the lifeguard, who was pretty small, tried to lift me up, but he is small and I am bulky. Not fat though. Well he tried to pick up, but my head was still underwater, so a coworker's boyfriend came lift my head up...so I can live, ya know.

And my coworkers keep joking about no one telling my mom. My mom co-owns the Quiznos restaurant, and my mom is very paranoid about my good health. She was even skeptical about me going >_>. Well, if she was to find out that I almost drowned...lol she'd kill my coworkers and probably me too.

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Z3kk
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
4099 Posts
July 26 2011 02:35 GMT
#2
WHOA O__O I'm glad you're okay!!

A few questions, though:
1) Does your mom co-own the entire Quiznos restaurant chain?!
2) You're coworkers with college students?!
3) What is your line of work?!
Failure is not falling down over and over again. Failure is refusing to get back up.
MountainGoat
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States507 Posts
July 26 2011 02:41 GMT
#3
Well, glad you're still alive. Who else would compile great IdrA quotes?
FlaShFTW
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States10149 Posts
July 26 2011 02:45 GMT
#4
if your mom has that paranoid, she'd probably sue the water park lol.

but glad you are ok.
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TadH
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Canada1846 Posts
July 26 2011 02:47 GMT
#5
Can you get me some free subs?
Whole
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States6046 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-07-26 02:50:08
July 26 2011 02:47 GMT
#6
On July 26 2011 11:35 Z3kk wrote:
WHOA O__O I'm glad you're okay!!

A few questions, though:
1) Does your mom co-own the entire Quiznos restaurant chain?!
2) You're coworkers with college students?!
3) What is your line of work?!


1) No, it is a franchise, and we only own a single store. Pretty good though because it is almost like a "family restaurant" (other owners are cousins).

2) Ya, they're college students who live somewhat close to the college, but the restaurant is really close to their home. They (well who doesn't) need the money for college and stuff, and getting a really good part time job with good hours and stuff is incredibly rare. Everyone gets almost 40 hours/week if they want, and the staff is really fucking cool. (except for this one guy)

3) Typical Quiznos stuff. Make sandwiches and shit.

On July 26 2011 11:47 TadH wrote:
Can you get me some free subs?


Nah, that is only for immediate family...like me. harharhar. I actually ate almost only Quiznos for a month because my mom was too busy to cook. I got sick of it and quit eating any Quiznos products for like 3 months. lol
Z3kk
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
4099 Posts
July 26 2011 02:54 GMT
#7
Hahaha oh I see!

I was like "oh shit this guy work at Intel or something?!" and "oh shit his mom is the co-fucking-CEO of Quiznos?!?!!/1/1/"

Cool beans
Failure is not falling down over and over again. Failure is refusing to get back up.
Pieismyign
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States176 Posts
July 26 2011 02:57 GMT
#8
When you almost drowned, did it feel peaceful when your body was about to give up? One of my health teacher said survivors felt at peace when they were about to die from drowning.
Whole
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States6046 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-07-26 03:03:48
July 26 2011 03:02 GMT
#9
On July 26 2011 11:57 Pieismyign wrote:
When you almost drowned, did it feel peaceful when your body was about to give up? One of my health teacher said survivors felt at peace when they were about to die from drowning.

I suppose I wasn't deep enough in the drowning stage to do that. I would only imagine that to happen about a few seconds from certain death. I can't compare it to something. Stuck, confused, and suffering- that's what I was feeling.

edit/update: I have the urge to play Roller Coaster Tycoon 2 now lol
bkrow
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Australia8532 Posts
July 26 2011 03:12 GMT
#10
Whoa pretty crazy story - glad you made it out okay

but he is small and I am bulky. Not fat though

I had to laugh at this *absolutely necessary* qualification :p
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Whole
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States6046 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-07-26 03:15:03
July 26 2011 03:13 GMT
#11
I added that for comedy after I realized how stupid it sounded lol It's hard to word a sentence saying you're a big bulky person without being a sloppy fat person.
GigaFlop
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States1146 Posts
July 26 2011 03:41 GMT
#12
wait, did you end up face-down in the water?
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Torenhire
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States11681 Posts
July 26 2011 03:47 GMT
#13
On July 26 2011 11:29 Whole wrote:
Here is a little relevant background: I am and was always scared of roller-coasters and rides with big drops and sickening turns. The fear of a ride's drop is because I'm a pussy, but the turns and stuff actually make me kind of sick.

Well standing in line was even scarier, no matter how old I was.


Haha, the quoted part is just like myself. :p

I remember going to Disney in Florida, and every one of my friends was like LETS GO ON THE ROCK'N'ROLLERCOASTER...I mean, it was inside a building, how bad could this "coaster" be?

Well I found out I'm fucking stupid and didn't make the connection that you can dig a big hole in the ground and stick a crazy fucking roller coaster in it. Holy shit standing in line when I saw the powered launch shoot that coaster out of the station at like 80mph I was practically shitting myself.


Holy crap that coaster was nuts, and probably my favorite ride of the park, lol.


Glad you didn't drown, anyways. :D
SirJolt: Well maybe if you weren't so big and stupid, it wouldn't have hit you.
Whole
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States6046 Posts
July 26 2011 03:50 GMT
#14
On July 26 2011 12:41 GigaFlop wrote:
wait, did you end up face-down in the water?

I'm not really sure.

N.geNuity
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States5112 Posts
July 26 2011 03:51 GMT
#15
On July 26 2011 11:29 Whole wrote:
I figured I would do a blog on an interesting experience I had today. I would do some flashy intro or something, but I guess saying that I'm not doing a flashy intro is a flashy intro in itself so.....whatever let's get into the story.


I think I know the lifeguard that saved you
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Whole
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States6046 Posts
July 26 2011 17:19 GMT
#16
ahaha I completely forgot that Flash saved Kal's life.

On July 26 2011 12:47 Torenhire wrote:
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On July 26 2011 11:29 Whole wrote:
Here is a little relevant background: I am and was always scared of roller-coasters and rides with big drops and sickening turns. The fear of a ride's drop is because I'm a pussy, but the turns and stuff actually make me kind of sick.

Well standing in line was even scarier, no matter how old I was.

I remember going to Disney in Florida, and every one of my friends was like LETS GO ON THE ROCK'N'ROLLERCOASTER...I mean, it was inside a building, how bad could this "coaster" be?

Well I found out I'm fucking stupid and didn't make the connection that you can dig a big hole in the ground and stick a crazy fucking roller coaster in it. Holy shit standing in line when I saw the powered launch shoot that coaster out of the station at like 80mph I was practically shitting myself.


Reminds me of Revenge of the Mummy in Unviversal Studios, although it wasn't that bad. The Jurassic part ride was fucking silly though. 90% of the ride is basically doing nothing until the last drop which is the most intense drop ever. If you sit in the first row of seats, you are actually not touching the seat. If the bar would become lose, you would legitimately fly off and die.
Horrde
Profile Joined March 2010
Canada302 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-07-26 18:33:20
July 26 2011 18:29 GMT
#17
Speaking of roller coasters, I went on my first one in about a decade just this weekend. It was at Canada's Wonderland. Of course my friends bring me to the most aggressive one in the park at open. Fuck. But fun.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behemoth_(roller_coaster)

Turned out its the tallest and fastest in Canada... who knew.
Probe1
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States17920 Posts
July 26 2011 18:44 GMT
#18
I have an excellent picture from the Jurassic Park ride of me looking like I was shaving or reading a book and not plummeting 60 feet down a water plume.

I guess growing up next to amusement parks and the ocean kinda take the fun out of drowning. Rip tides lost their appeal by thirteen and my favorite album is from our broken surfboards during a hurricane in 2002.

Sorry you almost drowned. There is a very palpable fear of the unknown when you're in water, even if you practically live in it half the year like me. I know your experience differs from any of mine but I bet I know at least a little about how that feels.


(Oblig- You from nawlins?)
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zoltanium
Profile Joined April 2010
Australia171 Posts
July 26 2011 19:03 GMT
#19
The feeling of almost drowning is horrible! I used to be (and still am, to a degree) an avid bodyboarder and there has been a few times when I've come close to drowning. ie its been a day of huge swell, I've paddled my heart out trying to get past the break and I decide to go for a big wave as soon as i get out the back. This of course means im out of breath and those few times ive come down the face of the wave at an awkward angle which means insta-stack! Being out of breath and being thrown about and sucked under by the wave is fucking scary.

tl;dr - dont catch big waves if you're out of breath.
mate
Whole
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States6046 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-07-26 19:40:54
July 26 2011 19:36 GMT
#20
On July 27 2011 03:44 Probe1 wrote:
(Oblig- You from nawlins?)


I'm from a town called Cut Off which is about an hour or so away from New Orleans. It is further south. Actually further south than the people on Swamp People lol.

And even though I live right near a water and a beach, Grand Isle beaches aren't exactly the prettiest (especially with the oil spill lol)
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