Gymkana:

Gymkana is sick. And I mean sick in that cool, awesome sort of way. Everybody loves the exhibition that they put on during half-time shows, especially the ring of fire part. But the homeshow definitely took things to a whole new level.

You know how towards the end of the jumping they save the highest and most intricate jumps for last? You then immediately know who are the elite gymnasts, and that they're going to do something spectacular. Steve was that person for almost all of the men's events. I've gotta grab the videos from Andy and put them up on Google video... they're ridiculous! Basically he was just showing off some amazing feats of strength. I bet he was still feeding off of the amazing powers given to him through the Jesus-sash.

At the beginning of the show, right before they started doing the vaulting and the ring of fire, Andy leans over and says, "I've got a feeling that someone's going to be hospitalized." And boy was he right. One girl went over and landed wrong. She wasn't moving... at all. And the worse part- nobody stopped! Two or three more jumpers vaulted over and just landed on this (what we all presumed to be) dead girl... not even the spotters bothered to move her until at least three vaulters had gone over. They carried her off and she was still not moving. Then not a minute later, another girl went over, landed wrong, and laid on the mat not moving. This time they were a little better at clearing her out of the way, but didn't carry off her limp body until a few more jumpers had gone over. Obviously, both were rushed to the hospital. The first girl bit through her lip, and also had a concussion, hence why she was completely knocked out. The second injury was a torn ACL, which also sucks majorly considering the lasting impact of that sort of damage. What a craaaaazy show. Either time, we could have just witnessed one of those girls dying right in front of us... because it certainly seemed like it.

The beginning definitely was a reality check; those acts are actually really, really dangerous. But I guess such are the risks of promoting a drug free life style. I don't see myself doing Gymkana anytime soon, but we were fairly inspired to try and do fun and absurd things on our own. I'll one up them by learning to do a standing back flip... while my shoes are on fire. That's definitely something you can't do while stoned.