That is a lot of super soakers.
So, I was thinking about how hot it is, and how, when I was younger, I used to have water gun fights with my friends. Those were good times. Then, of course, I did a search online for super soakers, and found this model, the Monster XL.
The thing needs a bipod. 1.25 gallons of water would be pretty damn heavy, so I guess that’s understandable. Searches on ebay show that there are only two left “in the wild” and none of the online retailers I found had one in stock.
Apparently, there’s quite a following for the Super Soaker line of toys, with people analyzing the soaking power and shot to pump ratios for every model that’s released. There’s even a “holy grail” of the weapons, the CPS 2000, which was discontinued due to safety reasons. Here’s a brief history.
It’s hot outside, and I don’t want to move. But running around spraying people with water sounds like a good idea.
So, instead of sleeping, I watched Shaolin Soccer again, and played about two hours of WarCraft III: The Frozen throne. It’s strange being up that early, and not being tired the next day. I’ll probably crash sometime tonight. I could use the sleep.
The officemates have already suggested melatonin, I’ll probably pass on that and just try to tire myself out tonight.
First real bout with insomnia that I’ve had in some time. Flitting in and out of consciousness–mostly out. I’m estimating about three, maybe four hours of sleep instead of my usual seven. It’s really rather disturbing.
On the other hand, the moon that I can see, is rather beautiful. And the city itself is remarkably quiet out of my family room window. The last time I can vividly remember seeing the moon this beautiful was a few years ago, and the company was nice.
Today is SW:KOTOR* release day.
* Star Wars: Knight of the Old Republic