fanboy, sharing

I may have crossed a line today.

A while back, I started reading up on the mythology of the Blue Lanterns Corps – an ally of the Green Lanterns, but fueled by Hope.  Pretty neat back story and on a whim, I bought a Blue Lantern power ring.  I’ve had it hanging on the wall in the armory.

Yes, I have an armory.

Since I’d bought the ring from Amazon.com, they thoughtfully suggested that I get the t-shirt as well.  So, I ordered and it came in recently.

Causal Friday came around today and I decided to wear the shirt.

And the power ring.

I’ve also memorized the Blue Lantern Oath.

I think I’ve turned into a FanBoy.  Now all I need is some spandex and a convention and I’ll be all set.

In less ridiculous news, I’ve had some run-ins at the pool.   On Wednesday I shared a lane with a guy who was “swimming wide” – taking his half right out of the middle.  Luckily, I “swim narrow” as a rule and there were no injuries.  This was also the day that the lifeguard had no idea which lanes were open for lap swimming.  Really?  Isn’t their job to watch the pool?  How could they not know that?  He suggested I read the chart on the wall that was no help at all (partly since I could barely see it without my glasses) – I ended up guessing which lane I could use.

On Thursday, I’m sharing a lane again and about 3/4 of my way through my laps.  I had my head down and was really stretching into the stroke when I suddenly ran into something.  I popped up instantly and there was a girl in my half of the lane facing me.  She had been one lane over and the guy there was taking up the whole lane.  So, she came over to our lane without checking to see if we were splitting the lane or rotating.  It was her fault, but I still felt bad.

Also, I think I may have inadvertently grabbed some boob.

She went back over to her lane and shortly thereafter the guy in my lane finished up.  With a little more room, I poured on my last few laps and finished up as well.  Before I got out, I told her that she could move over to the now empty lane.

I’ll be glad when the swimming teams are done with the pool and we can go back to having our own lanes.

Looking forward to the weekend  – as the Blue Lanterns would say, “All will be well”