things that float.

boats on the hudson.

and me on the delaware.

life jackets are pretty awesome and allow you to embrace lengthy bouts of laziness in situations where treading water (or standing. i mean, i was in all of 3 feet of water for crying out loud.) requires more of an effort than you are willing to spend.

the whole keeping one’s head above water thing is also rather useful in the event that you pass out from too much heat or too much laziness.

double bonus.

unrelated and somewhat irrelevant: i saw ryan gosling’s new flick ‘crazy, stupid, love’ today and since i know him personally, i can tell you with certainty that, yes, he is absolutely that good looking in person. i doubt you find that shocking.

this is something i truly appreciated for the first time as i walked around brooklyn with him under a shared umbrella in the pouring rain for about an hour.

told you my chosen career has its perks.

making friends with super hot movie stars is one of them.

strolling with them under umbrellas is another.