Stag’s & Houseboats Might Not Mix (Part 2)
How I Hurt My Back Houseboating
There is one beach, Neilson Beach, on Shuswap Lake, where all the house-boaters go to party. There were 42 house boats on Neilson Beach, the night we went to party there. Everyone parties hard but I think since we were on a stag, we were out with much greater intent.
We managed to get aboard this massive house boat. Most boats are in the 40 to 60 foot range and two stories tall. This bastard was at least 100 feet and three stories high. The people on board were throwing a wicked party. Sweet music and loads of beer. Free beer. There were plenty of kegs on board.
After mingling a bit, we found a table where some decent people were hanging out. They offered us beer and, of course, we accepted. We chilled and bullshitted for a bit. There was one guy on board that I took a certain disliking to almost immediately. He had a shitty mullet. As a result I began cutting him apart. Not loud enough for him to hear clearly but loud enough so my buddies could get a laugh and there was a good chance Mullet Man would hear it.
All of a sudden a brilliant idea hits me. Boat race on a house boat. Brilliant.
***For those of you who don't know what a boat race is see the following link ***
Boat Race - As Describe by Wikipedia
I explain the concept of a boat race and after some clarification and a few failed attempts, it looked like racing could commence. The best part was that we kept using the kegs on board to fill our beers for racing. We were hammering beers back like crazy. We got louder and more people joined. Everyone was getting shit-faced. I was far beyond shit-faced. I was also winning. I am a very competitive individual and trash talk a lot, when I am sober. Alcohol merely fuels this behaviour and I am completely over the top.
I was talking a ridiculous amount of shit to everyone either my team or I was beating. I guess after enduring my overly-obnoxious behaviour, the tenants of the house-boat had had enough. A few of them came over and asked me to leave.
I think they should have asked my friends to get me to leave. That probably would have gone a lot better. I took it as an insult and promptly told them how I felt.
Unfortunately, telling them how I felt went something like this. I started with some meager insults to get warmed up. Then I climbed up on the table that we had been using for boat races. I stood atop it and started yelling at the people who asked me to leave. I beaked off a bunch of shit to Mullet Man and then it got really bad. People at the party were telling me to fuck off and get off the boat. SO I LOST IT.
"You know what? Fuck all you people. All of you fucking suck. Do you know who the fuck I am? You are all fucking bullshit. This party is bullshit. You are all a bunch of fucking losers. I don't need this fucking garbage. Kiss my ass. Fuck you." Yada, yada, yada. And it went on. Finally, I screamed out "This party is fucking terrible, I'm outta here. I don't need this shit." I jumped down from the table, said some more shit to Mullet Man, pushed my way through the people, continuing to spout off to people the whole way. I walked right over to the edge of the boat. Only I didn't stop. I pulled myself up the railing and jumped off. I jumped off the fucking side of the house boat. 35 feet above the water. Jesus. And that's not even the worst part. I got tangled in some ropes on the way down and then splashed in to the water. I don't have any idea how I didn't get more seriously hurt.
The most ridiculous part of this story is that I don't remember a single thing. Not even one. I have a vague recollection of a big houseboat on the beach that weekend but nothing more than that. I figured it out and there is a period of about 8 hours that are completely gone from my memory. I'm almost starting to think that's a good thing.
This whole story was told back to me on the Sunday morning as we headed back to the marina. After I was told what happened, I started to put a few things together. I notice my back was sore and that that wasn't the only boat I had jumped off that weekend. I reached to my back and was rubbing it where it was sore and then I found the lump on my spine.
It's not a herniated disc. It's not a compressed vertebra. I know because I had to go to the doctor. This all happened about two and a half months ago. The lump is still on my spine. What a sweet little reminder of something that I don't remember.
Later,
Jeremy