you for bungee?

I don't know what's gotten into me! I bungee jumped today. and I didn't even scream! and I definitely did not "roll down the windows" like I used to off snowboarding jumps. If you don't know, thats where you move your arms in circular motions at about hip height. I am notorious for that when boarding. Pete thought for sure I would but I surprised us both. It was easier than I thought. While the guys were strapping me into the harness they were asking me the usual questions: where are you from, what do you do? that sort of stuff. Then one of the Kiwi's said, "do you use crest?" While I'm preparing myself to jump off a 140ft bridge, the man wants to know what brand of toothpaste I use. It took me a little while to answer him....why yes. Yes I do use crest. Why? They don't have crest in NZ and he thought I had pretty teeth. I think that this little exchange of words really calmed me down and distracted me from the scene below my feet standing on the edge of a platform. I waved to the camera, and then swan-dove off the bidge. Where we jumped from is one of the most famous bungee's in the world and is the first bungee site on earth. It was the most exciting thing I've ever done! and again, I didn't scream.

While on this trip I've read a few books, the lastest being "City of Thieves" - it's about Russia in WWII. These two boys get sent on an mission to find eggs. Anyway, here's a passage I liked
"Heroes and fast sleepers, they can switch off their thoughts when necessary. Cowards and insomniacs, my people, are plagued by babble on the brain. WHen I stepped out of the door, I thought, I am standing in the front yard of a farmhouse outside Berezovka and partisans are pointing their rigles at my head."
At the face of death, Lev narrating his life, something I find myself doing damn near constantly. I wonder, if I were facing a bullet (or a 140ft ledge), would I say to myself: (a) "you're about to die" or (b) and the sun gleamed off of the rifle like glitter, showering me in light." ....I'd put money on (b)