It's like the extreme sports channel, without balance

Jumped on a skateboard for the first time in about 15 years last night. I was a legend on the board, and got a lot of respect for using the little known braking-with-your-chin method.

But okay, I've done it, stepped up and humiliated myself for the public good, and now I need not get on the skateboard again.

Unless of course, I get that drunk again in the presence of the skateboard.

What I'm grateful for, I guess, is that although I was filming Andy and Jen every time they fell off, no one had to foresight to pick up my camera and film me in my adventure. There will be no permanent record of my failure, once my chin has healed.

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The party that led to this shameless display of balance-avoidance, went well. Andy had decided to invite everyone he knew to a dinner party, and for a surprise people actually turned up[1]. Good food, lots of wine, and a game of twister in which I was undefeated champion[2].

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[1] Sorry, dude, couldn't resist.

[2] Yeah, it's funny how I can win a game of Twister, then go outside and skateboard like Abe Simpson.