I learned something very important this time around:

I have no particular endorphin system. What I have is a terrifying amount of stoicism.

It pretty much hurt the same way from start to finish. The worst part was when we were "done" and then he said "we should really do some highlighting on the body so that the coils of the serpent are distinguishable.

"Well, yeah let's get it done then", says I.

But since I thought I was "done" and then wasn't -- oh god.

later
Tom