the answer was, “yes”. i did, well, i very much did, want to get into the hot tub. rain or not, it was simply a marvellous idea. in fact, i think the rain made it even more enticing because it meant having to build a sweet ass “rain fort”.
so we ran outside on the deck and jumped into the tub. we tilted the cover just so as to turn it into a makeshift awning. on the opposing side we raised the hot tub umbrella to keep the other side of the tub from the rain and the lightning (because we’re genius’ who go in water during lightning storms).

nick and i... just multiply by 2 and take a few shades off the skin complexion
anyhow, the standard time limit one is recommended to stay in a hot tub is no longer than 30-60 minutes. nick and i went in for 60+180 minutes. while this is very obviously a poor choice in terms of our health, we also talked about lots of good things– but mainly potatoes. and here is where the title of the trilogy comes to be.
while we sat in the hot tub, in the mists of a monsoon, we talked about many ridiculous things. but the most standout-ish of all topics was potatoes. our main focus was, “if i were a potato, what kind of potato would i be?” it started off like this…
“ugh, i’m hot. i’m a hot potato”
“more like a steamed potato.”
“well, no. in a sauna i’d be steamed. here i’m pretty much a boiled potato.”
“aaa. that makes sense.”
from there the conversation only got weirder. and then the aforementioned question about properly qualifying our own potato identity came to be. “what kind of potato am i?”
well, nick got out of the hot tub and laid face down on the deck– mind y0u the rain is still coming down. he said, “i think right now i’m a cool potato.” i said, “no, i think you’re more of a chilled potato. a cool potato would be a potato listening to funky cold medina with sunglasses and a zima.” he agreed.
finally, we talked about what a wonderful life it would be if sitting in the hot tub (and naming “that” potato) was our job. the company would be called boiled potato inc. and it’s employees would sit in a hot tub for an entire day and talk about life (and potatoes). and they would even have a fax machine and a company blackberry (with brick breaker!).
anyway, after a looong hard day at work, we got tired of the hot tub and the rain began to slow down and then stopped. nick had the idea to move this party into the bay. he grabbed us each a floaty raft and we walked onto the dock.
“dare we to become soggy potatoes?”
find out next time. same bat-place. same bat-channel.