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Another day, another skull.

Oooh, imagery evoking mysticism, the occult, and space monsters and shit? Man, I’ve got this “cool” shit down to a science.

Yeah… hard science. Like, literally, it’s hard work. Does that mean I’m doing it wrong?

The fact of the matter is, destruction is an integral part of skateboarding, and no number of “skateboarding is not a crime” stickers and city-funded skate parks are ever going to change that. We buy shoes that we destroy, our boards… destroyed, our clothes… destroyed, my knee… destroyed. And let’s admit it, public property… kinda destroyed. But destruction is awesome, and if there was a Transformer who could turn into a skateboard he would be called Destructicon.

And what better symbol of destruction than the mighty squid, responsible for nearly 95% of all shipwrecks since the 16^th century.*

* Not a real statistic.

Squids are awesome, and beyond weird, and completely deserving of the heebie jeebies they send writhing up my spine. Writhing… like a squid’s tentacle… oh god.

Colossal squid - photo via fish.govt.nz

The colossal squid is actually larger than the giant squid, which prior to some education on Wikipedia’s behalf, I was not aware of. It’s one of the largest living organisms — this one, captured in 2007, was the largest ever seen and tapped out at 33 feet long, weighing more than 1,000 pounds.

Giant squids are less massive, although they can potentially best the colossal squid in total length including tentacles. Wouldn’t want either kind of them moseying up to my girl on the beach, though.

Washed up giant squid - photo via life.com

What a watermark! Ego maniacs. The pictures originally came from fucking Getty Images!

Washed up giant squid - photo via life.com

Anyway, I figured I’d post this in the morning so it would give you some time to regain your appetite. Tell your breakfast I said hi.