Bonjour! Thankfully this week has been more awesome than awkward, and since I've already written about a lot of awesome stuff (Door County) or will be writing about a lot of awesome stuff this weekend (Stillwater/Hudson), this week's A&A is a bit bland. So, to console you, enjoy this photograph of me riding a skunk.
Awkward
- This photograph of me riding a skunk.
- Not being able to start our campfire two nights in a row. And then having to ask our Eagle Scout campground neighbor, Phil, to help us both nights. We must have looked like the stupidest girls Milwaukee has to offer. I wanted to yell at him, “Sir! Last year we went camping and we made our fire all by ourselves!” but he probably would have just nodded and said, “Sure…”
- My really, really, really dark and awful TOMS tan line. Oh dear. Guess I’ll just have to wear TOMS the rest of the summer so no one can tell.
- Watching the entire movie, The Orphanage, and being totally brave, even when there were creepy children and jawless dead people and such. And then a door slams in the film and I proceed to both scream and jump (nearly into my aunt’s lap). Wimp, much?
Awesome
- Kayaking by myself on a quiet lake, taking in the beautiful view of the bluffs, looking for fish and eagle nests. Tranquility at its best.
- Turning a 5-hour trip up north into a 4-hour trip up north. Yay for speeding! (Hopefully none of my readers are cops…)
- Homemade chocolate malts. Mmm…
- Veniss Underground by Jeff VanderMeer. Read it for the second time yesterday. Such a wonderful science fiction novel that manages to surpass the confines of its genre. It combines myth, religion, science, anthrozoological relations, and art into one short text. The bonus stories at the end are, of course, an added treat for readers. If you haven’t had the pleasure of reading this novel yet, do yourself a favor and pick it up.
Fun post!! I enjoyed reading it :)
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