so i finally convinced someone in our house to watch a season of twenty four with me. erica is being a champ. we are three episodes into season four so far, and i believe that the presence of leighton meester as the girlfriend of the son of two conniving supporters of terrorism really keeps her captivated. too bad our girl blair waldorf follows her guy to a sketcho warehouse without his knowledge. the terrorists detect her presence. erica says she's dead meat soon. bummer, because she has really cute clothes in gossip girl.
while the lives of those rescuing the world are far more interesting than my own, i will update you on mine anyways. i spent a few days at lake rabun in georgia with my dad and his ladyfriend and her family. when i first arrived, we had dinner, and my dad has yet to accept that i am a vegetarian. he needs to just get over it. so, when he grilled my veggie burger, he stuck in on the same plate as all of the steaks, and i watched, mesmerized, as the steak juices seeped ever so steadily into my garden patty. but that's okay, they said, because we were having potatoes too! in actuality, we were having twice baked potatoes. they appeared to be simply topped with bacon, which i scraped off immediately, but no. the bacon had been folded into the potatoes, and there was a lot of it. low blow.
but other than being forced into omnivorous ways, i had a fantabulous time at the lake. we played the extremely sick and twisted game of how violently and quickly we can throw someone off the tube towing behind the boat. which is how i ended up with a 180 pound man rolling over me and elbowing me in the face. the sheer terror associated with that game reminds me of extreme and painful sports, like boxing and wrestling. or gladiators. waterskiing didn't work out well either. didn't realize how difficult it is. maybe next time. it was nice to be on the water all day, and the lake is in the mountains and very picturesque. we even went to boat church. seriously. everyone comes on a boat and a man gives the sermon from another boat. cool.cool.cool.
it's nice to be back home though. our lawn is looking lovely. erica and christina and i toiled in the yard a few days ago pushing the weed eater around. erica is a beast. and we trimmed the weeds around the mailbox and such with scissors. in case the neighbors didn't already think we were insane. i got to teach kids how to swim at the ymca yesterday, which i will be doing 3-4 times a week for the rest of the summer. it was really cool to see them start to feel comfortable in the water. we learned the frog kick, how to blow bubbles under the water, and we sang row row row your boat while we kept our heads above the surface. then i sunk while teaching them how to float. i should probs practice that.
can't wait for our third potluck dinner tonight. counting on some guitars and hopefully another thunderstorm to knock the power out. we should keep cray cray jay from singing though. he makes awkward lyrics and jessica can't cope.
to end, i would like to complain about the blaring absence of rebecca black's friday video on youtube. gone. gone. gone. something about copyright info. now i can't hear her sing about whether she should take the front seat or the back seat of the convertible. so.very.tragic.
xoxo
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