So as of about 7pm today, I am an official "Level I Archery Instructor"... impressive I know... so if anyone wants to learn archery... I think the best part of my day (besides the gorgeous sun) was being in a group of camp people again. I think camp people are the best kind of people... It doesn't matter what you do the rest of the year, but ( Read more... )

Remind me not to spend any time living at home next summer...

Two weeks until move in!!

So in throwing away my old Mission Group Staff meeting agendas, I've been reading over some of the quotes and such and noticed that many of the "Stress Reliefs of the Week" are actually quite humorous and I thought I would record some of the more enjoyable ones here before the agendas enter the recycling bin and are lost forever ( Read more... )

Top 9 smells of Summer (according to me):

1. T-shirts
2. Campfires
3. Freshly cut grass
4. Rain on pavement
5. Exposed soil
6. Beach sand that has been washed by the occasional lake wave
7. Burned marshmallows
8. Trees in isolated woods
9. Wood on the dock after it has been partially submerged in the lake

"So get out there and mess around with your friends, ramble out yonder and explore the forest, encounter the grizz, climb the mountains. Run the rivers, breathe deep of that yet sweet and lucid air, sit quietly for a while and contemplate the precious stillness, that lovely, mysterious and awesome space. Enjoy yourselves, keep your brain in your ( Read more... )

"I can't smile and pteradactyl at the same time!"
- Drew, bringing back the pteradactyl (it's about time!)

"Look, it's my buddy Nick and his mouthwash!"
- me
"And my toothbrush and my cup and my toothpaste..."
- Nick
(and then it all happened for a second time...)

So, I was walking back from my physics review session and some guy in front of me (also coming back from physics) tilts his head up, spits high into the air and catches his own wad of spit back in his mouth... Ummmmm..... was that supposed to be impressive?... He then proceeded to vault over the little sidewalk barrier things ( Read more... )

Happy Birthday Jess! Wow, how did we all start being 20 ( Read more... )

One of my favorite songs ( Read more... )

"I wonder if stars wish upon themselves before they die ( Read more... )