Stop, go, stop, go, stop, go…

It’s almost time for summer camp and I think I’ve got everything packed that I need. (Thankfully, I have a safety net—commonly known as my parents—so if I’ve left anything important behind, they can bring it when they come to visit in a couple days.)

Note that I may or may not have internet access there, which means there probably won’t be any new blog entries until next weekend. (It also means a shitload of e-mails to delete when I get home, grumble grumble grumble…)

There’s also a distinct likelihood that without much time in the sun this summer, I could hold a yellow pepper and a cabbage in my hands and look like a beet salad. Or if I stack them up under my chin, a stoplight. If I cover up most of my face, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer! You get the idea.

But those are minor details. The truth is that I’m about to spend the next week and a half at camp as the waterfront director (note the discussion about turning red above) and it’s gonna be a lot of fun. With that said, I better go through my stuff again. Not that I’ll be able to find anything at this point since I just threw a lot of it into a couple bags, but I’d rather not call home tonight with a plea to bring clean underwear.

Feels like a swift kick to the e-balls

I went outside to watch the fireworks earlier tonight. I can’t see anything in the sky around our house because of all the trees.

I was writing a blog entry, then tried opening another website for reference. My laptop couldn’t access the site.

I went into the office and tried to print out a health form for my physical exam tomorrow. It couldn’t access my e-mail account to open the file.

I sat there being upset at the lack of Internet access when the ceiling light burned out. We don’t have a replacement bulb.

I fixed the problem with the Internet and opened the saved draft of the blog entry I was writing (over 800 words with plenty to go). It was 1 1/2 paragraphs long.

CRAP.

They were trying to turn us into geeks?!

In the case of the guys, the purpose of Beauty and the Geek was to give them more confidence and increase their social skills. If you take that equation and apply it to this Venn diagram… so much for becoming “more than just a geek.”

Nerd Venn diagram