Greetings

Welcome to my little corner of the inter-webs! I just wanted to take this space to warn you that my posts will rarely be up to date. Due to the spontaneity of natural disasters and the unpredictability of when AmeriCorps' services will be requested I will be digitizing my journal entries whenever we return to St. Louis. Oh, and most of the pictures you see here were taken by myself. If ever I do use someone else's material I make a point to give them due credit though! That said, come, leave comments and be merry! I hope you enjoy your stay!

Saturday, November 2, 2013

Cape Girardeau 10/29

There be werewolves here.  Last night when Sean and I were cleaning our chainsaws we heard what sounded like humans making wolf noises.  They were laughing.  As time went on the howls became more and more animalistic to the point that I was left questioning whether they had ever sounded human at all.  They may have just been coyotes, but it was a nice touch for the time of year.  Tis the season.

So the movie last night was pretty good.  My only critique would be that it sort of dragged on, but the dragging resulted in more awesome fight sequences so I can’t complain too much.  I felt bad for the pilots though.  To share every thought, good and bad, with your co-pilot and having to navigate through two minds to control the last hope for humanity seems too daunting a task.  I don’t know about you, but my mind loves to wander.   I would need a very special co-pilot to put up with me.  Anyways, definitely worth a watch if you like action or any of the several Japanese shows involving giant robots.

Today we ventured to a couple of Conservation Areas to ready them for some prescribed burns.  We chopped down A LOT of Autumn Olive and snags along the routes.  Autumn Olive is an invasive species and the word snag is used to describe dead trees.  I started off with the chainsaw and fell a score of trees varying in height and difficulty.  I believe I am becoming a better sawyer!  My worst enemy right now is my safety glasses.  They keep fogging up making it nigh impossible to make an accurate cut.  I will need to experiment a bit to rid myself of this problem…hmm.

Service projects aside, life is also going great!  The leaves are changing colors and the temperature is perfect.  If the rain would just hold off for a couple more days that would be awesome.  Zeus, Thor?  I’m lookin’ atchu. 

I apologize.  We just watched American Psycho and that movie along with exhaustion has made journaling very difficult.  What even was that movie?  It was like… Batman trying to method act in order to get a taste of what goes on inside the Joker’s mind.  You should have just listened to your butler.  Some people just want to watch the world burn.  Although it was amusing to see you running around naked covered in blood and wielding a chainsaw.  Just… what?



I’m heading to bed.  Hopefully I can get my camera to function a little better.  Like my safety glasses the fog seems to have taken possession of the lens.  It is making every shot look like it was taken in Silent Hill.  Let’s see, my feeling before attempting a voyage to the land of dreams is awesome.  When talking about Zombieland my Halloween costume was brought up and I was given compliments on how realistic the wounds were.  Some of my teammates were shocked to learn that I made it all from scratch. Yeah theatre skills!  Ok, seriously.  Why haven’t you guys told me to go to bed yet?  Night!





Couple of shots of my Halloween costume taken by Haley.  Viewer discretion advised?

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