Friday, August 31, 2007

How to kill a horse

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As you may have guessed; this is where they hold Roseburg's annual bacon eating contest.
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Ben, Maggie, David, and I had come to the Douglas County Fair to help Ellis set up a booth.
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Ellis had called Ben in a panic. We all rushed over to help.
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When Ben called Ellis to tell him that we were all at the fair and ready to help, he told Ben he would be there in 15 minutes.
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We wandered around, taunting the animals. Ellis said he would be there in 1/2 an hour.
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There were a lot of kids at the fair who's job it was to shave the pigs. Who knew that a pig even needed to be shaved? Ellis said he would be there any minute.
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A lot of the animals had names that seemed vaguely inappropriate e.g Hammie, T-bone, Elmer. Ellis said he was parking.
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We learned that most animals do not like to be yelled at or have things thrown at them. Ellis, where are you?
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I was going to tell a funny story about euthanasia, but, I have decided against it for a two reasons: 1. the story didn't really read very well, I think it's a funnier story when it's told, maybe my writing lacks the nuance needed for such a story. And 2. some people don't think euthanasia is funny.

Thursday, August 30, 2007

Big fish, no pond

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I invited everyone over for a barbecue where I would be making this large piece of fish. Unfortunately, nobody showed up.
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Sucks to be me.

Wednesday, August 29, 2007

The final frontier: Gabriel Burian-Mohr

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As this will be the third post about Crater Lake, I thought I would have to be brief, because everyone would be sick of nature pictures. However, Lindsey & Lee Ann decided to only comment on one fourth of the pictures they took, so I feel no need to cut myself short.
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This is Diamond lake, we were supposed to meet one of the other VISTAs here (they have been mentioned before for their issues with anger). Said individual was a no-show.
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This is a painting done directly on the wall. Of all the things I could/should(not) say about this painting, and it's similarly rendered and themed counterparts, I will just mention how happy it makes me when people paint frames on the wall.
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Yes, it's pretty.
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A great deal of time was spent trying to decide which trail to hike.
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Nobody wanted to look like a chump and hike the "popular" trails.
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Also, nobody wanted to be held responsible for choosing the trail, if the trail they had chosen turned out to suck.
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I think we picked a good one.
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It provided several different views.
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And a hike that provided a slight workout .
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I told Evelyn that Crater Lake was created when a meteor hit the earth at the exact same moment that a volcano erupted. The story may have also involved aliens and Sasquatch or possibly Sacajawea.
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Evelyn totally believed me for a minute.
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I think my web of lies may have offended some tourist.
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Me and Ben discussed more fun/dangerous ways to get back down the hill.
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The thermo-chemical reaction from the meteor-volcano collision that created Crater Lake also created a unique ecosystem that exist nowhere else. Said ecosystem has created a beast much like the Loch Ness Monster, only bigger, uglier, and meaner.
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This was supposed to be a picture of said monster.
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We all stood around for a while trying to decide which trail to hike next.
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We decided to take the trail that leads to the pirate ship.
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Several wrong turns led us to this waterfall instead.
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Much to the dismay of some VISTAs; Ben drank the water. He didn't die, so we'll assume the water was fine.
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We didn't have enough time to do the pirate ship hike. I don't remember who to blame for this.
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We left in search of our other Crater Lake bus, which contained the hikeaphobic members of our party.
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On the drive back; it is possible/probable that me and Ben's antics started wearing on the other passengers.
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It's hard to say though.
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Ben spent most of the drive back trying to convince Evelyn that he should teach her tennis. Or maybe he was just trying to convince her to wear a tennis skirt. Again, it's hard to say.
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While Lindsey was sleeping we drew on her face.
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We stopped off at Jane's house. She has several horses.
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Jane made the horses do tricks for us.
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This appears to be a view from a fallen bicycle. I don't think I fell off my bike until a week or so from now.
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I will conclude this triptic of Crater Lake posts with this photo of a bush.

Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Gabriel Burian-Mohr