Camp

Today was my first day waterskiing. My boat is a monster. The guy that gave it to the camp used to take it deep sea fishing. One of the kids is lying about his age. He has to be 9. maybe 11. No way he is 14. He won't shut up. or sit down. Another kid does not want to learn to water ski. I asked him if he was ready to start, and the way he said "sure" was so depressing that I wanted to cry. Our boat barely pulled me out of the water. It took me a while to adjust to a boat that isn't designed to pull a skier, but once I did, I was able to ski competently enough to be impressive, i think, especially if you haven't spent much time on a lake skiing. The other four kids are cool enough. I like my job.

Youtube "I'm at Durant" the second video will be a music video that I was involved in. The thumbnail is Matt Gardiner sitting on a golf cart. It is amazing. Watch it several times so that it gets several hits. Then more people will come to camp. Then, I might get a raise. Or a different boat. That would be awesome.

I don't have any idea what is going on in the world, other than Michael and Billy dying. Andrew Sullivan is not exclusively Iran any more. This is the first time I've been on a computer for more than 10 minutes in a week and a half. I think that the next great American to die will be either Brett Favre, Barack Obama, Oprah, or Apple Pie. That is the only way to get more American than those two. Maybe Sean Hannity. He is a great American.

I'm going to sleep, I think.

Read this

From Iran

“Can’t the United Nations help us?” one woman asked me. I said I doubted that very much. “So,” she said, “we are on our own.”

The world is watching, and technology is connecting, and the West is sending what signals it can, but in the end that is true. Iranians have fought this lonely fight for a long time: to be free, to have a measure of democracy.

I wish I could do more. Sadly, this is my best.
If you pray, pray for Iran.

T-Swizzle/T-Pizzle

So everyone who isn't at a boy scout camp probably knows about this already, but just in case you haven't, it's totally worth it. Taylor Swift raps about what a thug she is. Jump to 2:25ish for the good part.

YOU DON'T WANT TO FIGHT ME IN MY EXTRA SMALL WHITE TEA! WHAT? WHAT? I KNIT SWEATERS YO! WHAT? WHAT? DON'T TEST ME YO!

I doubt I'll ever be a huge fan of her music, but this followed by her appearance as Annie in SNL's broadway sketch earlier this year means I'm definitely a fan of her as a person/performer.

irene.

indubitablyirene: i am currently kind of regretting not taking diff eq this summer
mjlahaye89: why?
mjlahaye89: that class sucks
indubitablyirene: haha
indubitablyirene: get it over with...
indubitablyirene: lighten the load
mjlahaye89: that's true
mjlahaye89: yeah i guess so
mjlahaye89: but like
mjlahaye89: maybe since you're taking a lot of really hard classes
mjlahaye89: you'll get bad grades
mjlahaye89: and that will help my self esteem
mjlahaye89: you just need to learn to stay on the sunny side of life
indubitablyirene: hahhaa
indubitablyirene: wow
indubitablyirene: yea
indubitablyirene: its pretty suny
indubitablyirene: sunny
indubitablyirene: minus it being night

I'm at Durant!

I go to camp today, and will spend the vast majority of the next six weeks there. It's not as though I've been posting here with any real frequency lately, but I'll be completely dark for a while. I'm sure you will all survive.

Some quick thoughts on Summer stuff:

I really liked Obama's Egypt speech, but never got around to writing about it.

I'm really sorry to be missing a debate on what is quickly becoming my favorite political topic, Health Care. However, I have bought two books with opposing views on how to lower costs and do health care better. Should be a fun summer!

I have no idea on what the fallout of Iran's election will be. Either a) the people over there actually like Mahmoud or b) they are completely screwed. Obama is going to have a tough choice on how much he wants to mingle and how strongly he can react. Hopefully this will encourage a stronger opposition to Mahmoud from Russia et al.

It will be WONDERFUL to get out of the house. It's been a long month with not a ton to do since I haven't been working.

Read this. Emily Farnell is my favorite person ever.
Have fun kids.

As I ponder church in the morning...

Important things

"I think I misplaced my penis"
-Will Ferrell, on Man vs. Wild with Bear Grylls.

There is no way that that dude's real name is Bear.