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13 things I learned this weekend
May. 24th, 2008 10:18 pm1. I like camping.
2. The only thing better than listening to rain on your roof is listening to rain on your tent (provided your tent does not leak).
3. Men really won't stop for directions. Even from a GPS.
4. Being stranded on a desert island is highly overrated.
5. Why my advisor and I get along:
6. If you wear sandals on a desert island, for the love of God, don't forget to put sunscreen on your toes.
7. When spending two eight-hour days on white sand at the beginning of the season? There is not enough sunscreen in the world. SPF 50 is great, but 50% of what it takes to char a cow is still enough to fry an egg over-medium.
8. Dirt is heavy.
9. Quartz sand is heavier than dirt.
10. When you write a permit that states "I would like to collect 50 liters of quartz sand," the proper response from the issuing agency is really, "No. No, you would not like."
11. There are a lot of insects in south Mississippi, and the majority want to bite you. I know I'm an ecologist, but you know what? Fuck the circle of life. There are a few things that have no place on my planet. To wit: Ticks, biting flies, no-seeums, VALUE SIZED MOSQUITOES WTF?!?, and fire ants.
12. It takes all kinds. Including the kind that uses blow-dryers and hair straightening irons when they are out camping. Just don't ask me what that kind is being taken for.
13. It's a bad idea to sit on a cactus.
2. The only thing better than listening to rain on your roof is listening to rain on your tent (provided your tent does not leak).
3. Men really won't stop for directions. Even from a GPS.
4. Being stranded on a desert island is highly overrated.
5. Why my advisor and I get along:
- Him: *makes a clever suggestion*
Me: "This is why you are the master, and I am the student."
Him: "It was from so many fuck-ups."
6. If you wear sandals on a desert island, for the love of God, don't forget to put sunscreen on your toes.
7. When spending two eight-hour days on white sand at the beginning of the season? There is not enough sunscreen in the world. SPF 50 is great, but 50% of what it takes to char a cow is still enough to fry an egg over-medium.
8. Dirt is heavy.
9. Quartz sand is heavier than dirt.
10. When you write a permit that states "I would like to collect 50 liters of quartz sand," the proper response from the issuing agency is really, "No. No, you would not like."
11. There are a lot of insects in south Mississippi, and the majority want to bite you. I know I'm an ecologist, but you know what? Fuck the circle of life. There are a few things that have no place on my planet. To wit: Ticks, biting flies, no-seeums, VALUE SIZED MOSQUITOES WTF?!?, and fire ants.
12. It takes all kinds. Including the kind that uses blow-dryers and hair straightening irons when they are out camping. Just don't ask me what that kind is being taken for.
13. It's a bad idea to sit on a cactus.
