I've only been bitten once since the last time we spoke...

Hey!

So the title is true. I have been bitten by a camper since we last spoke. I was doing a restraint on a child who's meds had worn off, or had been given the wrong dose, or something. Needless to say he was not happy, and the restraint didn't make him any happier. As a result I was bitten. Luckily I was wearing a hoodie, and it was not that hard of a bite. No harm, no foul I suppose. Besides being bitten, the worst that has happened to me was a few kicks and punches. Nothing too bad.

In other news, I was supposed to go to the yankee game yesterday, but someone (my father) did not check the date on the tickets! Long story short, we're waiting online to get into the stadium and my dad realizes, "oh, these tickets are for tomorrow's game." So we just left, and moved on. Kind of disappointing, but they lost anyway so I'm okay with keeping my yankee stadium record at 1-2, rather than 1-3. And at least i didn't miss a perfect game or something.

until next time,
Michael W.
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Now playing: Jenny Lewis - Carpetbaggers
via FoxyTunes

The Pee Story

Today at camp was absolutely ridiculous, and i must tell you all about it.

Scene 1: Boys Locker Room after swimming.
Context: Most of the children have already changed. There are three children left in the locker room. One of the children has been given a time out but must change first. the other two are just extremely slow changers.

Time Out Child is taking a very long time to change, and is now nude.
Child: I am going to pee.
Counselor: Please Do not pee.
-Child leans back, then proceeds to urinate on locker room floor.

Thats not even the worst part.
Next, other child who is taking long to change, decides to go jump and play in the pee puddle. He then proceeds to slip and fall into the pee puddle. He is removed from pee and is told to change. He then goes back into the pee puddle and slips again. Is then whisked away to rinse off in the shower. Child who peed then decides to throw the child's clothes and things who was playing in the pee, into the pee. So one child's clothing, and swim goggles ended up in a pile of pee.

Unbelievable. Hope it was funny. When you see me next i can act out the story which makes it much funnier.
enjoy your week.

love,
Michael

Hello

I don't know how to describe my lack of blogging activity without making it sound as though I'm insulting the people who actually do blog/are on Twitter, so I won't. However, I will say that I am not, for the most part, against bloggers and such; I've just found fewer and fewer reasons for me to be writing. That having been said, here we go.

It took a little longer than I would have liked, but I've finally started my first book of the summer: The Stand by Stephen King (recommended by Claire). I will probably be asking for recommendations from everyone because I honestly have no idea where to start when it comes to finding a book to read. Hopefully that will change within the next few months.

I finally made it to the Met today (I'd never been before), but I didn't go in because it was a beautiful day out and Claire and I were entranced by a quintet (4 vocals, 1 upright-bassist) performing out front. In conclusion, I have yet to go inside of a New York museum. However, it did make me wish I were in some sort of an a Capella Motown barbershop quartet.

Finally, to all of the other 5 readers of this blog (that's honestly the number of people I imagine are still reading this), yes, I am legitimately upset about Michael Jackson's death. When I heard the news, it wasn't a matter of whether I cared or not. For me, it was a matter of why I felt as cared as I did; the feeling I got when his death was finally confirmed was something that I couldn't reason out at all. I'm still trying to figure out exactly why I feel so affected by it. I wanted to write about it, but I figure the only thing people want to hear about less than his death is people writing about his death. To be honest though, I think I'm still going to. If anything, it's to make me feel better about it.

-Mai

what a lovely day it is.

hello friends,
it's been a long week since we last spoke. work has been lovely. and kids do say the darndest things. but i really don't feel like getting into that sort of thing.

i really don't feel like giving you a real blog post, because i am outside enjoying the lovely weather.
just saying hi.

michael

if you wanna go where they chain up the sun, see fernando

YO!

Happy 4th of July weekend. Hope yours was enjoyable.
1) Jenny Lewis concert was AwEsOmE. She was absolutely wonderful. Conor even came out for one song. He had the silliest hat on.

2) spent the weekend in the bx. it was a good time.

3) camp has started. its fun so far. stressful and tiring, but fun.

let's build ourselves a fire,
m.w.

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Now playing: Jenny Lewis - Acid Tongue
via FoxyTunes

in between days, it's just like heaven

Hello all,

First things first, sad news in the world. Michael Jackson passed. I didn't really listen to him that much, but i always liked the Jackson 5 and Thriller. I'll remember the cool 80's Michael Jackson, tiger, white glove, moonwalk, and beat it coat; and not the creepy 90's one.

Also, what's been going on with this weather? It's absolute madness. My only explanation is global warming. That's gotta be it. Not my fault though. I own a Civic.

Camp finally starts monday. Looking forward to that. Not looking forward to waking up at 6:15 everyday.

I've watched the first two seasons of Lost. They're good. I can definitely see why people enjoy the show so much.

enjoy your new twin sized bed,

michael

oh how it's been so long, we're so sorry we've been gone...

...we've been busy writing blogs for...you don't have to worry cuz we're still the same band.

Hello!

Apparently blogging is the cool thing to do again. Two quick entries by Dan, and another by Ian. Wow! First things first, who knows where mai is. Probably drowning in accounting numbers. I don't blame him for not updating.

Work has been pretty good. Tedious and stressful to say the least. I am definitely looking forward to starting camp full time, just so I'm outside and not cooped up inside a small conference room in an office complex. Hopefully this weather picks up. Last time i checked it wasn't October or March!

What else, what else...movies, music, television?

I saw Up, which was excellent, and very sad. I'm finally caught up with Weeds which is really nice. I also watched the first season of Californication, which was also pretty good. Another also, I just started the first season of Lost. Looking forward to see what happens with that. In terms of music i'm afraid i don't have much wisdom to impart. New Pete Yorn album sounds pretty good. New Dave Matthews Band album is probably their best yet. The Decemberists' newest album is also still very very good.

until next time,

Michael