Lit Apropos of Nothing - ACKBAR IN CAPITALS - The Lit Forum Social Thread, v2.0.15

Jello, I'm back in a few days, so i'll post all my pics then. I know, what? People use cameras besides their iPhones!?

And yeah, ive been on my iTouch this whole time, so typing has been a bitch.

I need to watch all 3 Toy Storys back to back sometime. Im sure many tissues will be required. I was in that age group who grew up right along with Andy. Watching the third one after having left for college not too long ago myself = all my feels.

 

LI yeah it's beyond reasonable. Also the pen is huuuuge. Saw it at the store.

Todd -- I wish I had a normal camera but my old digital cam is a decade old and useless. But game drive pics on a zoom less iphone ate dreary. On the brought side... There's a great map if all the places on earth I've taken photos in the last three years on my iPhones. That is a pretty sweet feature.



As for Toy Story 3 -- real men don't worry if people see them cry because they are so secure that nothing can shake their confidence.


Misa ab iPhono meo est.

 

I have a nice Nikon D80 but it's heavy as hell so I usually take pictures on my iPhone unless I'm going somewhere for the specific purpose of taking pictures.

I finally got to travel this summer. I'm in Massachusetts on a whirlwind trip, apparently the weather is the best it's been all summer, but I'm in summer-weather heaven, mid-70s and low humidity. We hiked down to Walden Pond yesterday.

As far as movies--real men cry during sad ones and aren't afraid to own it, even if they don't do it in front of other people (I won't either and I'm not a man ). Insecure men pretend they're too macho to be shaken up by a good story.

 

Yeah I remember it being surprisingly mild before I left... I still hated going out in the sun but it wasn't nearly as monstrous as last year.

Of course, the week that my building's AC went down was just the worst.

I got a cool video of female antelopes chasing off a leopard today -- they yelled and hissed at the guy until he slinked off in fear. It was awesome. Also got a video of lionesses licking their cubs super close to our car.

Oh and @Lugjia was sorta right. The animal I liked best was the one that does not feature at the gift shops at all. No stuffed animals, no statues, nothing... But I love antelopes. In this case, Thompson gazelles and impala.


Misa ab iPhono meo est.

 

It's funny, im such a huge fan of Thoreau and live in Mass, yet ive never taken the relatively quick trip to Walden. Or Lexington and Concord for that matter. (even though ive driven to other places in the far reaches of Mass)

As for cameras, i have a Canon powershot SX110 IS. Gives me a lot of options for taking really good pictures. Believe me, ima bombard this thread and other social threads with pics of my trip. When i travelled to Alaska a few years ago i took over 700 photos. Im relatively certain ive taken a similar amount this trip.

 

I have this great pic from atop a ridge that I'm going to caption with "everything the light touches will be your kingdom".

And I've had lion king songs stuck in my head this whole trip. Seriously, when I saw that sleeping lion earlier today...


Misa ab iPhono meo est.

 

Bah I hate thurs fan service statue things.

You can make a thread for the CSW comics but don't link to that blog. That wouldn't be ok, since Dark Horse has collected and reprinted those comics.

Also yes, Admiral Griff has an interesting fashion sense. Very unexpectedly Edwardian of him.

 

So I went to the equator today. Got to see water rotate in different directions on each side. Super awesome but completely fake of course.

Also today's hotel is a former estate of some Arab arms dealer. We have an entire guest house to ourselves -- massive. It abuts a watering hole so you can see tons of animals.

Most importantly... People from the Lit chat will recall my pondering whether to buy this set of royal shampoo. Well it turns out that this hotel has the complete set of lotion, ath gel, conditioner etc for our disposal. Score!!