i just really hate birds

i hadn't planned on making this an outfit post, but since we got out before the sun started disappearing, we got some really cool shots (thanks to zach!), and so i think they deserve their own post
(and yes, i made another collar. i did warn you though.)

there are a whole lot of lakes here.. unfortunately that means there's also a whole lot of birds. big birds. with scrawny looking snake necks. that make death noises. and do things like this:

which meant most of the time i was doing this:

i just really hate birds!

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oh and i uploaded my first thing to hypeed.com!
you can score it here: (go on, you know you want to)

Score suspended distractions's contribution - fashion magazine by real people

the start of camera's adventures (take 2)

well, i finally sent my camera off for repair.
which led to a strange occurrence. and by strange i mean "oh isn't it a small world, my dear?" said in an old lady voice strange, not really strange.
after packing and stuffing my camera and a surplus amount of bubblewrap into a cosy little box, we found the ups store (which in itself was strange, because we thought it had been abducted.. turns out it was just further down the road than we had remembered. true and unfunny-to-anyone-else story).
the ups man then unpacked my camera, repacked with vigour and a lot of packing tape, asked me lots of questions, and then we both discovered we were from the motherland. (he still has an accent though so my job was not very difficult)
and that's not the strangest part. actually it's not really strange at all because it seems every english person thinks the best thing they can do in their lives is move to florida* plus there's all those theme parks around. but no, we have also lived in the same county. and the same town. and it was all weird and stuff using english place names and someone actually understand me for once, instead of the usual "oh that's nice, you're talking gibberish, why did i ask you where you were from again?" look that comes across most people's face once faced with my hometown's name.

i fear this has turned into a ramble, when all i wanted to do was express my surprise.

in which case.... every blog needs a photo or six... here's what i've dug up from past times of my hopefully now travelling camera:

*may or may not be entirely true

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things and stuff

some pictures off of zach's phone ~

the drums playing in downtown orlando

frozen yogurt that we bicycle to way too often ... this time we got the sugar overload of pink lemonade sorbet with skittles, cotton candy jelly beans, gummy bears, and rainbow sprinkles.

basically this means that i have still not gotten my camera fixed...

in other news we went to the history museum today for smithsonian day (i.e. it was free) after having rejected the balloon artist at the ihop (???) literally have no idea why such a person would exist in the first place, let alone be employed at ihop. harassing customers to get her to make their "lovely girlfriend" a flower. nooooo thankyou!

we also made an adventure to a used book store (after i searched relentlessly at work for books about bees... don't ask) where i found a book called "storytown" by susan daitch which seems to be a collection of short stories and i have yet to work out whether they are connected to one another. but it is a super exciting book because i've not read anything like it before. recommending before i've finished, or even made it half way, is just my style.

and now i'm going to eat the newly found wonders of garlic rolls... like garlic bread but delicious delicious rolls.

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