First off, I'd just like to put up a picture of mine that I took last year at the Queen's House in Greenwich. I really like it, probably the best thing I've ever taken.
Anyway, down to business (or lack thereof). Got back from rowing camp in Annapolis. Wasn't too bad except we had to get up every morning at 5 am and sprint down to the boathouse. of course through a certain person, i was in the amateur boat, but it wasn't too bad, especially the part when we thrashed the other boat by seven lengths :). We had this tourney in Hackettstown, waste of my time cause I didn't go to any of the practices the past week. But we blew our chances and came in third (?) but we should have done better.
Basically I've been reading Best American Short Stories this weekend. I've really liked some of the stories, especially Awaiting Orders (about a gay soldier in the military), Secret (a young woman growing up in a depressing Midwest town) and Dominion (an old man copes with his superfluous life and his impending death). I've also just started reading the Scarlet Letter. The Introduction was crazy long (40 pages), and quite dull in some places but overall, I liked it (hopefully the actual story is the same). I've also been lazily glancing at colleges so we'll see where that goes. Lifting and running and playing soccer round out the physical activity. But overall, a decently boring week. Next week's Iowa. It's showtime then.
If I'm feeling up to it, I might post one or two or my short short stories. But hey, it's summer ;)
