Acceptable Things Come to Those Who Wait

OK, after three weeks of no blogging, this is possibly the most anticlimactic post ever, but I just had to relate that I literally could not stop laughing tonight after seeing this portrait on Awkward Family Photos. The caption is "Thanks to the special people behind the scenes."


Like, really couldn't stop. I was crying and gasping for air and eventually trying not to think about it anymore. I don't know why it struck me as the funniest thing in the world at that moment. I mean, it's funny, sure, but this actually felt like I might be going a little crazy. Something about those hands reaching in, trying to get the kids into just the right position while the whole family is in complete agony... Uh oh, I'm starting to chuckle again. Better stop talking about it.

Otherwise, nothing really is going on around here. Nothing anyone would want to hear about, anyway. Oh, except that my reading was interrupted for awhile because my Kobo broke. I sent it back to the company, though, and they sent me a new one pretty quickly. So now I'm back into Anne of Green Gables, which is still, Jennifer 1, as charming as before. And I've finished Knut Hamsun's Pan, which, Jennifer 2, was really great and thanks for the recommendation. At first I wasn't sure I would like it — so much description of woods and nothing really happening — but then I started getting into it and pretty soon I was hoping nothing would happen because all the description had a real magical quality to it that might get ruined by action. Of course, stuff does eventually happen, and it seems all the more dramatic by comparison. Especially the end of Chapter 34, which may be the most tragic thing I've ever read. I felt like someone had just punched me hard in the chest. Yow. Really though, thanks!