Wilderness

I finished "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer. It was very interesting and fascinating. Not only does he go in depth about Chistopher McCandles, but he ties in other stories of people who have similar adventures. He even talks about some trips that he did. I don't really understand the fascination of rock climbing or making it in the "wild" or anything, but I now have a deeper appreciation for people who can do those things. I saw the documentary "Touching The Void" a long time ago, which is a great documentary. Now I'm super interested in reading that book too. "Into The Wild" was a good read. I really liked how the author wrote it. The amount of research he did sounds like a ton, just to tell this story & by reading the book you can see how much of himself he put into it.

Now I'm back on my memoir kick with some Augusten Burroughs. I'm reading "Possible Side Effects" which I'm loving. This one is very reminiscent of Sedaris, which I like a lot. Instead of a memoir book told from start to end, each chapter is a memory of something that happened in his life. And most of them are pretty funny. Next I'll read "Magical Thinking" also by Augusten Burroughs. That will complete my readings of his until he puts out another book.

In other news, I've been watching a lot of Netflix. Saw a lot of great movies. Too many to even think of right now. I now have an office. Been posted here for almost 2 weeks now. It's really nice to be able to shut my door to eat lunch & read. I could get used to this.

Penguins from the aquarium in Atlanta: