Here's the thing. I spent the week in Connecticut. I was on a missions trip to help with another church's Bible Camp ( *Cough* VBS *Cough* ). It was grape fun. (Yes, I meant to do that. Those who were there will get it.) I spent the week among good friends, having tons of fun, and serving God. Best of all, it snapped me out of the rut I had been in. Suddenly serving God is the focus of my life again. Its refreshing.
This week was filled to the brim with unforgettable (and Iwishitwereforgettable) memories. I snapped almost a hundred pictures over the course of the week. This is the story of my week as told by the pictures Detroit took. Some of them Im super proud of. But Im guessing you'll figure that out when we get to them.
I saw many many tourists during my trip to Connecticut. They were all taking your average tourist-y pictures. You know, the wide-shots with the family posed in an awkward fashion in front of some incredibly boring monument? Yeah, those. So I decided to mix it up and take a bunch of artsy shots of random things. These are them.
Connecticut
This is right above the door of the church. I think we can all agree that the colors in this are awesome.
Some random pillars. Im thinking of putting these somewhere in the Kemenbarian castle.
OSCAR!
A CREEPY GUY!
Emily spent a few hours traipsing around Bristol, Connecticut with a bunch of teenagers. She remained thoroughly unimpressed the whole time.
This just makes me feel like a winner.
Ducts
Ducks
This is a game that is very dear to my heart. You see, a very cute girl ran this game for much of the night. I thought she did a marvelous job.
Why not?
Julie growling at me (again.)
Wet floors: Now in dry pavement form.
In all seriousness, this one makes me feel something. The simple innocence of the cupcake sign mixed with the harshness of the paint splatter on a brick wall makes me smile. I love it.
This one also makes me feel something. I have no clue why.
The tank is clean...
Dear Sun,
When I said I'd go blind for you, I didn't expect you to take me up on the offer.
The clouds looked otherworldly.
Garage-set.
The only non-creepy excuse for snapping pictures inside a bathroom: To take artsy shots of cleaning supplies.
When speaking about coat hangers, don't confuse the annoying plastic things that spend more time stretching out collars than they do holding up clothing, with those lucky few who've executed members of the British army.
I like her lots.
A picture of Hartford, Connecticut.
Another picture of Hartford, Connecticut.
What? It was a very photogenic city!
Foe-Toe-Genn-ICK!
Tell me this isn't one of the coolest pictures of traffic ever...
I was so tempted to get this hat and convince my Mom I really went to California. So very tempted.
Caught Meg in an awkward pose.
My delicious tea. It was incredible.
Stomer. Quality. Ser.
ANY packaging that has a serving size set at "1 taco" is a good thing.
"Why not?" The phrase of my week. By an not-so-happy coincidence, that's also the official phrase of Snuggies.
*grins twitterpatedly*
*giggles contentedly* ... (several moments pass in awkward silence)... you know... Giggling about tea may not be the manliest thing ever done...
America... I have no words...
*shrugs* And when an elf comes looking for some cranberry sauce, and I can distract him with this. THEN you'll see. Then you'll ALL see!
This is the exact moment of me making eye contact with bacon.
This is Meg making sure I was ok after I had an aneurysm due to extreme happiness about the aforementioned bacon.
Im pretty sure that said vegetable cellar. I can just see a big, hairy biker sitting in the dark enjoying a delightful salad.
I wanna go back.
Contrary to appearances, this was actually a super close up of my sandwich from three weeks ago. Mold is more complex a creature than we give it credit for.
I see a lack of bacon in this picture. That disappoints me.
I met a nice person in the emergency room. I was in the emergency room because I got stuck in between those pillars and had to get my left appendix removed to fit back out. I went in between those pillars because I thought I smelled bacon. It was just a sweaty sock from an old guy. In a horrific twist of fate, that sock hit me in the face.
Whatever this looks means, its sure as heck cute.
Who says heroism and cuteness cant coexist? This picture and The Powerpuff Girls beg to differ.
I wonder if somewhere there's an overachieving river... Probably the Nile with that whole, "Im gonna go North" business.
Im gonna name my kid, Trip. Thats not a prophecy. Thats just common knowledge.
This castle didn't have many recycling reciprocals.*shakes head at the 19th Century*
Checkers anyone?
Railings. Now in Artsy Fartsy form.
A caterpillar. He was cute.
I didn't get stuck here. Thank goodness for the over-powering smell of peanut butter.
Whats that? No witty comments?
Why no, Self. I don't have any witty comments. Do you?
Nope.
Why are we still talking?
Im the only one who will talk to you.
Oh yes. Sooooo... I was wondering... Am I the voice in your head? Or are you the voice in mine?
Dunno.
I still like her.
Since when did rain get so snarky?
Abacuses.
Ill bet a kite has never gotten stuck in that tree. I'll bet I could change that. I'll bet I'll be riding in a police car soon.
This reminds me of something. I want to go to a super boring town and start taking pictures of random things and people. I mean has Antioch, Illinois ever had a tourist? It should.
Is the instruction to open it really necessary? Does anyone other than trained professionals ever touch it? Also, do plumbers learn about "Lefty loosy, righty tighty" in plumber school?
Speaking of plumbers... What?! With a caption like that it could have been MUCH worse.
How do doors feel about their hinges?
Aria is super cute. She's also one of a VERY small percentage of girls that I can call cute and not get in trouble. She kissed me. Several times. I got the "Mmmmwuhhhh" sound and everything.
Oh benches! How I love thee! As (Is it a Freudian slip if I typed another "s" there?) I rest my tender buttocks on your cool, smooth frame. ((And just like *That* I lost all of my readers...))
I distinctly see "N M"
Either a light switch... or a two beaked duck...
WATCH IT!
This is by far the coolest picture I've ever taken. How amazing is THAT?!
I like this too.
And this.
(extra long spaceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee....)
(And abnormally off set lettersssssss....)
Also, whats with the four periods? Why did I do that twice?
And WHO stole my parenthesis?! Huh? Who did it?
Nevermind. They were just playing with the neighborhood children.
Conscience? Am I dead?
More out of place than a bullfrog in an intensive care unit being treated for "chest pain."
Don't. Blink.
Hoot soot.
Makes me think of Toy Story.
Its always about the hobos.
I'm a real FAN of your library... Get it?!?
Ree D. Q. Luss Signs Inc.
Providing for your blind janitor sign needs since 2014. (Also, we invented a time machine. It hasn't come out yet. We decided to play around making stupid signs for a few years, THEN get into the real business: destroying the Space-time continuum. And confusing the heck out of everyone since 1994. Wait...what? Now we're confused.)
No wonder Waldo was so hard to find...
This is sweet. Not that I would know... I didn't lick it or anything...
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Two and a Half Sideburns: Starring... Ashton Kutcher.
Every other mustache in the world is weeping hairy tears.
There's a face in here somewhere...
It just looked cool.
I don't see a sign telling me not to climb the sign...
Turtle. R.I.P.
I call it... "Arrows with crappy earbuds getting in the way." Its impressionable.
This, too, needed to be done. The world now has an artsy shot of a Men's Bathroom Sign. We can all sleep peacefully tonight.
On that note, Im going to sleep.
This made me laugh so hard I snorted.
ReplyDeleteFYI, all the pictures of me are *not* cute.
Also, I love Emily and Aria so much. I don't even care that Aria kissed you.
Oh, by the way, I love you. <3