On Friday, October 13, 2000, there was a full moon. Some friends and I were lost in the woods, on our way to a campground in Allegheny National Forest. We were on Route 666.

Midnight came and nothing happened.

Then again, we found our site so late that I had to cook in the dark while my friends pitched my tent in the rain. After the grease splashed onto my hand, I was too busy tending to my burn to notice that my friends didn’t know what to do with the rain fly.

The pool of freezing rain that accumulated in our tent that night felt good on my burn, but nothing else felt good. Maybe we should stay indoors today.

Number One has been wanting to get out more, so we spent most of the important part of Saturday geocaching. We decided to hunt 10 caches, and found all but one, which I suspect may have been removed. The owner and I are currently investigating.

Yesterday, I thought I had developed hives from drinking nothing but fruit & vegetable juice for three days. After diphenhydramine had no effect on the rash, I have diagnosed it as poison ivy from geocaching in the woods with kids.

People kept insisting that I have a good birthday, so thanks to DJ Lunchbox for dinner, to Woozle for the wine, and to The Long Time Darlings and The Harlan Twins for the birthday beer and cake.

Thanks to my parents for the Coleman Classic 2-Burner Stove that I was always meant to have, and to G for the Pinnacle Dualist that continues to impress me. But mostly, thanks for camping in the rain and enjoying it.

G, angered upon being stung by a bee, and having been allergic to bee stings as a child, decided to pick up the hose and go to war with the bees. As it turns out, he is no longer allergic.

Please pray that we do not see any bears in the woods.

I’m done resting now.

Crane stands in river
watching roller coasters fly
Crane don’t give a shit.

Toney Salva’s sermon from Sunday really helped me out today, but I can’t tell him because he’s taking a break from social media.

I really enjoyed being the first guest on the new Freelance 4 Real podcast. Thanks to Mike Sorg from Sorgatron Media & Justin Kownacki for trusting me to use the mixing board without DJ G. Listen to Freelance 4 Real 4.

Tonight, Andrea asked me what’s new, and I really didn’t know because I hadn’t blogged in a while. I’ve been busy finishing a large website redesign that will be launching at the end of next week, so…damn, I should get back to work.