Hello again, dear readers! I was recently reading my friends' blogs, and it kinda made me think. I really only post on here when something interesting happens, which can sometimes leave huge gaps between posts.

Pictured: the blog.

Anyhoo, I feel like maybe if I share things I like then you might like them too. Then, I don't have to leave the house, and you get to see more posts. 

This has been your daily dose of adorable.

So let's start with something small, I suppose.

Something small. *snerk*

One of my hobbies is collecting out-of-place, out-of-date, and just-plain-weird advertisements. Some of the most amusing entertainment you can have is collaging magazines with friends. I collect tabloids especially for their ads. Tabloids are just above creepy Russian websites selling bear venison and body parts and just below the international teddy bear alliance's website in ads. They don't have ads you wouldn't show to your grandmother, but they're not the usual 'buy product x just cuz' ads. I am a connoisseur of all types of ads, like your creepy baby dolls-

-and products targeted at the entirely incorrect audience-

-and the kids movie themed, miraculously somehow licensed figurines-

-and the "free" jewelry-



-proof of your unhealthy Elvis obsession-



-and proof of your unhealthy cat obsession.

Hm. Bye.

Back from vacation at last!

Hello again dear readers! I just got back from a four day vacation in Ludington.

Pictured: Ludington.

It was a nice trip. I'm a little tired from kinda doing everything. I took a crapton of pictures with my phone camera (yes, the phone from my earlier rant post).  Even if the phone itself is not my favorite, it was nice to have a portable camera to take places to take pictures.

There were lots of good places to take pictures.

So I guess my photo dump did come together after all. Hm.

First Day

The first day in Ludington started kinda early, because if you want to get on Lake Michigan on your first day you almost have to leave that early. Maybe it seemed so early because of my screwed up sleep schedule, maybe it really was just early.

Early early early.

So the drive over was a couple hours long, and while the scenery was interesting, it was repetitive. I didn't get many pictures of the rundown industry towns. I'm sure you're just heartbroken.

Haha I didn't take this picture so it still doesn't count!

My older brother drove the entire way, under the watchful eye of my grandpa. We got there and set up the trailer at the Mason County Campground, which is a-not-so-long drive from Lake Michigan. And it had some pretty nice nature.

Nature! Trees! Dirt!

Here's a picture actually inside the camper

Pale, pale legs.

After lunch (hamburgers courtesy of grandma)  all of us went down to the beach-

Da beach.

-which is of course on the eastern side of Lake Michigan. While scavenging for a parking place, we found this gem.




 It was eighty-something the day we arrived, and while we walked down to the water the sand burnt our feet. The water was really cold after crossing the small desert between the sidewalk and the beach. And surprisingly sandy.

I have a lot of pictures of the water.

After heading back to the trailer we were going to have a campfire, but due to the dry conditions we were told not to. So instead we had a nice time lounging around, because this is a vacation gosh darnit, and it better feel like it.

Second Day



We had actually walked out on the pier the first day, but on the second day we were intent on getting wet. It was a good thing too, because the waves were really strong. White caps crashed over the side of the cement walkway and caught unprepared intruders in their silent undertow. Like a total idiot, I forgot my swimsuit at home, so I got soaking wet in my yoga pants and pajama shirt. I looked (and felt) a little out of my element. We tried to stay walking on the side of the pier, but after struggling against the waves about halfway to the lighthouse, my older brother and I thought it was probably safer not to.

These are the waves from the first day. They were a bit more intense the next day.

After nearly getting pulled into the lake (now nicknamed the Specific Ocean by yours truly) we went and actually swam in it. Although it was a little frigid, we were not the only people to come down to the beach and float like really dumb buoys. It was also the day of the Great War of the Specific Ocean, which amounted to the older sibling(s) slapping the younger sibling(s) with brightly colored pool noodles. We also found this really inspiring boardwalk-



-which felt too precious to be tread upon, but tread on we did, because the sand was molten again. At sunset, my older brother and I tried to find a good view...



... which I kinda nailed. We actually found a better spot that didn't have so many wires and stuff (this is by a Consumers Energy station thing) but the sun had gone down and my phone was dead by then. There was a cute doggy there though, which sorta made up for it. Some views aren't meant for pictures, I guess.

Third Day

It began with the loud drumming of rain on the metal roof. At midnight. The last day we spent wholly on the lake, and we got rained out. Ethan and grandma went out to the beach to see whether the waves were insane, which they were. We got a really  big thunderstorm that passed right over us. The storm ended just before sunset, and it left everything in a really weird yellow haze. There were also some really odd clouds.



Fourth Day

The last day of the vacation. Most of this was the drive in the truck-



-and a quick stop at my grandma's house to leave the trailer and pet the kittens behind the barn before riding the rest of the way home in just the truck. Now I'm writing this article and sleeping off my sunburn in my own room. Goodbye, dear readers. Sleep off your sunburns, always knowing in the back of your mind that I am always watching. Because I am a blog ghost that haunts you over the internet. I am too tired to be writing this. Someone stop me please.