Here are some interesting facts about sloths. 1: they eat lettuce, 2: they move 4 to 5 meters an hour, and 3: on a scale of 2 to 10, their sense of touch, sight and hearing rate a 2.  Their sense of smell rates a 3, which means they could probably smell an approaching threat approximately 1.2 seconds before they became said threat’s dinner. With such a poor perception of the world around them, what’s the point of moving any faster? It’s not like it would do them any good. They do have one natural defense; their fur is home to an algae that turns brown in the dry season and green in the wet season, allowing them to camoflage with the foliage they live in. It also explains this picture of what appears to be a happy swamp creature crawling across the road.

Okay, I guess the algae is not that unfortunate, since the giant claws are already a pretty effective snuggling deterrent.

Okay, well, problem #1, there is no page scrolling on the screen. So you type a few lines, then everything you are typing goes down below the screen and you can’t see it. You can still type, but it is invisible, forcing you to blindly trust the apple spell checker, which often likes to replace what I have typed with phrases like “what the duck.”

I think my dad is coming out now. I’ll upload a quick pic!

p.s. I saw you started a post on shoes. You should definitely finish it, since I am like a 7-month fashion time warp and have no idea what shoes I need to buy with this wad of cash burning a hole in my pocket!

One tag goes around your neck, the other on your boot - that's how they know who to return the feet to.

So here I am in A-School! I could complain about the middle-of-nowhereness of Meridian, Mississippi, but I am really just thrilled to be anywhere besides bootcamp. The highlight of my week was watching a DVD and eating M&Ms until I was (almost) sick of chocolate – it sounds boring, but it was wonderful. Seriously.

I start classes next week, and shortly after that should receive my next orders, so I’ll know where I’ll be spending the next ~3 years very soon!

Okay, enough about all that. Not that I have any other news…oh, and sorry for the short iPhone post – I did go to the computer center this afternoon, but had to spend the whole hour catching up on The Sartorialist.

Will write more soon!