These pictures were all shot with 800 speed film, which I hardly ever use. It has the advantage of working with lower light, which is good because the Good Camera lacks a flash (this makes me sad.) 800 speed film has the disadvantage of me never using it so I had no idea of how the pictures would turn out (in terms of lighting.) So some of these pictures seem. . . weird to me in the lighting department. I don't really grok all of that magic film stuff yet. Just thought I'd share.

• People looking at Africa pictures (25k): Jill Kare, Karissa Bultman and Tammy Derk look at Africa pictures at Fall Conference. That is, they are at Fall Conference. Looking at the pictures. Yeah.
• These jawbreakers last a really long time! (31k): Andy Kress smiles for the camera as Carolyn Larson looks at Africa pictures and Dan VandenBerge looks at the camera man while lazily chewing on a jawbreaker.
• Elijah loses at wrestling 1 (27k): Elijah Moreland starts to lose to Dave Bosscher at wrestling.
• Elijah loses at wrestling 2 (42k): Things go from bad to worse for Elijah.
• Elijah loses at wrestling 3 (53k): Elijah is finally completely defeated by Dave, at which point they pose for a picture.
• Dave loses at wrestling (33k): Josh Bilhorn challenges Dave Bosscher at wrestling. Dave accepts. Here, you see Dave in the process of losing. In my opinion, he started losing immediately after accepting Josh's challenge. (Although, since I'm not really sure how this started, maybe Josh just ran and charged Dave. In which case Dave started losing when Josh was contemplating running over and knocking him down.)
• People milling about (53k): What I was shooting for in this picture (pun!) was the sight of everyone milling around by the building where we all register when we get there (although, since these pictures are in chronological order, it's obvious that this isn't registration time.) Anyone who has been to Fall Conference will recognize this scene. When I got this picture back I thought maybe I had tried to take a picture of *somebody* but I guess not. There's someone who might be Chrissy Pomroy, but I don't know if it's really her or not. (We can all play the "Where's Chrissy" game! Hee hee!)
• Yay! Star Wars napkins! (46k): Dinner time at Fall Conference. Again, I'm not trying to take a picture of anyone as much as I'm trying to get the general impression of mealtime. Plus, you can see how sucky the Good Camera can be without a flash. (It used to have a flash. Dad broke it. It got fixed. It broke again, and I'm broke, so it stays broke.)
• The super secret special picture: This is the spot reserved for the super secret special picture. Someday I'll put it up here, but not now. (You'll just have to wait! In the meantime, you can go eat some Oreos. Go ahead! You're allowed. Unless you're Spot. And then you're NOT allowed because you're a DOG!)
• MTU IVCF at worship time (41k): Back row: Carolyn Larson, Dan VandenBerge, Eric Therkildsen, Jon Doane. Front row: Dan Panik, Todd Olsen, Shane Empie, Karissa Bultman, Shaun Covert, Brian Tracy, Craig Vansomeren, Andy Knitt, Aaron Tice.
• Missions testamonies at FC (32k): Jill Kare (third from left) and Jon Doane (fourth from left) give their Africa testamonies at Fall Conference. (Fun SLT note: Candace (second from the right) was in my SLT family group.)
• Another frightening example of Wisconsin "culture" (64k): This picture takes a little explaining. On the way to Fall Conference I rode in Shaun Covert's vehicle, with Ryan Texer and Carl (who's last name I can't remember. Starts with an H?) At any rate, all of us were from Michigan, so we had great fun (and ample opportunity) heckling ridiculous things like the "Mars Cheese Castle" and the "Bong Recreation Area" (here's a picture I found on the internet). But on the way back, Aaron Tice rode with us. And he's from Wisconsin. (If you think that held us back from heckling all things Wisconsin, you don't understand the psychology of College Guys very well.) So any time we'd see something like the green and yellow spray painted minivan with 2348932786989109 Packers decals, flags, and stickers on it, or the macaroni pictures of Brett Favre hanging in a store window, well, we'd take out our frustrations on Tice. "Tice. . . I'm punching you right in the kidneys for that one!" was a common refrain heard in the car that day. (You might be tempted to say "Poor Tice!" But don't be -- he knows his state sucks. It's not like we were surprising him with any new information or anything.) We were passing through Green Bay, and due to the incredibly screwy nature of the highway system (Wisconsin has the worst roads of any state I've ever been in -- that's including Arkansas) we found ourselves having to pass through Green Bay itself and not just around it like we would otherwise. So we're going along, and we stop at a stop sign, and what do we see but the Haus of Hair. This was so bad it required us to take a picture. It wouldn't have been as bad if it were really outrageous and neon and bright blinking lights -- then it would have just been tacky and campy. But as it is, lurking in the middle of some otherwise nice suburb, it seems just a little too creepy and unsettling. (To Tice's credit, he played along with us sometimes -- he even got a picture of the Auto Haus seven blocks down the road from the Haus of Hair. Also, I did an internet search for "Haus of Hair" and it turns out there are at least three in the country. See what happens when people from Wisconsin move out of the state? Hauses of Hair, all over the country.) [ UPDATE: Tice responds to the above comment, and I respond to his response. (I get to have the last word, because it is, after all, my webpage.) ]
• Roofing Mount Everest (67k): Local landlord Dan Alder puts up new shingles on this house on College Ave. The picture was actually taken from Ruby street, up the hill from College Ave. The house is two stories high, and it's on a hill, and you can see how steep the roof is. I showed him these pictures when I got them back, and he said, "Wow, it really looks like I'm roofing mount everest or something." Here's another edit of the same picture so you can get a better idea of how high up he was.
• Wow, people look funny when you take a picture when they're chewing! (38k): Lunch in DHH after the daily prayer meeting. Left side of the table: Christoph, Carolyn Larson, Dan VandenBerge, Lee Paulsen. Right side of the table: Aaron Green, Joe Derk, Andy Burchett, Ryan Texer, Shaun Covert and Steve Barnhart. From the looks on Christoph's face (amusement), Shaun's face (fear), and Steve's face (disgust), apparently I was growing a pair of donkey ears while I was taking this picture. While they seem to have receeded back into my head, I think there are many who agree that if anyone deserves donkey ears for being a jackass at times, it's me.

(You all know that the only reason why I said that was so that I could say "jackass" on my web page.)

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