Put the tally at two

That tally of course being the stupid challenges I've accepted at work. The first was an attempt to drink a gallon of milk without throwing up in an hour, which is largely impossibe (though I've heard of a few people successfully accomplishing it). My attempt resulted in throwing up two-thirds of a gallon of milk after 35 minutes. It looked like cottage cheese. Ewwww, TMI?



The most recent adventure was to count the number of goose eggs in a nest for six dollars. Easy enough, right? I had been warned that this goose is mean and chases all passers by violently, but whatever, I can handle getting hissed at by a goose while it flaps its wings at me. However, this is not a goose, this is an evil demonic devil being. As I approached the nest, he was on the nearby pond, so I thought I was easily in the clear and he wasn't even paying attention to me. Wrong. As soon as I was within 50 feet of the nest, the demon beast jetted across the water and got close to me on the shore. But when got there, he pretended not to pay attention to me and proceeded to peck around at the ground, so I then proceeded on my quest. My mistake was losing eye contact with the animal because as soon as my back was turned to him, the demon beast summoned up his black magic to fly into the air and then dive bomb the back of my head. Luckily, my peripheral vision was able to see the beast in enough time to drop to the ground before he could pierce the back of my skull with his deathly demon beak. After falling, I took my shoes off, ran up to the nest, couldn't count the eggs because the demon beast's bride was atop it, and then returned to my desk to the applause and mostly laughter of at least 30 of my co-workers. Apparently, my dignity goes for $6.

And today, I got a new challenge presented to me. Have you ever heard of people trying to eat a tablespoon of cinammon at once? Apparently, it's difficult. I haven't decided if I'm going to accept, but if I do, I'll make sure to have a camera present because if I had one on me during the goose adventure, I'd for sure have one $10,000 on AFV.

Lakmé

I went to go see this opera last night, and though I feel it was a failed attempt to recreate Romeo and Juliet in 19th century British occupied India, and Lakmé (spoiler alert) jumps the gun when she eats the poisonous flower, the music is quite beautiful. Here is some culture for all of you. I give you the famous Flower Duet.


And in other music news, here is a parody:

I like them black squirrels
I like them white squirrels
I like them Asian squirrels
I like them mixed race squirrels
I like them Spanish squirrels
I like them Italian squirrels
I like them French squirrels
And I like Scandinavian squirrels


I like them tall squirrels
I like them short squirrels
I like them brown hair squirrels
I like them blonde hair squirrels
I like them big squirrels
I like them skinny squirrels
I like them carrying a little bitty weight squirrels

I bet while reading this, you were thinking, "Oh look, April got all sophisticated and cultured on me, but wait, nope, there it is. That squirrel business. She's still just as immature and ridiculous as ever."