Jul 9, 2012
About a month ago I volunteered to chaperone a high school camping trip. I figured it’d be easy: I’d spend a few days in the sun, get some hiking in, catch up on Game of Thrones and, if I had the time, relay some of the wisdom I’ve picked up to the high school kids I’d be hanging out with.
None of that happened. Well, okay, I finished Storm of Swords and got like halfway throughA Feast For Crows, (which was kind of an accomplishment, because reading that book is like fistfighting molasses) but my hopes for impressing high school kids were pretty much dashed when I realized that I was no good at high school when I was actually in high school, and I haven’t spent the remaining time getting any better. I discovered that…