journal features
movie reviews
photo of the day

clever sunburn

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-eight years and a million words

Halifax, 2004.05.08

One more sunny day before my girlfriend is due to leave. By the end of the day, I'd managed to singe the side of my face lying on my patio with her.

We'd arranged ourselves on my little exercise mat so that each of us could rest our head on the other's shoulder. A bit clever, I thought.

Not so much. Only one side of my face wound up with any colour, and that was all red. Unlike the little book I bought on aquariums, which resisted being read as I slowly dozed in the sun.

rand()m quote

An error doesn't become a mistake until you refuse to correct it.

—Orlando Battista