Nothing is ever as it seems, it's usually weirder

Yes, I was tearing through books constantly, and talking to this teacher at least weekly. Because even though I always loved reading as a kid, literature was always a very weak subject for me in terms of a teaching-to-standardized-test school setting (I just do awful on "what color were the curtains" type multiple choice questions. Those details don't stick in my memory THEY JUST DON'T). But that didn't matter for this class. I could just read my way out of any bad test score. I have always had fond memories of how I "fudged" my way through that class and "abused' the extra credit policy.

Southern summer milky way, my first attempt at a milky way panorama which I took back in January. The sky is 4 panels of 4 minutes exposure each, the foreground is 3 panels.

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