Like so many other technology users, I've had my fair share of tragic experiences with an array of devices. Ruined my Gameboy's start button by using the MissingNo cheat in Pokemon Red? Been there. Soaked my laptop to oblivion the day before a final? Done that. Dropped a cell phone onto any number of undesirable elements? Only about thirty times a day.
While a significant number of these events have included one or more family members (e.g. the time my brother and I physically ripped my flip phone in half over a taco), I've been perfectly capable of ruining valuable things, be they mine or my family's, all on my own. If everyone has a cross to bear, mine is made up of waterlogged electronics, shattered screens and ripped cords. So when my dad ruined his camera's memory card last week by mistaking it for a piece of chocolate and chewing it repeatedly, I couldn't help but feel a little bit exonerated. I'd stepped on, dropped, misplaced, and tripped over, but at least I'd never nearly eaten my family's precious memories!
The hilarity of my dad putting a Micro SD card in his mouth and not immediately realizing that it wasn't a piece of candy far outweighs the loss of those precious memories, but it's kind of a bummer that our Utah/ road trip photos poofed into oblivion the moment his teeth scratched the memory chip. In lieu of the real thing, here are some hastily made sketches of the photos you would have seen had my dad not gone after a third helping of dessert.
Turns out that people in Ogden like free concerts, which is always a plus.
This is stick-figure-Francisco trying a little indoor skydiving. It was hard to draw the way his cheeks flapped, so your imagination will have to do most of the work here.
The five of us had a little fun taking family photos in front of the train museum in Ogden.
This was shortly before Natalia got yelled at for Snapchatting instead of patriotically admiring the national landmark behind her.
My dad took lots of pictures of pretty clouds and sunsets... so much Pinterest potential gone to waste.
We'd considered photoshopping Ernesto and my brother onto this one for next year's Christmas card, but I guess we don't have to worry about that anymore.
