I'm indecisive.

Whatever the case, just got back from an abbreviated (curse you, brother's-workplace, for forcing some of us to return early!) vacation-slash-family-reuinion. Paternal grandparents' fiftieth anniversary (take THAT, modern-day-society!) meant everyone getting together at a resort spot in northern Michigan (Crystal Mountain, Charlie!). Lakes, golf courses, chairlifts, woods, pools, all that sort of stuff...

The whole family--all eleven of us--wore Penguins t-shirts on the way up. It had absolutely nothing to do with some of our uncles and aunts...and our grandparents...being Red Wings fans. Nope. Absolutely nothing. Heh. Heh. Heh. It was also fun sitting in a restaurant on the way up without any shame at all while less than a hundred miles from Detroit.

Fun.

But whatever the case, it was good to catch up with the relatives...talk, hang out, campfire, all that stuff. It's very amusing how some of my cousins are even more antisocial than I am. So you have one big, antisocial horde. Well, a number of people were more willing to bond, but...there's a fun dynamic.

We went canoeing, too.

Weather was nice. Service was frighteningly high-quality (housekeeping...dishes and dishwashers...fridge...those glasses and coasters like you find in hotels...my parents had a whirlpool bathtub...and yet, there was NO TOILET PLUNGER...). Everything went rather smoothly. Though the employees on the resort were very...I dunno...so professional and stringent, it was almost rude. Other than that minor bit of discomfort, it was all great. But, again, most of the family is still there, but the olders kids of the family had to come home early. Overnight drive...again, fun.

Oh, we also had a boat cruise. It was fun, except that the captain of the boat could probably have ruined the best joke in the world if he delivered it. Meh. Can't complain too much, though. I was on a boat. On a boat. Everybody look at me, I'm on...okay, let's not continue with that bit of ear worm.

There was HBO there, too. Dark Knight, the end of Kenneth Branagh's Hamlet, and the awesomeness that is Babe. Oh. And Speed Racer. Um, yeah. Speed Racer, indeed. Or Acid. And on another channel, Cash Cab. Which is a strangely...evil show. I may have nightmares about it sometime in the future.

Family bonding. Fun. Talked with one of the aunts about writing. Working on different things. Still struggling. Talked with a number about the plans for the near future. Also learned some bits of family trivia...apparently my dad hit someone with his lunchbox while at camp a long time ago. And may have broken that someone's fingers. He said that she (THAT wasn't in the quiz question, but it made it all the more shocking) had been provoking him.

And one of my uncles apparently kicked my dad unconscious while in their youth, too. And that uncle was also his now-wife's paperboy, too. There's something that you don't expect to happen outside of Hollywood or wherever.

I have an awesome family. Thank you, reunions.





In a completely different vein...

New Bleach episode was fun stuff. And Soul Eater 63...yeah. FLAILAGE. And anticipation. And angels all around!

And Star vs. Stein EFFTEEDUBS.





All of which PALES in comparison to Kidd's latest OCD escapade. Using your unhealthy obsessions to aggravate the villains? WIN.



I also read The Last Olympian while on break. Last Percy Jackson book. It was pretty darn awesome. Still nowhere near the level of the first one, but it was a good finish. I'm hoping he does more with that universe. Hopefully with a time-skip thing.