I was at my church retreat this weekend, 'twas awesome. Friday night was a bonfire, which apparently still counts as one if it'd fit in a fireplace.. We got marshmallow-toasting pitchforks (They wouldn't let me use a shovel.. ), ate, and then played capture the flag (Apparently it IS possible to play it without rifles. Who knew?) Then everybody split up, I ended up playing 2 on 2 with my friend Calvin against another friend and his dad. In the end I had to explain to Calvin why a girl in our youth group was on the background of my Zune.. I did ok, he ended up on my side about it. Had to leave and go help Mom unpack and clean all the roaches and mold out of the room, tho..
Saturday.. Nothing really interesting happened 'til water polo. It's not normal water polo either, it's our-church style. The goals are on the side of the pool, and the goalie stands inside it (on the edge). Also if someone has the ball, they're fair game for being tackled, dunked, dogpiled, spun around, thrown into the goal, jumped on, full-nelson-ed, elbowed in the face, half-drowned, and having someone on the edge hurl themselves off and land on your head.
So I played goalie . I actually did the best of anyone on the first day, but it left a few things lacking (such as skin on my knees). There's also a river at the recreational center this whole thing was at, so me and Calvin hurled ourselves off the dock into the water, which we found out was about 2 feet deep after we did it. Still fun. I didn't need legs anyway. That night my friend Alex came to my now roach-free room, and we were messing around with Lappy, and managed to create a fail pic from personal experience! . That'll be at the end. Otherwise you won't read the rest of this. Not like you will anyways. We also managed to FINALLY get an inside joke, we should've had one of those long ago. The day ended with zombie plan discussions, and hitting Gatorade bottles with tennis rackets.
Sunday.. Was possibly the best I've ever lived through. Played ERS (the card game) for like 2 hours at/after breakfast, this dude Joe consistently dominated. Angel showed up for the sessions (), and stayed for lunch. I swear she gets more beautiful every time I see her.. *dreamy look emote* Lunch was good, we had fried chicken. She left right before the pool, tho .. Anyways, I started water polo in the goal again, but my knees had other ideas, and I had to resort to being a rank-and-file dude to pass it to. I did end up scoring a goal tho. Woot. Went to the river again after that, me and Calvin found a big rock with a ton of little crabs on it, as well as these weird rock-things that had tongues. We didn't get to ride on a jet ski.. Had dinner (without Angel.. ), it was decent, pizza, talked about fail stuff with Alex and Calvin, then packed and left. I guess it doesn't take much to make a memorable day for me.. Heck, just Angel. It's rare enough seeing her, let alone for 6 hours straight. (You can start thinking how pathetic I am now, if ya want. You're not the first.)
So at the end, my existence hurt, me knees needed skin, had the best weekend of my life so far, and I discovered that violin + death metal = win.
And I believe I promised you a fail pic.