contrary to popular belief,
hell is quite chilly

so. yeah. junior retreat. so cold. so many things i could say.

i first got the hint that it wasn't going to be all that great when i heard the nazi death camp reference. so that got me a little on edge. and then we get up today and it looks like it's gonna pour down on us, what with big black rainclouds. we get up there, and it's pretty cold. and then it starts raining. more cold. and then it starts hailing, and then snowing. and we had our shoes off in a building without heat. i was freezing my ass off.

we didn't get to do the ropes course, due to weather. that in itself would've saved the day. so i get put in the rat's group, which includes carver. all the little scenario things she gave us to do, we solved them in a flash. which she got mildly annoyed at. when we kept doing them fast, she got really pissed. oh well, that's the rat for ya. and then we did the trust fall... and dropped carver. funniest damn thing ever. i mean, we didn't mean to drop him, but you try to have 5 people catch a over 6 foot football player.

the topic for this retreat: teamwork. they had this whole idealized "be a community, work together" thing going on. totally didn't work. at least i don't think it did. a lot of people really liked the retreat, saying that it's been the best one we've had. and i'd have to agree, but marginally. heck, everything's better than the sex retreat we had last year.

all in all, the cold wasn't nice, and i didn't really like the tone the day took.

other thing of the day: The Letter. yes, i did it. and my mother doesn't seem that pissed about it, but who knows how my dad will react. i don't care though, today's been so crappy.

and i did send my name to do that cruces thing. don't know if i'll get in, but hey at least i followed through.

i should get off the net, but i really don't want to. bah.