happy fourth

this has been a weird weekend.

i went to the beach with susan on friday. okay, it's not a REAL beach, but beaches on lakes are better than nothing. the water was cold, but nice once you got used to it. guinness (her dog) is very funny. he just lies down in the water and thumps his tail. i got some pretty significant sun and had to have ross do make-up for me for game to cover it up.

game was actually a really good time last week. there were some top notch conversations and rp that involved history i'm too lazy to memorize OOC. i don't like the way "dread prince" thomas charles montgomery is being portrayed. i don't think he is scary enough. but i am having fun manipulating the rest of the ventrue at our meetings. we actually had a productive business meeting. unheard of! lets hope eventually it will be everyone else as well. :)

sunday i went to a wedding reception....at least ostensibly. the bride and groom did a really hard thing. they postponed the wedding after everything was bought and paid for. they really take marriage seriously, and i couldn't have more respect for the fact that they actually showed up after canceling things. it is no fun to get up in front of people when everyone knows something is wrong and is curious about the details.
( on the other hand )

after the reception we got root beer floats at a diner and watched the family guy with wilderheart and eltanin. sunday we went up to dawn's folk's lake house up in wisconsin and i got crispy out on the lake. we relaxed and played cards and drove back yesterday.
then i went and hung out with brad (new ST for the MSP game) to talk about christianity, pacifism, free will vs. divine sovereignty and music. it was very enjoyable. it is so good when gamers have real interests outside game.
today jerad and rachel are coming over for dinner and then we will go watch fireworks in st. paul with jory and simona. should be a good time.