well, i just got back from a wonderful church retreat. i know, jon on a church retreat. it sounds funny to me every time i say it. but this was a wonderful experience filled with hiking, beauty, nature, wonderful people, and plenty of food, beer, and dirty jokes. this was an experience that i will never forget and i would like to extend a heart-felt thank you to the holy comforter episcopal church in gadsden, al. i would also like to to extend a thank you to my future family, lewis and andrew fuller, for inviting me. THANK YOU. the only thing that would have made it better is if my little middle were there with me (and of course my fiance). i only hope that i can join you guys next year.

on another note, the lakers lost to the suns today in the first game of the first round of the nba playoffs. KOBE WAS HOT. he had 28 points in the first half alone. his teammates, specifically the bigs, kwame and andrew, didn't contribute anything. farmer looked really good and walton had some unbelievable assists. lamar is always good (a consistent double-double guy). but something is missing. HEART. every time the suns scored a basket, the lakers just stood around and looked to point the finger at one another before in-bounding the ball. look, these people are getting paid around the same amount of money you are, you honestly don't believe that you can have a shutout in basketball, do you? PICK IT UP FELLAS.

i'm so excited that tomorrow i get to go see my fiance and my little middle. even though that it is just for the day, the two of them brighten my life so much that it is well worth it.

so, the question of the day is why in the hell did i go to camp with a bald head and no sunscreen? it seems that every single time i go to the beach or to some outdoorzy thing, i have a shaved head and no sunscreen. this makes no sense. my dad is a cancer doctor for god's sake. you would think that i have heard enough horror stories that i would even wear sunscreen when i go to bed. i guess most of the stories that i hear are seemingly so tragic and non-preventable (like the shit just happens) i figure, well, a little sunscreen ain't gonna prevent sudden onset of something that is going to kill me in less than a year so why be so concerned with the sunscreen? so for now and the foreseeable future, i look like a ripe tomato with a pair of glasses and a goatee.