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[3rdragon]

Yesterday, after church, I went to an extended-family reunion. It was at a park with a lake, about 2 hours away from home. The first thing was this power point presentation about how the family homestead is being taken apart, renovated, and re-built somewhere else. Apparently the house was sold to some guy who gutted it, and then they figured out that it had historical value, so some other people bought it, hired an architect to draw and label everything, and now they're taking it apart, doing stuff to the logs, and then they're going to put it in with a bunch of other 18th century houses. It was a little strange, because the people kept saying things like, "We think this was the dining room, but we can't tell, because it was stripped . . ." when they could have just asked. My grandma grew up in that house, and she's not that old - definitely not senile - I mean, she and my grandpa live by themselves, and were running a campground up until a few years ago - so she'd remember. It was a long presentation, but here's a point of interest: they found one 1738 penny in the foundation, and a 1742 penny in the roofbeams, and they think those mark the start and finish of construction on the house.
After the powerpoint there was pot-luck style food, so that was good. After that, I went fishing with one of my distant cousins. She was 12, and a bit annoying, but I didn't have anything better to do, and I'd never been fishing before. Most of the time I fished with just a bobber, but then one of the relatives who knew how to fish showed up, and I drowned a few worms. I didn't catch anything, and I wasn't really expecting to (but maybe you figured that out already, because I didn't have a hook for a while). The adults were all really glad that I spent time with her, because a) being 17, I could keep her out of trouble, and b ) (as I pieced together later) she's been in foster care and stuff, and they just recently adopted her, and she doesn't really have any friends.

After we got home, my dad and I rented a DVD because my brother's at camp. We got 2001: A Space Odyssey which I hadn't seen, but it started pixelating as soon as the action started. It didn't even look very scratched . . . After messing with it for a while, we gave up, and I re-read The Eagle and the Nightingales, by Mercedes Lackey. I stayed up 'til 4 in the morning finishing it, which was fun. I'm a bit short on sleep right now, though.

M.

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[violaclaire.livejournal.com]

The movie version of 2001: A Space Odyssey isn't nearly as good as the book anyway. I find the ending a little weird in both versions, but in the book it at least makes some kind of sense. In the movie it's just kinda "huh?" At least I think so anyway. Family reunion sounds interesting. I'm going to a similar thing soon; one of my uncles is getting re-married late in August. My parents think it's a good time to "present" Brian to that side of the family, since they'll be focussed on someone else's wedding, although there was an iffy moment when my mom asked her mom if she was invited to the wedding, and the response was, "Oh, it's just going to be the immediate family." !

[3rdragon]

Similar, but somehow I doubt that you'll wind up fishing with a distant relation. :)

[3rdragon]

We finished the movie last night (dad got a different copy from the video library) and you're right, it's weird. Some of the special effects were cool, though.

[violaclaire.livejournal.com]

Unlikely, but with my grandfather you never know :)

[3rdragon]

Since I don't know your grandfather, I'll take your word for it.