And it's not because of Harry Potter. Well, not just because of the last movie...


It's not because of that either.

It's because I get to see John again and say this!:

Looks like North Dakota wasn't paying attention when the state's constitution was written, but that's okay because when the US admitted it as a state, the US wasn't paying attention either. Luckily, half of California wants to secede from itself to rid themselves of the crazy spenders in San Francisco and LA. It is highly unlikely that "South California" will succeed at seceding, and North Dakota's constitution will probably line up with the United States' soon. Either way, we won't have to change the stars on our flag.Unless there's supposed to be 52, like this kid thinks. I probably don't know that much about UK history, but it's still funny.

Had a family reunion on my dad's side in Gruver over the 4th of July weekend, where I saw about fifty family members, including my grandparents, parents, uncles, aunts (except one), great aunts, great uncles, second cousins, some people to whom I don't know how I am related, and foreign exchange students.

Slideshow:

It was really nice seeing everyone again. Our last reunion was in 2007. Gruver is a teensy town lacking even a McDonald's and Wal*Mart. No one locks their doors (except the church), even the vacant houses and everything is within walking distance. I'm pretty sure half the population is my family. That makes more sense to me now, somehow, because I learned that my great-grandfather was mayor of Gruver back in the day. They have one high school, which has been there since the 30s, and has a picture of my Granddad's graduating class and many of his trophies. The whole town is like a time capsule. It was a really cool experience and I'm sure I have the best family ever on the planet, despite all the "pull my finger" jokes.

This is not related, but it's good stuff... Hahaha :]