Retreat!

Ah, “Retreat!” Mofo’s backup battle cry. But that’s not what I’m talking bout this time. I’m talking bout an actual retreat.

Me, the Slut, PI, the Rev, and SK all went camping for the Regional Superhero Retreat & Workshop that was held last weekend. Mofo couldn’t make it this year cause of his being on his little whirlwind tour of the country, where he’s probably still stuck about 4 and a ½ hours outside of town. Again.

So this Retreat, think of it as like one of those Jamboree things that Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts do. Everybody meets up with their troop, I mean team; sets up tents that are strategically placed between the bathrooms and fire pits; starts drinking and mingling; and frequently gettin’ it on with some fellow superheroes from other teams. Hmmm… I guess you could also say that it’s kinda like Woodstock too.

But there’s classes and games and whatnot too, and I don’t think that Woodstock had those. Well, at least the classes. So Jamboree wins out.

Anyhoo, we went and got all set up and did the first day/night festivities (some of us did more than others), and the next day and a half we spent goin to some of the classes. Lemme pull out the agender and tell you what we all went to:

-Black Power!: Diversity in the workplace
-There’s More Than Mapquest?: The best way to get to your emergencies
-Superhero Brutality: What we should learn from the King Rodney incident
-Somebody’s gonna lose a super-powered eye!: Safety first
-Rage Against the Dying of the Light, but Not Against Your Teammates: Channel your inner rage
-Balloon Animals- Not as Phallic as You Think: Learn to use balloon animals for community service projects!
-It Burns When I Pee: a counseling session for those who’ve slept with The Slut

And there were some others, but those were some of the best.

We had a blast that weekend, pretty much like every time we all go to the Retreat. And we all can’t wait to go back next year. Next year isn’t camping though, they decided to spice it up a bit and have it in the mountains. Good, ‘cause I love me some snow bunnies. The girls I mean, not the actual bunnies. ‘Cause that’d be wrong and gross.

If you get the chance to go to Retreat next year, I highly recommend it. It’ll really jazz you up about fightin crime. So much so that you’ll be spending most of your time back on the street bustin bad guys and not rememberin to blog. Which is good, because the super criminals always tend to go into overdrive when all the super heroes in the region go away for the weekend. It takes a while to get things under control.

Hasta la bye bye.

LC