For those of you not in the know, last week I went on a cruise. We left San Diego, hit Catalina and were supposed to make a stop in Mexico but ended up not because of the swine flu. Alas, that was not a big deal for me.

I’d post some pictures for you of me in all my glory out in international waters, but I don’t have any. Oh yes, I took my camera. I think at one point I even carried it with me. I just never got around to taking any pictures. Whenever I was in a situation where picture taking seemed like a good idea, I was with at least one other person who was taking the pictures I would have (and usually more than one person was there taking said pictures).

It was a blast. A couple years ago I went on a little vacation with my dad and Celeste to visit Wendee and Sam in Nevada. The point of this side note is that it was then and there I decided I was done taking vacations where other people were. With the exception of leaving to country and visiting someplace truly foreign to me, I would rather spend my time in the wilderness or just in my living room.

My, how events can change a person’s mind. Now, my three options for vacation time are: wilderness, living room, or a cruise. It was just so much fun. The highlights for me were: entering a hairy chest contest and losing to my dad; reading Xenocide (not really a cruise related matter but it was fun and I’ll forever link the two), eating more than my share of food, from eating that excess share of food I gained 8 pounds (yeah, damn. Although, that weight gain is just from the last time I played Wii Fit, which was a month ago).

If I get my hands on some pictures I’ll post them. Onto the next subject! Wolverine.

I can sum my feelings for this movie up in one word: meh. It didn’t entirely suck. It was entirely awesome. There were good points and bad points. The whole time I just felt like something was off and it kept distracting me. I can’t put my finger on it, but I think it might be the pacing. Or the development of character. If you’ve seen it, maybe you can help pinpoint it.

By the end of the movie I just didn’t care what was going on. I love Wolverine, though. The character, obviously not the movie. I read a review that stated Wolverine is the shallowest super hero, but I completely disagree. Wolverine has the potential to be great. I dare say, that while not superior to Batman, that Wolverine has as much if not more potential to be characterized well than Batman does. Oh yes, I went there.

Think about it. They are both torn within themselves by the choices they are making to be better than they are and to do good. I do enjoy Batman more, but that doesn’t discredit Wolverine. He just hasn’t been fleshed out as much (or I just haven’t read the appropriate comics).

I could be totally wrong about this. I am pretty tired right now. Thoughts anyone?