My nephew, Ethan, and I right after my looooooong graduation ceremony.
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Hitchhiking to Graduation

I've graduated!!! Yes! It's over and yeah, it feels gooooooood. :) The best moment for me had to be when I realized that "they" had actually given me my real diploma. That's when I knew that they couldn't take it back and say, "Ha! Just kidding, you get to come back and pay more money to take one more class." I'm so relieved.

Oh! And I saw The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy this weekend, and it was really really really random and really really really funny. hehe. I especially loved the beginning (clue: it involves dolphins). So, I recommend this most excellently weird movie.

k, bye.

Harry Potter and Baseball

Monday night Ems and I went to a Ranger game and had a great time. We have added various new sayings and memories to our repetoire, and it was fantastic! The main event of the evening though was a woman getting smacked in the face by a foul ball in our section. It was bad. We felt horrible for her, but apparently I didn't feel horrible enough to refrain from taking pictures.....:S.....because I thought of y'all and thought you might like to see it (see below). Then there was, of course, our friend Paul. He talked to his soon-to-be fiance (same girl he broke up with a couple of weeks ago--DRAMA!) who is in Paris at the moment whilst at the game with his niece (it was her birthday). Out of the blue, whilst eating nachos, Paul asks me for a Kleen-x. I tell Paul I don't have a Kleen-x, but that I do have a tampon. He requests the tampon. I give it to him, not thinking he would actually do anything with it. But Paul proceeds to unwrap the tampon, mess with it a bit, dip it in nacho cheese, swing it around, and then discards it (again, see below). I was laughing so hard I nearly peed my pants. Emily was grossed out. :) Good times, good times.

On Tuesday, I subbed for a computer teacher and needless to say, the class was full of dorky, yet lovable boys. One came in dressed as Harry Potter, complete with cape, Griffindor patch he made and taped to his cape, and wand that he constructed out of a coat hanger and card board. I was extremely amused and slightly frightened for this kid. I was hoping that this was not normal behavior for him because I could see that it would eventually get him beat up. Later though, I figured out that it was "dress like a movie star" day, and that was who he had chosen. I don't think I saw anyone else dressed up. The kid's got confidence. It'll take him far.

So, in conclusion, the last couple of days have been random. The End.

P.S. I've posted a lot lately, so keep scrolling if you want to read some more. :)

Woman who got hit in the face at the game. This was just before she couldn't walk anymore and had to be carried out. Poor woman!
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Paul's cheesy tampon experiment.
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Prelude to Pancakes

Amber at Kirby Lane blowing bubbles in her chocolate milk. Silly girl. Mmmmmmm.......Pancakes.........*drool*.
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Pot Heads, Reading Minds, & MUSE

So, this weekend was absolutely fabulous, I must say. Between Lee's gay voice, nearly dying on the "rollercoaster" in Justin's car, and having such a wonderful pancake experience that I had to grip Amber in order to share my joy, I feel that my last few days have been great to say the least. Let me start from the beginning, when we arrived in Austin. First off, when we got to downtown we got a little lost....sort of. We circled this one block for, oh, I'd say, about 5 1/2 hours, before getting directions to the MUSE concert that were accurate. Justin kept trying to make the Austin Convention Center and Austin City Hall our venue, but that really wasn't working. (Side note: I think everyone in Austin gets together and says "Hey our official city color is black, so everybody wear black....pass it on.") Anyhoo, we finally got there (the Austin Music Hall), waited in a looooong line, and got to the door. I was then molested by the "security" chick, who promptly told me that I would have to either put my camera (which I forgot probably wouldn't be allowed inside) in the car or I could "throw it away." First of all, is she high??? Yeah, I think I'll throw my digital camera away. sheesh.

So, I return back from the car and am molested again, allowed to enter past the humorless "security" chick with the horrible bleach job, see the overpriced t-shirts, and locate the crew. We witness the opening act, and yeah, it was not pretty. At first I was enjoying some of their songs and then it just got real obnoxious. Amber later said what I was thinking the whole time Razor-sucks-lite, or whatever their name is, was up there. It was like they were trying to be Led Zepplin or the Rolling Stones and were sucking hard core at it. It was obvious that they were all drunk or high or both. The lead singer had no idea where he was going on stage, dropping his mic at one point, and never knowing where his next guitar was suppose to be. But the cherry on this lame performance was the lead singer unbuttoning, then completely taking off his shirt, and then telling the audience during the last part of their last song to "hold their excitement," as if he was going to give us all the most mind-blowing musical orgasm we've ever experienced. Sigh. It's too bad they acted so badly, cause I think their music could've actually been good if they had tried a little bit harder not to make us hate them.

Once we got the losers off the stage, we waited an agonizing 45 minutes for MUSE to come out. I was touched in places that I have hoped I would never be touched by complete strangers, but at least I wasn't Amber or Angela. The retarded pot heads in front of them were maybe 16, completely rude, and apparently Canadian. :) Once MUSE had taken the stage the Canadian jerks in front of Amber lit a roach and proceeded to blow smoke right in Amber's face. After that, it was lots of fun "reading Amber's mind." hehe. Sorry Amber, I couldn't help myself. Her text messages about these assholes were hilarious. But aside from the concert being tooooooo loud (the sound system sucked--you could barely hear him sing), it was awesome! I would go again, but only if I have my own designated space--I don't ever want some drunk Asians jumping around that close to me EVER again.

I must say, though, my night was complete once I had those sumptuous pancakes, regained my hearing, saw Lee rockin' out to "Dream On," and listened to lots of Radiohead on the way home. Thank you everyone for a GREAT time!

I Need a Job

"There is many a bestseller that could have been prevented by a good teacher."

~Flannery O'Connor

At the moment I am in a high school reading classroom subing for a coach. I have been subing for a couple of weeks now and I realize that I really do not want to teach high school. Although easier than middle school in many ways, I find high school not quite as rewarding. I find all of that little kid stuff, but not really little kid stuff, appealing. I like that I can have bulletin boards and ticket drawings and still see the really sweet side of every child before they get older and more hardened. But they're still old enough to have a little bit of attitude with me. It's cool! sigh. So, basically what it all boils down to right now is that......I NEED A JOB!

But I can't think of education/employment right now because there are much greater things to be worried about at the moment. Such as the following:

MUSE!!!!! on Sat. in Austin with really awesome people attending. :)
Sleeping
Doctor's Appointments
and the most important
GRADUATION!

Ye-haw! I will soon have a bachelor's degree! Now I can say that I've done something with my life since I haven't been working at a job for 6 years. sigh. Now I can say "See, I'm not completely worthless! I can contribute to society!" Yesth, I could say that, but I feel the same. Hum, funny how that works. Anyway, I hope I will turn out to be one of those "good teachers" who will prevent some of the future best sellers in this world. Wish me luck!