I'm having a graduation party for my family tonight. There's already some big boxes on the fireplace, presumably with my name on them. I get my laptop tonight! Yay! True, I have to suffer through a family gathering again. The last party we had was for my sixteenth birthday. Not exactly the best I've been to -- and it was
in my honor.
I graduated Wednesday. Wow. It's officially over. I tried to cheer Greg up afterwards. He had been scowling the whole time -- I leaned around Dr. Swinton to look at him. "You never have to go back to school again," I said. Considering that the school is within sight of his porch, you think that would cheer him up. But no, I'm dating Grumpy now. (Oops, didn't mean it that way,
Choi!)
The ceremony itself was long, but not particularly boring. I was seated between Alanna and
Mykella, though, so I was okay. Also, they put the counselors and presenters on the stage in front of the row of honor, and Dr. Swinton has big hair, so I was pretty much hidden. Boo. On the bright side, I graduated seventh in a class of five-hundred forty-nine. I shall do a happy dance now. (Is my good mood obvious?) As soon as I saw the mass of guests at the Comcast Center, I gave up trying to locate my family. They were near the sign for Jonnese. My aunt was near that person with the air horn, and I don't know where Papa and Bridgette were. They left without coming to meet me, so if my mom hadn't confirmed it, I wouldn't have known they'd attended. That kind of hurts. I swear I have never posed for so many pictures in one sitting. I hope at least one turned out. We went to eat at Red Lobster in New Carrollton afterwards. Nothing aquatic belongs on my plate, so I had chicken. Red sauce wasn't the best choice in my white dress, but I got away with just a few small flecks. Yay for neat eating. We didn't get home until 10:30, but I had a great night. 04, baby!
Yesterday was just a day. I went to work at 11, same as usual. I finished cleaning another closet. I also remembered to watch the MTV Movie Awards. I try to keep up with Lindsay Lohan (can't go misusing my name), who hosted. She was pretty good. I liked the opening sketch with her
SNL "parents", and the
Kill Bill scene with Andy Dick. I also liked the theme of the insane asylum for the categories. Much better than that VMA's (was it last year?) that used Moon Man kitchen appliances. I almost wanted Ellen Degeneres to win Best Comedic Performance, just because of that
Finding Nemo scene they showed. ["I will call him Squishy, and he will be my Squishy. (incoherent babbling) Ouch!"] I also liked the mention of hobbit-on-hobbit, even though, ew. I'm sure all the LOTR fandom slashers were overjoyed, though. It was a good show, and I'm glad Johnny Depp got an award for
Pirates of the Caribbean -- I wanted him to get the Oscar! He was fabulous!
Today, I went to work early. The stock market was closed today for President Reagan's funeral, so we cleaned together while we watched the events on Fox. It was strange watching the arrival on Andrews, since that's not far from where I live. I thought Margaret Thatcher's speech was great. Bush the Younger's was okay, if on the long side.
The cicadas are gone, the cicadas are gone! Well, I saw one yesterday, but all the others were dead. Good riddance, I say. No more of that awful screechy noise in the background. Remind me not to live here in seventeen years.
