short things

i figure i need to get a few things out of the way before i really dive into what went on this weekend.... and, um, last weekend. wow, it's been a while. sorry. how boring of me.

1. I PASSED THE FE!
i got a little letter in the mail congratulation me on passing! hooray! my dad said, "ALRIGHT!" and high fived me. my grandfather said something vague about the government mail system, which was surely a clue of some kind that i was supposed to figure out, which may have been his own version of the test. um, hello grandpa, i passed! everyone else said something along the lines of, "oh good! what's the FE?" and i would roll my eyes and say, "the Fundamentals of Engineering exam? the one i was studying for for, oh, two and a half months? remember when i was all stressed out?" and whoever it was would say vaguely, "riiiiight," and change the subject. eventually i stopped mentioning it. oh well. i guess it's one of those nerd-world things that i should trust to my socorro buddies.

2. pirates of the caribbean (no spoilers.. well, not any big ones anyway)
since my brother and sister are all about the midnight premieres, i went with them to watch the new pirates sequel thursday night. i sat in the middle, so i got to whisper with my brother about the music and bad preliminary jokes and interesting special effects, and on the other side i still had my sis to discuss how hot ex-commodore norrington turned out to be and make several very immature (but fun) comments about keira knightly's boobs. yay! but anyway- it's good, once you get past the first forty-five minutes or so of the repeats of all the good jokes from the first movie. there was, "why is the rum gone?" and "captain jack sparrow" and "this is the day you will always blah blah blah," and you know, the dog with the keys and stuff, but after that it was all pretty fun.

3. fourth of july
i may be the only person in the world who associates independence day with burritos instead of barbecue, but that's me! i made burritos, scott bought gatorade and ice cream, and we and half the population of socorro and the neighboring towns went to the tech golf course to watch EMRTC's fireworks display, which is supposed to be super awesome, since they're "explosion experts" or something. but you know, the fouth of july always reminds me of the absolutely unbeatable disney fireworks, and what with my recent visit to disneyworld, i wasn't easily impressed. the tech fireworks just made me want to watch the sandlot. so i went to wal mart and bought it. hee.

4. I. SAW. RINGO!!!!!!!!!!11111oneoneonetwothree
i thought about just copy-pasting "i love ringo" a hundred times, but that would just be annoying. and immature. and who would read it all hundred times? no one. so, even though the little girl in me is pouting, i'm not going to do that. i am going to give last sunday's concert it's full-length blog post, however. this is just to let you know that I SAW RINGO and that a full report is coming, when i can finally give it justice.










oh no! the little girl in me is throwing a tantrum! she's SO SPOILED! and unfortunately the grown woman in me is weak-willed and doesn't have time for this right now so she giving in. yay!

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