The euro trip got cut short 'cause I have a family member in the military who came back to Houston for the weekend and a mom who scheduled me the next flight out of Munich to see him before he goes to [undisclosed location in the Middle East], which is where he is now. Thanks mom, and really,stop reading now. Isn't it weird how blogging has become the diary, but our mothers' curiosity stays the same over time, they just go online now. I caught my mom looking at my facebook, over my shoulder a couple of times. I wanted to throw a tantrum about it or something, like she triggered my inner five year old. But technology, on the other hand, has advanced swimmingly.

I'm back at school on the beach and I graduated today, ceremonially. I'm still hanging out for summer and fall, but today I walked across the stage. Both of my parents were there, in the audience. They flew up from Texas just to see me walk; I couldn't have been happier. It's weird, though, getting all their attention, undiluted by other siblings.I think I would have been an uncomfortable only child. Also, I think the ceremony was ridiculously awesome, and that's my point for this post:

College of Creative Studies, UCSB. 300 students.5 majors. 80 students that graduated today, myself included. We are all very motivated, talented, beautiful, modest people, most of whom hangout on the frigne cultures of society and so none of us wore robes and our dean wore a wizards cap.

...more time devoted to this later..