  well, dave graduated two days ago from UCI and it was so great to watch him up there, all smiles, as he walked up the platform and got his handshake... the only weird thing is that they didn't give him anything to hold so it at least looked like they gave him a diploma. but after enduring the several-hour-long ceremony, i prayed that mine wouldn't be quite so long... especially since it was to be held under the sun in riverside. but after an intensely hot 2 hour ceremony, i finally have my bachelor's degree (even though i don't technically pick it up until october). the party at my parents' house afterwards was really good and i had over 30 people come over... but now i'm really tired (from the lack of sleep from the night before graduation and the ensuing sunburn-esque state of my face), so i'm pretty much going to just hang out in cypress, maybe go shopping for a laptop, and then head back out to riverside so i can start packing up my crap... 
