Alas, you cannot find him at the antiques mall in the Ravenna, Ohio.

Besides digging up tulip bulbs on Park Avenue (they were replacing them with begonias and so the tulips were fair game). Carrying a shovel in a taxi and then mucking around in the dirt while New Yorkers look on in amazement is something not to be forgotten easily.

I volunteered at an elementary school library for a few hours yesterday with my Aunt Debbie.

When one checks in as a visitor, one must enter all his or her information and take a picture for a name tag.... and since I didn't want to be mistaken for any other upstart Asian library volunteer, I made sure I would stand out if my volunteering integrity were ever questioned:

someone cracked today when I was introduced at my aunts' church (United Methodist) in Indiana.

I know Utah isn't the most popular state in Union, but really? Who says that to someone's face? It actually hurt my feelings. I don't think I've ever said something like that to anybody. Nor have I ever had such a surge of pride for my home before. I love Utah. I really do. I could go on all day about how great it is. And I would've, but then they started talking about letting our lights shine and being tolerant of each other's differences.

Sigh. Ironic.

It was an unfair question, but I cheerfully and immediately answered his question with a big smile on my face,

The aunties are flying me out to travel with them for a couple weeks! I will try to do some awesome out-of-state people watching...promises to be good! :)

This is what to do when everyone is done with finals (of course, you didn't have any cos you already graduated!), and you should be going to bed because you need to pack everything up and clean, but you don't...

Fred was having a rough time. Trudy was catching up with old summer friends in the class and had no time to talk to him, even though he was dying to get to know her. As for her, she was so sick of gutless guys that she vowed not to baby them and make it too easy.

Poor Fred.

Luckily for him, the department opening social was held at his house and thus the branches of communication were opened. But Fred didn't ask her out, and Trudy stopped providing opportunities for him to do so and made her own plans, which included watching three movies in one weekend on campus. In order for her to see them all, she would have to go to one on Friday and see the other two on Saturday.

Just before Trudy was about to head up to campus on Friday, Fred called to ask her out on a last minute first date. Embarrassing! He was embarrassed to do it and Trudy was embarrassed for him which is why she showed him no mercy.

He asked if she'd like to go see a movie.

It's late in the day, but that doesn't mean I don't love my mom. After all I spent all of graduation day with her! I would tell you all about her, but you can read The Life Story if you want to find out how cool she really is!

Here are two of my favorite pictures of the two of us:

I promise.

I'm in the midst of packing, cleaning, and hanging out with the roomies before we're permanently separated for the first time in FIVE YEARS. This parting of ways couple with graduations on Saturday--well, I'm going to be crying lots in the next few days, so please promise you'll cheer me up.

But coming soon.... some special video posts... where I sumo wrestle and demonstrate some of the useful things I have learned in college.

Yes. Sumo wrestling is useful.

Fo' realz.