if it looks like it works, and it feels like it works, then it works

not sure i agree with that or not. i've seen stuff that looked like it worked, and felt like it worked, but it totally did not work. nice principle though. it'll get you through the day.

anyways, i went to my parents' house this weekend. the little sister graduated from high school. i feel SO old. (23--what?????--birthday in 21 days for anyone keeping track). regardless, it was pretty fun actually. andrews h.s. does outdoor graduation in the stadium, old-school-small-town type thing. it rained. the entire time. it was really funny though. i think i laughed through most of it. it was raining these HUGE raindrops and the wind was out of control so the kids kept losing their hats and the ushers had to chase them down and the poor acapella choir sang but you couldn't hear anything because the wind was blowing in the microphones. then after all the pompous and circumstantial you go down on the field and find your respective graduate and take as many pictures as possible. which we did. and because my parents are the way they are we were inevitably the last ones there chit chatting with whomever. it is funny going to andrews becuase no one really knows me since i've never really lived there. they just see this girl (me) standing with my parents and usually get a confused look on their face because they know i look a little like steph (little sister) but i'm definately not her so either they introduce themselves or ask "oh is this your other daughter??" or continue in a conversation with my parents casting me sideways glances trying to figure out if i'm the estranged cousin or something. it is funny. even 5 years later.

saw the da vinci code. eh. it was good i guess, maybe i just wasn't as thrilled becuase i've read the book a few times and knew all the "suprising" stuff. but it was quite nice to see the louvre and london...i miss those days. i left the theatre wishing for a night in paris.

this afternoon i played 9 holes of golf with my dad and another father-daughter set. i was terrible. i redefined terrible, although as we progressed i got a TON better. but it was still fun i guess. excitement on the links: rattlesnake in the middle of the fairway of hole 6. it was large and unhappy. i was pretty sure it was going to jump into the cart next to me. snakes can sort of "leap" right?? (sometimes i have an overactive imagination...) regardless, it was gross and very snakey.

Listening: Final Straw, Snow Patrol