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[wombat]

Wait, Mumford and Sons have ditched the banjos? I didn't know that. That is worth checking out.

[wombat]

the widow-lady neighbour was talking to the youngest kid over the fence yesterday. i guess she noticed me making with the mucho construction and was curious. when the kid told her it was for garden and chickens she asked 'no pigs or cows?' and the boy told he nope just cluck-clucks.

I hope she enjoys that feeling of relief for one more turn of the seasons because the kid forgot to add "Not yet."

And don't forget the GOATS.

[wombat]

As far as I can tell you fear nothing else in the universe, and goats are what does it for you?

[AugustWest]

Naaaaaaah.

[wombat]

Are we sure that is a goat in the first video? The head looks like a sheep to me.

[pmcd9]

Next year she's teaching a class on research methods that I wish I could take. And a new professor is teaching a class on spatial analysis computer programming stuff.

No, bad Inev.

[jaydub]

Definitely a sheep.

[theinevitable]

So, president Obama is giving our commencement address. My family (parents and siblings) are insisting that we go, and I keep repeating that if we go one of them will have to stay home. I only get 3 guest tickets.

To me the answer is obvious: we don't go. There is a graduation ceremony for my actual program the day before where I will receive my diploma, a classmate will speak, they can meet my professors and friends, etc.

They are coming from all over (Boston, Iowa, North Carolina) to visit me and I'm not making one of them sit in my apartment for a couple hours so the rest of us can see the president talk, and probably see a lot of Rutgers people who I don't know give speeches and stuff. But they all want to go.

I am trying to decide if it's within my rights, since it's my graduation, to tell them "sorry, we aren't going."


Talked to my boss at my internship in the city, and she said she thinks there will be lots of turnover at the NYC planning and housing agencies in the fall because elections are coming up. Unfortunately, my lease on my place in Jersey ends at the end of July, so I need to find a job before then. This is making me imagine what will happen if I don't find something by the time I need to move out. Yikes.

[Carlos del Vaca]

To me the answer is obvious: we don't go.

Then you are dumb. It's the dang PRESIDENT. And a chance to celebrate something you've accomplished. We don't get enough of those in this life. Enjoy them while you can.

Don't have enough tickets? Take your parents, then draw one of your siblings' names out of a hat.

[wombat]

Can one of your siblings pretend they are you, the other three use the guest tickets, and you stay home? Then everyone's happy.

I don't think it's your place to decide. That seems kind of Bridezilla-y to me. Anyway it may be your graduation but it's their chance to see the President, and he outranks you.

I do think it's fair to make them work out who has to stay home. However, are you absolutely sure that you don't have a single classmate who isn't using one of their tickets?

[pmcd9]

I gotta pile on here. You should go.

[theinevitable]

Well, now it's not letting me get any tickets at all. What a mess. It says "register a maximum of three guests" but when I apply for 3 tickets it says it's over the maximum.

LOL, parts of the site are not working because they require cookies. I am on a Rutgers Computer Lab computer.

[KeithHernandez]

Can one of your siblings pretend they are you, the other three use the guest tickets, and you stay home? Then everyone's happy.

My first thought!

[theinevitable]

Well, my possible ticket for my brother fell through. So I am going to tell him he can wear my glasses and graduation gown if he wants to go.

Surprise: my family are acting shocked that I can't find another ticket for him. Because they thought I was just being dramatic when i said someone would not be able to go.

[theinevitable]

A really great surprise I set up for myself was sprung today. When I left St Louis my comic artist friend told us he was getting rid of all his old drawings and that they were free, first come first serve. I got about ten of them and packed them in a box with old ticket stubs, postcards, and other "memory" stuff like that when I moved. Then today I remembered they were in there and got them out. I totally forgot which ones I had... they include multiple concert posters he drew for local bands, the original drawing of the back cover of his first printed comic, and a number of his weekly drawings. I remember him drawing each of them when we lived together, and some of them even happened in front of me when we would go to the coffee shop together while I was studying to apply to grad school. Damn.

Otherwise, I am in a freaked-out mental state that I always achieve when I finish a semester of school. I feel so free that I can't focus on anything. Playing a lot of video games and reading about cheap laptops-- my 6 year old macbook is on its last legs. I'm thinking I want to replace it with something super light and durable-- maybe a chromebook? And then eventually build a cheap desktop PC for games and stuff. It's crazy that in 2016 I think I can have a pretty good desktop PC and ultra light laptop for less than the price of my last computer.