3/17 (Sat): St. Patrick's Day? This event was entirely ignored. Dad was gone all day, helping his Troop organize their stuff in the afternoon, and then attending an expensive Scout dinner because a seat opened. Mom and I went shopping, and we came home with a pair of green and blue shoes. That was all the green I wore all day. I also got my graduation announcement pictures, which I will publish with my art after we get a new scanner.

3/18 (Sun): We went to Disneyland, for the first time since Christmas! We spent virtually the whole afternoon in Tomorrowland. We went on several familiar rides (not Space Mt.)s and then we saw two things for the first time: ASIMO in the Innoventions and the Jedi Academy. The former was awesome, but Mom was surprised by how short ASIMO was (4 ft). The height didn't bother me; shows what I get for being a Bionicle fan. For the Star Wars, I'm not a fanatic (TOV is), but one of the participants matched my enthusiasm and appearance... it was actually funny, especially as these young children sword fought with Darth Vader.

Then we (finally) went to Downtown Disney, and I (finally) got AXONN, BRUTAKA, VEZON/ FENRHAK, and DELFAK! I will build them this weekend.

3/19 (Mon): There are two ways I could start. One is "I hate Mondays," but I'll go with this:

You can't see my braces... and with the help of the Vahki, hygiene shall be maintained!

I got my braces yesterday, they are Invisalign. I bought a Bordahk toothbrush months ago, waiting for the arrival of my braces to use them. When I went to the Orthodonist, I was not expecting to have "attachments" added, nor was I expecting weird feelings the rest of the day. The braces look like topographical maps of my teeth, and they fit so well that my fingers are still sore from removing them before lunch. They say that they will get looser as the days pass, until two weeks later when they are nearly falling off. Then I'm supposed to go to the next tray, and so on... until JULY.

i just hope Mom doesn't boast about it too much. When TOV got the Invisalign, Mom had him show them off to all of her fellow teachers and everyone else she talked to. I'll also have to bear the revival of the "bulletproof teeth" jokes.

NEXT TOPIC: SUMMER PLANS.