Gods, it's been a while since I've updated this. A lot of things have happened.

First, I have now graduated from high school. The ceremony was nice; I went last year and it felt really weird being up on stage this time, under the lights... but pretty cool at the same time. It's one of those things that seems more important now that it's over than it did while it was going on. There were good speeches and it wasn't too long, just hot under the lights.

The reception afterward was even better, though, because I got to see basically all of my favorite people in the world in the same place at the same time. It was just wonderful, and my dad took some great photos of us together... and it was made even better because even though it was the end of high school forever, I knew that I would see everyone there over the summer, so it wasn't the end after all. (And we do have some epic plans made. One of them involves a sleepover on a trampoline.)

I also now have an iPod! A blue iPod nano, the latest version, which was a graduation present from my uncle. It is sexy and I love it lots. And my parents gave me some lovely speakers to go with it for my dorm room next year. They're awesome.

In other news, and going back in time slightly, I had only one final exam, Greek, which went pretty well. After it I spent the rest of the week at school working on the literary magazine, while everyone else was taking their other exams, which was a bit weird, but still.

And I think the only other thing to report is that end-of-year/graduation parties are fun. I had an awesome one at my friend Nick's last weekend. We had the most epic game of duck duck goose ever. It was like cross-country duck duck goose. It was hilarious. And lots of other things...

And there is more to come!

~ ToM