I just finished my midterms. Both bio and poli sci were this morning, which meant that I couldn't go back to New York this past weekend for Jeb and Neela's wedding. I'm still tremendously upset by this, and by everyone going on about what a fantastic wonderful time they had, because if there's one thing I hate, it's being left out of stuff -- even if it's 100% by my own choice.
The main benefit of staying here, besides studying for and hopefully passing my midterms, was that I got to eat a big plate of BBQ ribs on Saturday, and on Sunday I took my niece to see Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, which I'm pleased to say definitely lived up to my expectations, which were awfully high indeed. Also my niece thought it necessary to explain all of the plot to me -- as in, (stage whisper) "PSSST! CHARLIE DOESN'T GET THE TICKET THIS TIME. HE GETS IT IN THE NEXT CANDY BAR, NOT THIS ONE." or "PSSSST UNCLE CHRIS THAT GUM IS BAD FOR HER IT'S GONNA MAKE HER TURN BLUE." It was tremendously helpful for me in deciphering what was going on, as I'm sure you can imagine.
The main drawback to staying here this weekend, besides missing the wedding, was that I got so angry I almost broke my mom's car window. Driving down the street with her, we passed a bunch of people with signs. Signs saying things like "Jesus is the STANDARD!" and "Islam is a LIE!" which is mind-bendingly horrible enough as it is, but even worse when they're standing outside the Denver Islamic Center parking lot. And I was so furious that I actually hit the window while I screamed, until my mom managed to get it rolled down so I could yell about their mind-bending misguided insensitivity, cruelty, and stupidity, where they could hear me.
On a lighter note, my mom bought me HP6 for my birthday. She wanted to go to King Soopers or Safeway and buy it at half price. I managed to convince her to take me to the Tattered Cover instead, and explained that this way, we were spending $15 on the book and $15 on supporting independent booksellers, which I thought was a pretty fucking awesome secondary present.