Welcome to 2008!

Happy New Year! It's gonna be a good one.

Mordecai Ali Van Allen O'Shea, Today is Your Day!

Well, that's it. I'm graduated. I'm completely done with high school for the rest of me life! Weird. I don't even have any summer assignments to do... That hasn't happened in... 10 years! Oh my goodness. What will I do all summer? Well, I could work, but unfortunately it would appear that I am unhirable. I've applied to several places, but nobody wants me. Can I help it that I have zero previous work experience? No. Give the little guys (and gals!) a chance!

Anyway, this has been a fruitful weekend, including (but not limited to) seeing the 3rd Pirates of the Caribbean movie (twice!), graduating high school, buying a new camera, wishing I had a cell phone (darn you, Sprint!), throwing a sizable graduation party with my 3 best friends, socializing at my parent's Memorial Day party, cleaning the junk out of My Pictures, and hoping that tomorrow will be a good day for a cell phone. I also learned that 1 person in 2 billion will live to be 116 years old... hmm. Who knew.

Lucky 18

So, I turned 18 on Wednesday. Thank you to everyone who wished me a happy birthday... it definitely was one! On Wednesday several of my friends surprised me with random gifts, including a birthday "crown" that made me look like a mix between the Statue of Liberty and a sunflower (not that I'm complaining, it was fun!).

That night my dad, Cara, and I went to the ASO rehearsal to watch Mom sing, and that was fantastic, because that chorus rocks!!

Friday night was my fun birthday date with the boyfriend. Saturday night was my party, and that was also a lot of fun... first party I've had since 8th grade! So, yeah, all in all, it was a great 18th birthday, and thank you to yall for making it that way!