Rock Band!!!

Joo Lin and I purchased Rock Band last night. After hours of driving around Corvallis and Albany looking for and contemplating the purchase, we found it at Target in Albany. I used some of my graduation money to purchase it. I wanted to buy something that both Joo Lin and I could have fun with and when I found out that Jooge was excited about it, I knew we had to get it.

We played last night for about an hour. Lets just say that Joo Lin is a rockstar at the drums. I struggled with the guitar but I am getting better. I had to cut us off last night so that we could get to bed, as it was nearing 11 PM when we stopped.

Hopefully our anal upstairs lady will enjoy our performances and not boo us off the stage! For those of you who don't know what Rock Band is, it is a video game for the PS3 that lets you play the guitar (bass/lead), drums, and even sing while following steps on the screen. It's super addicting.

We finally did it!!!

On Sunday, July 15th, I was able to receive my College diploma! It was an exciting experience and I am so glad that I decided to go through the ceremony. It will rank up their as on of the most special moments in my (our) life(s). It was such a journey and I get teary eyed about all the hard work and lack of work that I did during my time at Oregon State. I also get teary eyed thinking about my grandparents (Grandpa and Grandma Rice) and how happy they must be that I finished. I know that they were high fivin' each other in heaven as I got it.

I want to thank Joo Lin for giving me that extra push to go back and finish up. WE DID IT!!!






I also want to thank my family for coming to support me during this special moment. It meant a lot to Joo Lin and I that you attended.








If you would like to see some more photos from this special day, please click on the this link.

Here are some silly photos from my graduation. I love silly photos!



Was it really that boring???


One of the ways that my family was able to spot me was because of my orange flip flops.


Here I am making sweet love to my diploma!


It was so hot that I had to cool off after the ceremony.


My mother ordered a cake from Albertson's and they accidentally screwd it up. It was suppose to be orange and black frosting with a Beaver on it. By the way, that is a Bulldog on the front of it, my high school mascot.

Graduation Pre Funk

I was curious what I would look like in my cap and gown yesterday so I surprised Joo Lin when she got home for lunch yesterday. She had the cutest grin on her face when she arrived home to this surprise. I didn't take a picture of her expression but I wish I would have. Instead she took a picture of me and I thought that we would share it with everyone. Please note that I will not be wearing sweat pants underneath my gown come Sunday and the gown will be ironed.

Is that an animal?

Last week while Joo Lin was getting ready to come home from work, a lady that works below her office came over to her and asked her if that was her car. She was pointing to Jasmine and Joo Lin said "yes, that's my car."

When Joo Lin first started telling me this story I thought to myself that someone had hit and ran our Jasmine. There has been quite a few incidents in that parking lot lately so I was relieved when let Joo Lin finished her story. I guess the lady thought that we had left our pet in our car. It was a scorcher that day so she was concerned when she looked over and she saw this in our car (the brown thing between the orange jacket).

Joo Lin chuckled and politely informed the lady that it was a stuffed Beaver in the car and not a "real" animal. I guess the car was a bit messy and we had some blankets and hiking gear in the back seat. The lady was relieved!

The moral of this story is don't store your stuffed animals in your car because someone might actually think it is a real one.

Graduation!!!

The final step in my journey that I called "college" will take place this Sunday at 1 PM at Reser's Stadium. This final step is the Commencement Ceremony. I am super duper excited! I started college a long long long time ago. Lets just say that the price of tuition has tripled since the time that I started to the time that I finished. At first I wasn't going to participate in the walking ceremony but as time got closer I thought that it would be worth it since it was a journey to finish.

If you are going to be attending the ceremony, keep a look out for the bald man with rosy cheeks. That will be me!

PS...We are having a BBQ afterwards if anyone would like to attend. It will be at our apartment's clubhouse.

So You Think You Can Dance!

Joo Lin loves this show and while we were watching it last night she paused to tell me that "So You Think You Can Dance" (SYTYCD) is her all time favorite show. She said that she loves it more than "Little House on the Prairie" and I even asked her if she loved it more than "Quantum Leap"...she just looked at me funny and said yes.



So far we love Twitch and the Mormon Girl (Hightower is her last name, well, I love her, not sure if Jooge does) and we hate the skanky school teacher.

Here are some of our all time favorite performers from last season.




SKREET DANCING???