Graduation was today. I still have a few summer classes before I'm officially done, and have been working for a year, so it doesn't mean much to me. Parents enjoyed it, I guess.

I leave on vacation tomorrow. I'll be in New Zealand for two weeks. We're going kayaking, glacier hiking, and just exploring the southern island. Should be a blast, I can't wait. Should also be a really damn long plane ride.

The most important news of late is that I got a new car on Friday. At the start of my sophomore year I leased a Mazda3, and the lease just expired. I loved that car. So much, in fact, that I just bought a brand new 2008 Mazda 3s. I got the 5-door model (which has a slightly bigger engine than my old 4-door 3i), which so far has been great. The biggest change for me is that I got a manual transmission on my new car. I've driven a manual once before, when I was like 15 and learning how to drive, for all of 20 minutes. So, the day I got it there were many stalls and lots of rolling down hills. Since I've been driving my parents around all weekend (they were in town for graduation), I'm starting to feel pretty comfortable with it now. Steep hills still scare me, though.

So, that's it. See you in two weeks, Gamedev.