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I propositioned my father. I said: "I don't fly home from now until Christmas, that saves us approximately 400 bucks on plane tickets. In exchange, will you pay for my parking pass?"

He said no deal. In response, perhaps in my own form of silent protest, I will not fly home for Thanksgiving break. I have already spent a birthday away from the family, therefore, I do not see how Thanksgiving spent away from family will be any more difficult. While I may get lonely, while I may starve that day... I'm broke, and I can't afford a parking pass. I do not want to hold it over my parent's head, but we've already argued about so much and my continued defeats are costing me big bucks. I'm angry at them. And I want them to feel it too.

Unfortunately, if someone is going to suffer, it'll be my mother, but she supported my father's too-late-paternalistic attempt to buy me a "secure" car as opposed to an "affordable" car. Do I owe her much else?

Hell, if you want to pay for an over-priced plane ticket as opposed to an over-priced parking pass, that's just a matter of eggs or egg-whites. So be it.

In other news: The final report has a number! The number is 15,000 words. That's NOTHING. That's crap. That's this blog. What I originally thought was going to be a GARGANTUAN task of extrapolating data that isn't quite... there... has become the reverse. Now, I'll be editing out student and administrator voices over a whole spectrum of issues. We may only be able to hone in holistically on big issues, leaving the last few sentences of each paragraph to other pertinent issues on campus. It's nice to now that the goal line is so much closer, but a lot will be lost in the chaos. I have confidence though that Peter and I will be able to get into the report what will create the greatest change. I can only hope that efforts to assess the undergraduate experience in the future pick up successfully where we left off.

In other news... Brandon and I are planning to see HP6 when it opens in theatres next week. I may, however, venture out to see Bruno sooner. I'm very excited to see that movie.

IN OTHER NEWS: On the to-buy list is:
Fruit.
Pants that aren't jeans.
Conditioner.
Bioshock (for PS3).
Some books on Higher Ed.

I started smoking again. Hopefully, this will be my last.