how's this for a celebration?

when jared passed his oral qualifying exam last fall, he had his girlfriend to celebrate with... when scott, sam, and john each passed at various points in the past year, they gathered as many people as possible and went out drinking.

me, i'm not that much into large groups anymore, but while out for dinner tonight, scott agreed to what i think it the ultimate super-exciting reward if i pass my exam 20 days from now.

if i pass my oral qualifying exam on thursday, february 16, on friday, february 17, scott will find a large empty parking lot and teach me how to drive stick on his car.

since driving stick as been a life goal of mine for the past... oh, 10 years (seriously), and i've never had a *chance* to learn, i'm totally pumped.... scott, on the other hand, i realize, is being totally generous and brave to try to teach me, who has never driven anything but an automatic ever before (and am moderately agressive at that... doht).

this ought to be fun.

now, i definitely need to pass the stupid test. :P

the end.