It was my birthday...

I turned 17 yesterday, to the tune of a dozen choir members trying as hard as possible to sing off-key. I liked it though, and I would have (slash have) done the same. Perhaps the coolest gift I've gotten is my new watch, which is black and manly with some of the inner workings of the clock (or fake inner workings) visible behind the face. Its pretty cool. Another interesting gift was the purchase of a ticket to the new Star Trek movie by Henry Johnston. However, I bought Henry's ticket to the same movie for his birthday, so it turned out to be a wash. Great movie though, I highly recommend it even if you never saw Star Trek (I hadn't). Another gift was the return of my sister from college. Her last final was on friday and she returned home late last night. Although we were never close as kids, my sister and I have gotten better at maintaining a real relationship and she has helped me through much of my cliched teenage drama. The other cool news is that my family just bought a car: a dark gray Prius. What this means is that my sister and I will no longer have to fight over the Honda Civic to get places this summer, and that after she goes back to Kenyon I get to drive a Prius (sky blue, but manly nonetheless) around all of the time. Sweet deal.