++ AN OLD HIGH SCHOOL friend of mine got engaged on the 4th .. well maybe it was the 3rd. i'm not sure exactly. it was right around midnight 'their time' (ohio time .. eastern time zone) so i'm not sure if it counts as the 3rd or the 4th. anyway .. oh right its jon kippins and kiera .. i'm not sure what kiera's last name is .. so i was driving .. on my way to smith .. in bend if you haven't cought that already .. and it was late and dark out and ring ring .. well acutally buzz buzz and vibrate vibrate (because i was trying not to wake the passengers who were sleeping while i was driving! bastards.) and i picked up the phone and said hello. jon goes, "hello? jay?" i knew it. (well actually he told me he was going to do it about a few weeks before and he sounded pretty sure of it, so i knew it a while ago.) but still still i knew it. but i was still excited and wowed when he said he was engaged! holy crap! am i getting old? my friends are getting engaged! (well actually i've had a friend who has been engaged before, but still .. ) and not even friends of friends . no we're talking one degree of separation here. wow! holy wow!

CONGRATULATIONS JON KIPPINS! email him and congratulate him if you know him! ++