The Mike Badge of Courage

Happy Independence Day Everyone! We had a pretty good 4th of July weekend over here. My class officially ended on the second (although I still have homework due for it), so we decided to actually celebrate America's independence (instead of simply studying Athanasius' rhetorical method in his defense against heretics). The festivities started with a B.B.Q. and pool party on the 3rd. Unfortunately, Biola decided to rebuild the pool in our apartment complex, so instead of having a well manicured hole in the ground covered in plaster and filled with cool, clear water, we had a pit of dryish dirt and concrete chunks (not very cohesive for swimming). The cook did a good job though. After we finished the B.B.Q./un-pool party we walked down to Biola and watched the La Mirada city fireworks (because the leaders of this city think America declared independence on the 3rd, apparently). Titus liked them, Courage slept.

On the 4th we bought batteries (hence the missing pictures from any events which took place on the 3rd). Then we continued to eat what we had made at the B.B.Q. the day before (we are still eating this to this day). This time we were with a different group of people at our old apartment complex, so Titus took a swim. After this B.B.Q./real-pool party, we hurried on down to Downtown Disney to watch their firework extravaganza. We almost made it there. It took us about five minutes to get from our place to the Disney exit, and then it took about an hour to get off the exit (it was a regular civil war out there, I've included a picture taken after traffic cleared up). A note for anyone trying to see the Disney fireworks on the 4th: Go Early. Even though we were stuck on the street in our car amidst a crowd of traffic, we did get to see the fireworks (we were facing the right way on the exit). The fireworks were pretty good. Courage liked them, Titus slept.

The fun continued on the 5th, as we took Titus to his first theater experience (discounting when we took him to Happy Feet, since he was three months old and slept through the whole thing). Titus chose to watch Wall-E. As it turned out, this was a good choice. At least, Titus really liked the movie (and he still wants to watch the previews on the computer at home). Titus also liked walking up and down the steps in the theater during the film, and asking questions loudly about what happened to Wall-E during the slower parts.

On the 6th I studied Athanasius' rhetorical method in his defense against heretics.