Shazam.

My dad came out for a visit yesterday evening and this morning. Last night, we went and filled out a passport application, and renewed my driver's licence. After that, we went to dinner at Tony Roma's, where we ran into Leonard Oakland, a mighty fine guy and one of the niftyest english profs on campus. He was eating with his son, and giving him a lecture on Nietzsche. How cool can you get? This morning marked the beginning of Fall break, so I didn't have any morning classes. With that, we went to get coffee and just sat talking for a while, eventually deciding to get some bbq (turns out it's pretty mediocre, with very little actual flavor. Of course, this is Spokane, so what were we expecting?) Also, last night, Aaron and I went and saw the Aurora Borealis. The past few days, the Earth has been hit by massive amounts of electromagnetic radiation from a vast solar storm. When this radiation hits the Earth's atmosphere, it creates dazzling light shows that positively dance across the sky. Normally, they can only be seen at the North Pole, though this solar storm hit the Earth square on, allowing the Aurora to be seen this far south. While it wasn't as bright of vibrant as in Alaska, for instance, it was still quite striking, in colors of pale greenish white. In short, quite nifty. The downside of all of this is that everything metal that I touch causes sparks to fly. It's kind of annoying. However, it's worth the wonders that can be seen in Aurora. Peace out and happy Halloween, everybody.