oh good! von's giving me a ticket to commencement. wonder what a harvard commencement is like. fair harvard thy sons to thy jubilee throng! etc etc. of course right before that he tried to choke me to death with a redcurrant gum, and then when he tried to administer the heimlich manoeuvre he ended up choking me further as i am absurdly ticklish and had to leap away from him. but i forgive him, because he brought bear a birthday present! it was a cardullo's panda bar! profits from the sale of the chocolate goes to saving endangered pandas. bear is very pleased about it. bear is going to be five in june! that's mighty old for a bear, don't you think?