@GroggyGrognard We qualified! Our number actually changed to 18th when they invalidated another dodgy event. NYAN PHOENIX - WORLD DOMINATION TOUR is under way!
@GroggyGrognard IKR? Of course, after shelling out $2k for plane tickets and hotel reservations, I'm kinda wishing they didn't... (not really, but holy shit!)
(Oh, two asides, first one as a comics nerd: seeing as you're both Blastoff regulars, any chance the "Phoenix" in the team name is of the Jean Grey variety? Second, as an Angeleno: she goes to Millikan? L.A.'s such a weird small town of intersecting paths – my senior year girlfriend lived around the corner on Woodman. And to bring it all home to a mlkshk meme, her dad was the editor on Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.)
@LordJohnWhorfin - Hah! No, I think the Phoenix was Harry Potter inspired, if anything (it's hard to tell - the naming process was weird and contentious and when they settled on NYAN Phoenix I didn't ask questions). I L-O-V-E what a small town LA is. My daughter does go to the Millikan campus. Although The Science Academy is its own school, it currently shares some teaching resources with Millikan.
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