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Jan 15th

We took a tour of the mirror lab today at the U of A football stadium. We then went to an opera with the Stalbitzes.
We took the quick drive over to the U of A campus and were allowed into the mirror lab. There we saw where they did/made the honey comb "base" for the mirrors, the area where they heated/spun the glass, where the mirrors were diamond/normally grounded, the polishing station, and what not.
During the tour, we were able to see them working on the GMT mirror (Giant Magellan Telescope) And the LSST (Large Synoptic Survey, Telescope) mirror. We also watched a video on how they created the videos so saw all the steps put together.
We were back at the motel pretty early and sat around till about 4 to get ready for the opera. Around 4:30 we all headed out to meet the Stalbitzes for dinner.
The Poca Cosa, or something:P, is where we ate. It was a small/odd restaurant. There was a dark mood to it, masks hanging on the walls, plants, and candles. You could tell it was a fancier restaurant. The oddest part about it, was the menu. The menu wasnt headed to you and you decided what you want. They actually change the menu 3/4 times during the day so can never really order the samething twice in a day. Also, the menu is written down on a chalk board and read off to you. The waitor says the name of the dish andn goes into detail on what it contains. You have to pay attention to what he says though and just remeber the names of some of the better sounding ones.
I got something :P with cheese, shredded beef, some kind of sauce (SO GOOD), tortillas, and onions. Also on the plate came a bunch of little crap. There was some pieces of watermellon, a small salad, a sliced pepper, turnip strips (we Believe it was turnip :P), and some pineapple. The desert was Just as good as the man meal.
Myself, Caitlyn, and Brad split a chocolate mousse and a dark chocolate cake. They were both Very good but the chocolate cake was a little Too rich for Brad and I. We killed the mousse with a little help from Adam/Caitlyn/D.A. The mousse was SO FRICKING GOOD :D :D I didnt want the mousse to end but it did :( :'( Anywho, it was off to the opera.
The opera house wasnt too far from the restaurant so it was a quick drive. The opera house was a small yet cozy place. Earlier I felt I was under dressed but upon arriving there, I didnt feel so bad :P There were people wearing crappy clothes/nightyesk clothes and there was one women with her feet propped up on the back of a seat. Although we didnt really "need" to dress up its just, to me, respectful to. Anywho, the opera was pretty good. The name of it was The Elixar of Love. I would considerate a romantic comedy with a young icecream man falling in love with the most beautiful women in town. He loved her more than Anything aand she wanted nothing to do with him. He does everything he can to make her fall in love with him, she realizes she really loves him, aannd yeah. You can fill in the rest. Although predictable, it was still a good opera.
Back to the motel we went where we relaxed and screwed around. It was Brad/Isa/myself/Dahl/Mark/Joe/Adam outside messing around. Dahl took people on on the little "cement logs", cant for the Love of me remember the name of it :D :P We also used Adam as a target for throwing rocks at...we never really wanted/did to hit him but it was still funny :P From there, a group of them left. I just stayed back in Dahl/Marks room relaxing/watching Tv.