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shirenomad) wrote2002-06-16 04:48 pm
shirenomad) wrote2002-06-16 04:48 pm
Commencement!
No, I didn't actually graduate this year. (Too many classes I wanted to take, so I'm going for an extra year.) But enough of my friends got out in four that I attended a couple ceremonies yesterday to congratulate them (okay, and nab some food at the receptions afterwards).
They had the usual goof-offs and entertainers walking across the stage. Especially when they called up the drama department, of course. (Graduating members of the local improv group, Live Nude People With Clothes On, all gathered at the far end of the stage and struck dramatic poses before leaving as one.) Also plenty of signs and messages written on the mortarboards ("Hire Me," "Hi Mom!", etc.)
During the CompSci/PhysSci section, the seated grads started bouncing around beach balls. Two stick-in-the-mud ushers decided this was Improper Behavior and started confiscating them as they bounced into reach. This led to some impromptu entertainment as the grads played keep-away with the last beach ball (to the cheers of the crowd).
I do expect to get out next year, so this was also good advance recon, so to speak. Namely, I've got an entire year to plan my mortarboard message. ^^
They had the usual goof-offs and entertainers walking across the stage. Especially when they called up the drama department, of course. (Graduating members of the local improv group, Live Nude People With Clothes On, all gathered at the far end of the stage and struck dramatic poses before leaving as one.) Also plenty of signs and messages written on the mortarboards ("Hire Me," "Hi Mom!", etc.)
During the CompSci/PhysSci section, the seated grads started bouncing around beach balls. Two stick-in-the-mud ushers decided this was Improper Behavior and started confiscating them as they bounced into reach. This led to some impromptu entertainment as the grads played keep-away with the last beach ball (to the cheers of the crowd).
I do expect to get out next year, so this was also good advance recon, so to speak. Namely, I've got an entire year to plan my mortarboard message. ^^