The Best Part of Graduation (not what you’d expect)
June 18, 2008
So you may or may not have noticed that I actually failed to do what I said I (at least wanted) to do, namely, write something up for every day of the graduation festivities. Opps! What can I say, there were a zillion things going on and by the end of the day I was always super tired. Plus, I didn’t actually use my Flip (we used my dad’s instead) so it took time to get the video and blah blah blah. The point is – now graduation is over and I’ve yet to tell you how it all went.
I have to say: I think my favorite part of the graduation proceedings themselves had to be the text messages going back and forth between primarily me, Savannah, and my dad. So here I want to give you some highlights from those conversations. Because they’re hilarious… and infinitely more interesting than me writing about sitting and waiting for my name to be called for a zillion trillion years.
During the College Honors Graduation…
Savannah (S): “Remember that one time a million names got called before you?”
Me (Me): “Vaguely”
….
(S): “Stop fucking around with your cap”
(S): “Your tassle is on the wrong side… Psych!”
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Mom (M): “I luv you”
(Me): “burp”
….
(S): “I just had a psychic prediction… Your cap falls off at the feet of the chancellor. When you go to pick it up he kicks you in the face”
(Me): “I could make that shit a reality – how much money for me to drop it on his feet???”
(S): “If you smack the chancellor on the ass when you go up there I’ll be your slave for life”
(S): “I can offer you the hefty sum of… 5 dollars. Take it or leave it.”
(Me): “Deal – but I can’t promise he’ll bend over for it”
(S): “I accept”
During the Departmental Ceremony…
(S): “We’re leaving”
….
(S): “Who’s that cute boy on your right?”
….
(Me) to Dad (D): "Wouldn’t it be funny if I peed myself like kindergarden graduation?"
(D): "Yes… and yet. Well, yes (but please don’t!)
(Me): "If you insist"
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(Me) to (S): "I can’t decide if I should use [for the name they call out] Heather "Starbuck" Whitney or Heather Michelle Whitney."
(S): "Do Heather ‘I love my sissy’ Whitney
(Me): "Well that was a close second…"
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(Me) to (D) after someone blew some party favor: "You brought the blow horn right??"
(D): "I brought the loudest whistle in the room, baby!!!!"
(Me): "so you’re saying you don’t love me?"
Oh and I guess I should give you at least one video. Here’s my dad… making fun of me 
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