I can't believe they put that big "A+" right there on my diploma! How embarrassing!
Graduated today. Weird thing to do. The whole commencement thing, as far as I see it, is not really for me at all. Just for our families and friends to come see us, be proud and make us make strained smiles over and over again while they take pictures of us standing in every permutation of the members of our families (of those that include us, the graduates, of course).
These huge formalities are so weird for me, though. I stop functioning in any kind of a normal way, and instead just start running around trying to make sure that everyone has everything they need and that everyone is having a good time. Then, when the actual commencement ... commenced ... all the orderliness of everyone in my class wearing these same black robes and same stupid square caps and lining up, and walking where they're told, when they're told---it all just confused the hell out of me and I just became desperately stupid. It was all I could do just to remain in line and continue following orders. I got totally taken off guard when most of my friends' names were announced and just ended up getting kind of jolted into a few obligatory claps and a bewildered smile, after which I apparently just went back to trying to remember how to breathe.
Anyway, so that's all over now. Now it's time either 1) to start being more active and maybe get out in the sunshine once in a while or 2) try to find a pair of sweatpants that I can wear in public and still look mildly acceptable. All I know is, the waistband on too many of my regular pants are just not stretchy enough too keep up with things the way they've been going.
Graduated today. Weird thing to do. The whole commencement thing, as far as I see it, is not really for me at all. Just for our families and friends to come see us, be proud and make us make strained smiles over and over again while they take pictures of us standing in every permutation of the members of our families (of those that include us, the graduates, of course).
These huge formalities are so weird for me, though. I stop functioning in any kind of a normal way, and instead just start running around trying to make sure that everyone has everything they need and that everyone is having a good time. Then, when the actual commencement ... commenced ... all the orderliness of everyone in my class wearing these same black robes and same stupid square caps and lining up, and walking where they're told, when they're told---it all just confused the hell out of me and I just became desperately stupid. It was all I could do just to remain in line and continue following orders. I got totally taken off guard when most of my friends' names were announced and just ended up getting kind of jolted into a few obligatory claps and a bewildered smile, after which I apparently just went back to trying to remember how to breathe.
Anyway, so that's all over now. Now it's time either 1) to start being more active and maybe get out in the sunshine once in a while or 2) try to find a pair of sweatpants that I can wear in public and still look mildly acceptable. All I know is, the waistband on too many of my regular pants are just not stretchy enough too keep up with things the way they've been going.
remusisdying:
i think you can never have sweatpants that are too big. honestly, its better to err on the big side than the small side.