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Aug. 21st, 2004 02:08 pmSo Jeremy finally finished his Bachelor's in CS. 5 years of debt, homework, and 2-hour drives is over, to be replaced by a lifetime of married, um, bliss, and a career. Bizarre. I attended commencement this morning at 10 and it was really cool. Beautiful to think that I and several of my friends will be walking this in the years to come. Made me wish I could've seen Graham's, but oh well. One small benefit of graduating in summer is open seating and a short ceremony. :D Of all times, though, it was raining and they coudn't do the full memory walk thing, which was a disappointment.
Jer's whole family also came up and helped move the last of his stuff out. Cleaned the room top to bottom and extracted both of our nests of computer junk from under the lofted beds. No more microwave or bathroom rugs. No more "my half, your half" or humming computers at night. No more "someone else who speaks english" in the apartment. And this isn't a joyous thing or a rant but a passing. I'm starting to understand why Graham's been complaining about Jake being gone, having your own space is nice but companionship creates a good balance. Man was not meant to face all his days alone.
Some of it is that after Jer quit everquest he turned back into the friend I remembered and it was really cool. The last three months here have been some of the best all year in that regard. That's the person I'll miss.
But yes. It was time for him, and his future looks quite bright and I wish him the absolute best. Of course I'm also heading south in an hour to tell him so at his party. :D
The rain let up after the ceremony but has turned into a torrent. The moat in front of our building is nearly impassable with shoes on, and everything below my jacket is soaked. I look like I've been fording a river, and in some ways I have.
I feel great trepidation about this year of school... my first year felt very planned to me, not because everything was handled for me, it wasn't, but because I felt like I was following a plan without thinking, and things just fell together like a puzzle in reverse. But I don't sense that about this one, and while I know I'm still following a marked out path, the fog is thicker and the woods darker. College is starting to feel like years of violent change with an education on the side.
Jer's whole family also came up and helped move the last of his stuff out. Cleaned the room top to bottom and extracted both of our nests of computer junk from under the lofted beds. No more microwave or bathroom rugs. No more "my half, your half" or humming computers at night. No more "someone else who speaks english" in the apartment. And this isn't a joyous thing or a rant but a passing. I'm starting to understand why Graham's been complaining about Jake being gone, having your own space is nice but companionship creates a good balance. Man was not meant to face all his days alone.
Some of it is that after Jer quit everquest he turned back into the friend I remembered and it was really cool. The last three months here have been some of the best all year in that regard. That's the person I'll miss.
But yes. It was time for him, and his future looks quite bright and I wish him the absolute best. Of course I'm also heading south in an hour to tell him so at his party. :D
The rain let up after the ceremony but has turned into a torrent. The moat in front of our building is nearly impassable with shoes on, and everything below my jacket is soaked. I look like I've been fording a river, and in some ways I have.
I feel great trepidation about this year of school... my first year felt very planned to me, not because everything was handled for me, it wasn't, but because I felt like I was following a plan without thinking, and things just fell together like a puzzle in reverse. But I don't sense that about this one, and while I know I'm still following a marked out path, the fog is thicker and the woods darker. College is starting to feel like years of violent change with an education on the side.
