Thursday, June 01, 2006

was Neil Young at your graduation?

ladies and gentlemen, there is a grad on the way. and it is me. i only have 6 more weeks of schooling and my diploma and my "freedom" to work/sell myself is at liberty. finals were tough. so tough but i think that i have gained the power and knowledge of how to cut corners and waste my time all up until the last 2 days that my 35 page statistics report is due. why have i not had these skills prior to attending college? life would have been so much easier. this is what i have learned.
my graduation was more than i had anticipated, as i have been to many. this one was unique in so many ways. first of all, there were 4 thousand students graduating and 12,000 in the audience. it only took us an hour to walk out on the field and sit down. luckily i was in the front of the line. the speakers were moving. i felt like i was at some political rally. this was a breeding ground for recruitment of agents of social reform. this was san francisco in a nut shell. am i sad to go? yes. but excited yet anxious for the next chapter of my life. i have no plan yet, and i know september is soon. i have been lost in thought about the past, about the future mostly, but now want to put all that aside and just concentrate on the present. the present entails eating alot of really good food and finishing my research project.

plans for the next 5 years :

Russia
India
Paris
Brazil
New Orleans
New York (p-s ur coming with me)
California
must have at least 2 lovers in each place.
at least one bar where i can easily be recognized as a local or a friend of a local and given free drinks in each place
become one of those really physically active people
drink alot of really good wine
eat alot of really good food
meet alot of really good looking people
pass the LSAT
attempt to support myself
get a second job
be modest
get what i want
make friends
see old friends
see old friends again


i will be happy if i check at least 3.