Posted by Banky Fan at spider-wc084.proxy.aol.com on May 15, 2000 at 21:31:17:
In Reply to: The Doctor Is In posted by Kevin on May 15, 2000 at 21:13:27:
: Busy few weeks. Let's get up to speed...
: The good folks at Illinois Wesslyan (my new alumnus) stayed true to their
: word and made me a Doctor (of Human Letters). The commencement went
: smooth, as did the speech, which was amazingly "fuck"-free (I later learned
: the staff had a poll going as to how many times I'd say "fuck" in the
: speech; apparently, much money was lost). I look terrible in green
: bedsheets, but my degree (and the container it came in) are damned spiffy.
: Many thanks and shout-outs to my fellow grads of the Illinois Wesslyan
: Class of 2000 (especially Scott), and to President Meyers and his gracious
: wife Ellen, who made me feel at home, and showed me a centuries-old copy of
: 'Dante's Inferno'.
: The single best part of the commencement, though, was watching over five
: hundred young adults step up and accept their degrees. Man, the smiles on
: those faces - satisfied that they'd accomplished what they'd set out to do
: four years before. It made me feel proud to be a twenty-something - and
: appreciating that tender ten-year period is something I haven't done in
: quite some time, as I'm so used to it that it rarely registers. But as I
: stand at the top step of my twenties, poised to make that slight climb into
: my thirties in a few months, it was nice to savor the flavor of so-called
: 'slackerdom' or 'Generation X' one last time before the big move. I thank
: Illinois Wesslyan for that moment. I'll miss my twenties a bit, but I'm
: now fully prepared to embrace 'adulthood', I guess.
: Shit - I'm being sent for baby milk. I'll finish this when I get back.
: You know, I never had to get baby milk in my twenties.
: Fuck - I'm starting to miss my twenties.
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