Graduation and LJ stuff
I've graduated. The ceremonies were fantastic.
The speakers were fantastic at both my mini-commencements! And, of course, both were run by the flakiest professors possible...
I was also impressed with William Schneider (Brandeis Class o' '66). He talked a lot about politics, getting involved, and how it is up to our generation to fix the problems our parents created. He even mentioned blogging. Sam Vaghar gave a bombastic speech about social justice. Fischer spoke at the history mini-commencement, and that was wonderful. My dad asked him for his autograph.
The BBQs were really relaxed and I got to have a very nice goodbye with Sabrina. Everything went according to plan - it was mellow, chill, and family oriented. Everything a good graduation should be.
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I've long thought that if I make it to the "real world" and still use LJ that there's a problem. LJ has long felt too "high school" for my tastes. I've had this thing since the 10th grade. Lately, it hasn't really served its function as a good way to keep in touch with old high school friends either. So I am using this as an opportunity to retire my journal. That does not mean I will delete any content or that I won't ever post again. I'm sure that I will come here to make announcements of some sort in case people still read LJ. And I will continue to read your LiveJournals since there are clearly many friends who still do use this medium. All I'm saying is that this is not the right place for me to put the bulk of my content online any longer. I will make a post if I create a new blog to inform you all of that.
So, Good-Bye Cruel World! It's been a great run.
The speakers were fantastic at both my mini-commencements! And, of course, both were run by the flakiest professors possible...
I was also impressed with William Schneider (Brandeis Class o' '66). He talked a lot about politics, getting involved, and how it is up to our generation to fix the problems our parents created. He even mentioned blogging. Sam Vaghar gave a bombastic speech about social justice. Fischer spoke at the history mini-commencement, and that was wonderful. My dad asked him for his autograph.
The BBQs were really relaxed and I got to have a very nice goodbye with Sabrina. Everything went according to plan - it was mellow, chill, and family oriented. Everything a good graduation should be.
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I've long thought that if I make it to the "real world" and still use LJ that there's a problem. LJ has long felt too "high school" for my tastes. I've had this thing since the 10th grade. Lately, it hasn't really served its function as a good way to keep in touch with old high school friends either. So I am using this as an opportunity to retire my journal. That does not mean I will delete any content or that I won't ever post again. I'm sure that I will come here to make announcements of some sort in case people still read LJ. And I will continue to read your LiveJournals since there are clearly many friends who still do use this medium. All I'm saying is that this is not the right place for me to put the bulk of my content online any longer. I will make a post if I create a new blog to inform you all of that.
So, Good-Bye Cruel World! It's been a great run.