Yesterday I waited two hours to take a ten second walk across a stage. It was my graduation ceremony and that\u2019s what you do for your graduation ceremony. You sit on small metal chairs, listen to speeches, and clap for your friends. Afterwards, you give everyone hugs.<\/p>\n
The ceremony felt like the period at the end of a sentence. I had finished my bachelor\u2019s degree and it was time to leave the nest. I still have no long term plans, but after graduating I feel better about having no long term plans. Either that or my head has inflated three sizes too large from all the congratulations I received. Something will come along to deflate it again. Another literary magazine will reject me, or I\u2019ll forget to put the top down on the hot tub. I only hope it doesn\u2019t happen too soon<\/p>\n
We had a good speaker for graduation, Representative David Kilmer. He gave us some worthwhile advice and he didn\u2019t use a monotone. Monotones at graduation are the kiss of death. He put a lot of movie references in his speech and told us to take part in civic engagement. His words of wisdom boiled down to not trusting anyone named Draco Malfoy and remembering to vote. Voting is important. If we don\u2019t vote, we may end up with a government run entirely by crazy people, and not nice, funny crazy people, mean crazy people.<\/p>\n
So far, I believe I\u2019ve done well with that. I\u2019ve been engaged. I work for Forcechange.com, writing petitions for environmental causes. One of my petitions received 558 signatures. I\u2019m trying to build a writing career and 558 people reading something I wrote is amazing to me. \u00a0Leaving University of Puget Sound has been like taking off in a plane when there\u2019s turbulence. It\u2019s a bit bumpy, but eventually it will smooth out and someone will offer me a beverage.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m grateful for the education I\u2019ve received at University of Puget Sound, but now it\u2019s time to take the next step. It\u2019s time to start a new sentence.<\/p>\n
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Yesterday I waited two hours to take a ten second walk across a stage. It was my graduation ceremony and that\u2019s what you do for your graduation ceremony. You sit on small metal chairs, listen to speeches, and clap for … Continue reading