Convocation

[eveglass]

Okay... so I now officially have a shiny piece of paper saying that I am a Master of Arts. They even spelt my name right. The ceremony was... well, about what you'd expect from a convocation. Lots of sitting around punctuated with 10 seconds on the stage. The highlight of the ceremony was the following quote, from the honorary PhD recipient:

"Being the speaker at a convocation is like being the corpse at an Irish wake. They need you to hold the party, but they don't expect you to say very much."

It was funny at the time, anyway. As was the accent of the chancellor: all I could think of was the priest from Princess Bride. ("Wuv... twue wuv... is what bwings us heaw todae...")

And now it's over. I'm getting together with acrabtree this afternoon, but have no plans for the evening. Any Torontonians want to get together?

Comments

[lightcastle.livejournal.com]

Brava!!!

Oh, Monkey is rummaging through my stuff tomorrow with you in mind.

[eveglass.livejournal.com]

*blink blink* Why is Monkey rummaging around your stuff tomorrow?

[lightcastle.livejournal.com]

Due to this.

[eveglass.livejournal.com]

Oh. Fair enough. Good luck on the "getting rid of stuff" thing.

[warmbear.livejournal.com]

woohoo congrats

Cell

[saffronjan.livejournal.com]

Do you have a cell phone? John is supposed to be getting into town tonight, so I really go out, but he's always late, and it's Friday night.

Because I keep waffling between being a good wifey and staying home to help him unload the car and settle in when he gets here and running off to do things far more fun than unloading a car, it might be best if I could reach you after letting my conscience wrestle with the dilemma for a few hours' more...

Re: Cell

[eveglass.livejournal.com]

No cell. The best way to reach me is via email or lj comment. I check very regularly. Or, if you have a means of my reaching you, I can give you a call.

Let me know what's up, and maybe we can do something!

Hugs!

If no one more exciting shows up...

[saffronjan.livejournal.com]

You can reach me at 416-653-9664 if there is no one more fun for you to hang out with, but I expect that when John gets in, he'll be pretty tired and unlikely to want to leave the couch (he had a full day).

[kittyfantastico.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!