Monday, May 10, 2010

I is a college graduate.

It's finally over. I'm back in Edmond with Dad. I'm sitting on my comfy couch in the only place I've ever really considered home, and I'm done with school... FOREVER. Even if I go to a film tech school later, which seems likely, that won't be like regular old school because it's so hands on.

I was pissed off by not getting to wear an Ireland ribbon at graduation. Apparently I wasn't on the study abroad office's graduation list, so they didn't have one for me. The lady I talked to said I could wear a UK one if I wanted--uh, no. I didn't go there. So... that was dumb and annoying. I was, however, tickled by the fact that I got to wear cum laude cords, because my GPA is going to drop a little below 3.5 after my grades from this semester go through. :P The commencement ceremony itself was actually pretty fun. I got to sit by my friends, and it was a great day, in general. It felt significantly better than high school graduation, meaning it felt like it meant more.

Now I have to find a job. Ugh. Not excited. At all. My plan for now is that if I can't find anything after a while, then I might consider bartending school--there is one in OKC. Then I can become a bartender. They make pretty good money, so I hear, and the hours are pretty perfect for me, plus, I'm generally interested in alcohol. I think I could deal with the people--I'm already somewhat used to being sober around drunk people, anyway.

As a side note, I recently watched a TED talk by Sam Harris that really fascinated me, so I Googled him. He seems like one of the smartest people out there right now--I might try to read a couple of his books pretty soon.