The Sense of an Ending

Well I think my thesis is finished and ready to go to the graduate school office. I have to print it out and make sure all the formatting problems are straightened out and then turn it in on Monday. So I am seem one step closer to graduating. I just thought of something: I need a cap and gown. Might be important because I know my parents are going to make me walk. Boo that. Once was enough for me, however, I know if my brothers come to watch me walk then we will have one hell of a party the night before. I was smashed at my last two graduations because my brothers and I partied until like 5 am the night before. Good Times, Good Times.

I am struck by a profound sense of sadness at the thought of graduation, though. I have been in this town since Fall 2001, and made a lot of good friends here. This place now seems like home. It sucks to think I have to move on and leave all this behind. My girl and I are packing up some of my junk and taking it home to store at my house in K-Town today. It is mostly just books, movies, and non-essential materials that I don't want to be trying to load all this crap after graduation with a hangover so I am going to try to get all my stuff aside from the compy, TV, and Playstation taken home before then.

Things to get done in the next few days:

1. Get the thesis submitted on Monday. By far the most important thing right now.

2. Prepare a 5-10 minute presentation for Lexington. It can be over anything and I am leaning toward preparing a presentation on the moral history of Judas Iscariot but I am afraid people will be anti-judas and I don't want to alienate anyone. I think I may put together something on my thesis since it is fresh on my mind right now. I am leaing toward putting together something on Lee or Marshall.

3. Begin my research on my final papers for Shakespeare and Literacy. I know what I am going to write over (Bassanio as a questing hero in the Merchant of Venice and My Families literate history) but I think I need some scholarly sources. For some reason profs seem to bag on papers that are only opinion and contain no secondary sources.

4. Visit with my dad today. He wants to show me his near completed 49 ford coupe (It still needs paint and interior but it is up and running). I am kind of excited that he is finally finishing the black pearl (his name for the car) because he said when I moved back home and he finished the car we would restore his 70 model Harley sportster for my graduation present. I have always wanted that motorcycle since I was a kid, and I am really looking forward to fixing it up and riding it.