So I am at one of the many Texas A&M graduations and they are long. Not as long as the 1700 kids I graduated with in high school, but then again I didn’t go to my high school graduation so I don’t know how bad that many people is. So instead of sitting in shear boredom middling through my various strange thoughts alone I have decided to document the random things I as well as Bethany, and Hannah think about at graduation. So here it goes, it will be random but I can assure you it is all connected in my brain somehow. So here are the ____ thoughts I have during a graduation
- Here come the doctoral candidates maybe I should get my Ph D
- “No Hillary” on your cap, pretty clever I am surprised that it made it on the Jumbo Tron; then again its Texas A&M
- Let me make a sign on my computer for Kev Kev ill make it in PowerPoint
- I wonder if he sees the sign, he looks confused I think he sees it
- Dog
- Bethany (or should I say B-Sizzle) – it’s weird that a liberal arts student out of all colleges would have not Hilary on her hat.
- Finally, everyone is marched in
- Did they just say MC? I thought that was an inner city rap battle title for the speaker.
- 16 ceremonies! I wonder if they get tired of graduation ceremonies
- Why is she talking about astronomy this is Liberal Arts not science, you took astronomy 101 your freshman year what do you know?
- “We are liberal arts, the odd ball of the aggie family” yes student speaker you hit the nail on the head
- Was that Thunder? Let me check the radar. Yes that was thunder
- PI is 3.1415926535897932384626433
- Dang it I told myself I wasn’t going to do that
- Well It happened, I’m a nerd that is filled with useless knowledge like pi to the 20th I should get a hobby; like a blog. Oh…..
- Is that the new official seal on stage? Gross, bring back T-Star.
- Oh goodie board of reagent speaker, who speaks slower and with more pauses than Obama
- Speaker – “I was class of 71, and I was on Northgate last night.” Uh…..
- Speaker – “Then this morning I was walking through Northgate,” wow hitting it hard in the morning before graduation, that’s why you’re speaking so slow.
- Hannah – why did all the babies start crying?
- Yeah there are like 15 different babies crying, his speech must be that bad….
- Wow to the names already that was quick
- Hannah – “Is this where they throw their hat?” Me – …. No that’s the end
- What if they did all 16 ceremonies at once in Kyle Field, what would be worse the endless drone of names, or the traffic afterwards?
- “No selfies on the stage” *Audible Laughter* Of course they have to say that
- Insert Debate between Bethany, Hannah, and I
- Hannah – College station could not support all that at one time
- Bethany – 10 hours of graduation
- Bethany – let me do this math – 44 hours
- Me – uhhh
- Hannah – you can’t fit that many people in Kyle Field
- Me – yeah they have gameday traffic down to a science
- Everyone – Definently the 44 hours
- Twenty-eight thoughts in and they are still on Doctoral Canidates…
- Bethany – look, you’re not the only one with a laptop.
- I wonder if anyone has there Snapchat add nearby on…. no they don’t
- Hannah – we have to be loud
- Hannah – Cum Laude, whats that mean?
- That they’re smart
- Speaking of grades let me check mine
- The internet is too slow for that
- Look there is the not Hillary cap again
- 4 rows in 100 to go
- Well not 100 let me see how many actually its more 40
- Hannah – 38
- Oh I was close
- Hannah – I’m Hungry
- Bethany – I brought snacks
- Are those Reese’s puffs?
- I still have my box at home, I have had one bowl…
- Brief conversation about how our parents were mean and never let us have sugary cereal for breakfast
- Bethany – such an expensive piece of paper
- Yeah they charge you 50 bucks for the diploma
- Bethany and Hannah – You have to buy your diploma
- Yeah…
- They should take my 72.06 Buetel Health Center Fee and put it towards my diploma. If I need a pregnancy test or a miss diagnosis, I’ll just use Web MD
- Hannah – I was on web MD the other day; I think I have diabetes
- Or cancer
- I wish I brought the pompoms from the guard office
- What if I screamed for every single person
- Hannah – please don’t
- *screams*
- *screams
- *screams*
- Hannah – stop
- Wow that was quick I only got three people in
- If I did it the whole ceremony people in a 50 seat radius would hate me
- Should I even post this it seems boring
- And this is a lot of work
- Hannah – we are almost a fourth of the way
- Hannah – you’re not responding only typing
- Let me see If this post is entertaining…. Its decent I’ll finish what I’ve started
- Hannah – *talking about her boyfriend who may or may not be Kev Kev*
- What should I have for dinner. Ramen?
- Is that guy wearing Jordan’s
- Yes, he has a master’s in economics and is wearing Jordan’s to graduate in
- Hannah – Are you going to get to 1000
- No I sure hope not
- Hannah – we are now a fourth of a way
- Hey look at the light bar for the breakaway stuff
- Bethany – that’s not just for the basketball games
- No I think Breakaway is the most common thing in Reed besides sports
- Hannah – need a cheeseburger a real cheeseburger a Texas roadhouse cheese burger
- You go to roadhouse and get a cheeseburger?
- Hannah – Texas Roadhouse cheese burgers are bae
- I though Kevin was Bae
- Hannah – He told me I’m not allowed to called anyone else bae
- Hannah – do you know what we are doing tonight (her and Kevin)
- Ill text him and tell him to take you to roadhouse
- *texts Kev Kev*
- I guess I need Kev Kev’s permission to publish all these intiment details of their relationship
- Bethany – We are 1/3 of the way done
- Hannah – why am I nervous
- Hannah – I don’t want to eat a cheese burger in front of him they’re messy burgers
- Are yall not at that stage
- Hannah – I uh….. Blah…. *giggles*
- *Drops phone down own shirt*
- Hannah – why’d you do that
- I’m not sure
- Hannah – One time I was *giggles* at Whataburger and *giggles* I was *giggles* eating my French fries *giggles* and the lady came over to give us ketchup *giggles* and I dropped a French fry down my tank top *giggles* and everyone laughed
- Hannah -why’d you skip 91
- I wonder what the people behind me are thinking they are probably reading this over my shoulder. One of them laughed… They are defiantly reading this.
- Person sitting behind me – you shouldn’t post it
- That answers both my questions
- But I am half way might as well finish it
- Hannah – what should I wear to my date tonight
- Wear uh Idk
- Hannah – a 5-minute dissertation about her inner turmoil on what she should wear
- What are you doing why can’t I un-tab this is weird
- What did I do
- Why?
- Ugh
- Well forever random indention
- How are you Bethany; haven’t heard from you in a while
- Bethany – groans
- I think she’s dead
- If you are still reading this I applaud your commitment
- Is his last name really “hedgehog” that’s so retro
- Retro; no one says that anymore
- Hey Kev Kev is almost on stage
- I almost missed that, the whole reason I came
- Bethany – If you double major do you get two diplomas and walk the stage twice
- Hannah – what’s Allie’s last name?
- Who?
- Oh there’s Kev Kev
- *Hannah and Bethany pull out their phone to snapchat the moment*
- The diploma doesn’t count if you don’t snapchat the moment
- Did Jake Just hug the professor
- Yes, yes he did
- Can I go Now?
- Did he just hit the dab. My hero
- I’m surprised about the amount of time where I don’t think about anything at all
- Hannah – Me too I mostly think about sleep or food
- What time is it – 3:30 wow this is going quick
- Hannah – I’m excited for dinner
- I’m excited for the war hymn at the end
- Bethany – Kevin was homeschooled wasn’t he?
- Bethany – He thinks he is funny because he has a degree now
- I’m tired of typing I just want to sleep
- Hannah – are we going to go to football games together in the fall
- YEAH!
- Last third *Whoop*
- This whooping thing is pretty cool
- Hannah – please end this at 147
- I like how A&M went from the southwestern conference to the south eastern conference when really we are in the south central region.
- My leg’s asleep
- Hannah – let’s have a breath holding completion
- We aren’t in the Rec so we can do it
- *holds breath*
- I won
- Why didn’t we time that
- Hannah – I’m really excited for Kevin to read about everything we thought about at his graduation
- Let’s do this again in 5
- *gets in the zone*
- *holds breath*
- I feel funny
- I think I might blackout
- Me – 2 minutes
- Hannah – 2.12
- Oh wow
- Best two out of three?
- *gets in zone*
- *holds breath*
- Dog
- Aww the Dog has a hat too
- Thomas 2.19
- Hannah 2.25
- Well I tried
- Hannah – do you need my inhaler
- No I’m fine I have mine that expired in 2013
- You missed your 147 Hannah
- *guy dances on stage*
- Is he having a seizure
- Hannah – is that allowed?
- *Tries to open Facebook*
- *not enough bandwidth*
- *goes all Lion King on my Phone*
- *Facebook opens*
- Hannah – I’m so hungry
- Hannah – how many times have I talked about food in this thing
- A lot
- Hannah – What do we do after this
- Bethany – Initiation, speech, war hymn
- Perks of going to 4 graduations^^
- Bethany – Only three I missed Laura’s
- Hey they’re almost done
- Hannah – Is that thunder
- Oh no I have to walk in the rain with my laptop…
- Hannah – dang it I have to redo my hair
- Wait do I have my poncho
- *Pulls out Walmart sack*
- Ehh close enough
- Bethany – *eats Reese Puffs*
- Bethany – last person is coming up
- Bethany – They’ll get the most cheers
- *last person gets most cheers*
- Bethany – I wish my last name started with a Z
I shall finish here because I need my laptop to be safe and away before the War Hymn. And once the names are read its basically over and the drudge of graduation is done with. If you are still reading this well, thanks, I hope you enjoyed it.
So I challenge you to have fun even in bland situation such as a massive graduation, it’s possible you just have to work at it. As always; make good choices, share if you like what I said, comment if you have something to add, and I’ll see you on Thursday.