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David is an occasional blogger, software engineer, Nintendo fanboy, liberal, news magazine addict, voracious TiVo user, and bibliophile. He was born in St. Louis, grew up in southern Indiana, and returned to St. Louis to attend Washington University. He hasn't managed to escape yet. He's a fan of free wine tastings, too many tv shows to name, and eating out. David makes his living developing web applications used internally by his employer. He doesn't blog about work because he's heard too many stories about that causing workplace troubles. There's more on the about page. |
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16 May 2003 - 10:48 pm
So I graduated today. I did the commencement in the morning and the graduate recognition ceremony in the afternoon. (As prophesied by Dr. Loui last year, the graduate recognition ceremony reception really does have the best food.) The I had dinner at Cardwell's in Clayton. I had a strip steak and a bottle of wine. The meal was very good, but I shudder to think of the price.
My parents, keeping true to form, forgot both their camera and the card they were going to give me. However, they did remember to bring their graduation present to me: a set of blazer buttons. For those of you unfamiliar with blazer buttons (as I was until I received some as a gift a few hours ago) blazer buttons are replacement buttons for a sports coat (strictly speaking, a blazer is a sports jacket often with notched collar and patch pockets). In this particular case, the blazer buttons feature the WashU logo. To recap, I received a replacement set of buttons for a blazer that I do not own from my parents for graduation. You can, no doubt, guess what my reaction was when I opened the box.
Blazer buttons aside, I'm not overlooking the fact that I can now exercise the "rights and privileges" that were granted to me today to control the weather (or so claims Ron), but at the end of the day all I really feel about graduation is tired. Perhaps tomorrow when I wake up after a full night's sleep, I'll change my mind about this, but I'm pretty much underwhelmed (if that's a word) about this Master of Science thing.
Oh, on the good news front, I now have summer work lined up at a major car rental company. I'll be working in their information systems group in Clayton. Advantages are that I now have a job so I might actually be able to pay my rent. The disadvantages are that I now need to blow all of my remaining money on suits, as work requires professional attire.
Posted by on 16 May 2003 at 10:49 PM
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As I am about to be a graduate of journalism school, I can say with 80 percent certainty that "underwhelmed" is, in fact, a real word.
I feel as if you should come over and fiddle with my computer so we can declare this a mutually beneficial relationship.
Posted by Rachel on 16 May 2003 - 11:51 PM
Perhaps underwhelming to you, but even though I did not attend the commencement ceremony, I did feel a little verklaempt at seeing students I knew as freshmen graduate (and some with degrees that allow control of weather -- notice that the rain held off until after the commencement ceremony?).
If you're at Enterprise in Clayton then you're well within the lunch radius for me and DOC group people, so let us know when you can go to lunch or something.
Posted by rkc on 17 May 2003 - 11:05 AM
Men's Wearhouse gives a 10% discount for WashU students, I think -- it could be even more, I'm not exactly sure.
Posted by Amy on 19 May 2003 - 1:42 AM
Is it Mens Wearhouse? I thought it was Brooks Brothers in the Galleria, but I could be mistaken.
Either way, I bought the one suit I own at Mens Wearhouse, and I really had a great experience with them. And the CEO's guarantee in the TV advertisement was spot on -- I really DID love the way I looked.
Posted by ben on 21 May 2003 - 1:07 AM