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June 8, 2003
Convocate This
I had a dream last night that Waterloo took away my degree because they discovered I was half a credit short. I then had to quit my job and move back home to complete a math course.
Was this dream due to feelings of regret for missing my upcoming (June 11-14) convocation ceremony, or for not caring that I'll be missing it? A part of me wants to be there, donning cap and gown, shaking the hands of UW administration, smiling in that artificial way I do so well. But the rest of me realizes I would be sitting in a gymnasium among hundreds of strange students (since I graduated late) waiting hours for my name (which is conveniently located in the middle of the alphabet) to be called so I can go up and collect a piece of paper (which they will be mailing to me anyway).
I can't help thinking that the people I've met out here had such different experiences of university life than I. My roommate was in a fraternity and wears his MIT graduation ring. A few people here went back to Princeton this weekend for some sort of reunion. Me? I found out in a dream that my convocation is this week.
I wonder if by not attending, I've doomed myself to every June waking up in a cold sweat from nightmares of having to retake math courses.