In response to last
week’s question, "After graduation, are you graduated, gradual or
something else?", my writing and sailing friend Rich shared, "If my
son is any indicator, you are depressed. Something about the real world and the
party being over seems to be the cause." To this, my dad's beach
buddy Bob added, "you are oblivious to what will face you and how long it
will take to pay off your student loan."
My friend Richard
summarized, "After graduation, you are brain-fried. In fact, the
graduate’s brain is like Waffle House hash browns. It is scattered (Resumes
sent all around the country, hoping one will lead to a job.), smothered (In
debt), and covered (too exhausted to get out of bed)."
My flying and cycling
friend Ted recalled, "I did graduate in pants size, but it was a gradual
process."
My cousin Valarie observed, "Graduates are gradations of the people they will learn to be." My lottery friend Effie added, "I can't speak as to WHAT someone is after graduation, but if my observations are accurate, it leads to the gradual but inevitable realization that graduation is when the really hard work BEGINS, not when it ends.
My cousin Valarie observed, "Graduates are gradations of the people they will learn to be." My lottery friend Effie added, "I can't speak as to WHAT someone is after graduation, but if my observations are accurate, it leads to the gradual but inevitable realization that graduation is when the really hard work BEGINS, not when it ends.
My sailing friends
Carolyn and Scott plus friend Kosol concisely lamented, "You are
unemployed." My friend Royce curtly wrote, " In this economy -
Screwed!" to which my hiking friend Kelly added, "Gradually realizing
that you’d be happy to accept a job as a stocker at Wal-Mart. Welcome to
Obama’s America!"
My birthday bud Jon
shared, "From one with a high school senior in the house, the answer is
something else: on the hook for lots of tuition." My social
collaboration friend Mark followed that with, "Once you graduate, you are
commanded to immediately go back to school for your next level degree. And then
repeat...at least until I find a job."
But I think the final
word goes to my niece Tracey and her friend, who graduate from high school this
week, who declared, "a graduate."
Please share your
thoughts about "things that make you go 'Hmmm' “:
Did you ever stop to
think, then forget to start again?
Life
should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in
an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways,
chocolate in one hand, wine in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn
out and screaming "WOO HOO what a ride!"
Hal
[Thanks to Demetri Martin, Steven Wright and George Carlin for
the inspiration.]
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