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11:06 am
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Graduation Day
It's days like today that get you thinking.
11 years ago, I was finishing my senior year of high school. I was off to Greensboro College in the fall, to be a theater performance major. I always smile when I think back about that place. I have so many wonderful memories there, even though it was home for less than two years. I wish I had appreciated it more at the time.
But I became distracted and discontent and decided to take a semester off to get my head straight and so left in the Spring Semester of 2000. That ended up being a long "semester."
A wedding, two kids, a failed attempt to get a job with a MCSE, and then working over 80 hours a week later, I wouldn't finally return to school until Fall of '04. I took 3 or 4 classes online through FTCC, deciding my major should reflect my day job, Accounting. I finished up that semester ok, not great, but not bad.
Then I missed the deadline to sign up for classes in the Spring of '05. Once again, I took a break.
I wouldn't return to school until the Summer of '06. This time, my life turned upside down in between by the end of my marriage.
I think, other than one Summer Session, I was continuously enrolled until Spring '09.
I was so close in Fall '07, I would have been done in Spring '08, but my schedule got dropped, due to a mix up in Financial Aid, and I lost some of the classes I needed when I got it corrected.
Then in Spring '08, I was ready to finish again. Only to find out, that I couldn't keep up with 16 credit hours, two jobs and the kids living with me. I dropped down to 13 and put my last semester off until the Fall.
I took the last of my classes in the Fall of '08. Only I messed up the deadline for the application for graduation and whatnot, so here I am, Spring of '09, finally ready to walk. 11 years removed from high school, 7 years from my original "intended" graduation date, 5 years from my first taking a class at FTCC, I am finally graduating with my Associates, my "2 year" degree. No honors, but I think I'll take walking with a 3.0, IIRC, that's better than I did in high school.
Today is a day to look back, next week I will look forward.
I know I couldn't have done this without ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) ducttapeavenger and vivvianne1. I still remember the night at the end of the semester, ducttapeavenger wouldn't let me give up on a class and he stayed up with me all night, pushing me to get it done and doing a lot of the typing for me, as I finished one assignment after another. Or me, constantly taking over the living room TV so I could work on my assignments there, after my computer died.
And, of course, vivvianne1 when we were first dating, putting up with me coming to her place from the second job, with my laptop, working on homework late or first thing in the morning, before I went back to work again. Or, later, when she would take the kids on solo in the evenings, while I would lock myself in the bedroom and focus on getting school work done.
My classmates, were very varied, community college doesn't generally get the "best and the brightest." I saw some excellent students out there, but then a lot who would make my head explode, from the sheer, "how could you be that wrong factor?!?!?" But with my time at FTCC almost exclusively online, I really didn't get to know them that well either. It's kind of odd to think tonight, I will graduate with mostly strangers.
When I think of my college friends, I think of all the wonderful folks back at Greensboro College. Even to this day, when I go by there, I step on the campus with a smile, part of me feels like I'm home, even though I know I won't run into any of the folks I went to school with.
11 years to complete my first "two years" of college. Hopefully, I can cut that in half for the next "two years."
But "Here's to today!" and yet another Waypoint on this grand adventure we call life.
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02:56 pm
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So...
Once again I get another random call from a 508 area code.
Which Bostonian is trying to get a hold of me?
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08:18 am
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So help me settle a friendly debate...
There's a poll over here.
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08:57 am
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To my Philcon Friends...
Have a shot for me this weekend. I wish I was on my way...
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09:05 am
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I am now offically a voter!
ducttapeavenger placed a voter registration form in front of me a while back.
When he realized, that odds are, I wasn't actually going take the time to vote. He handed me a form and said, "Sign this." It was the form to receive an absentee ballot via the mail.
And last night, I finally sat down and filled it out, to be mailed today. Why didn't he have to bug me about it?
Because I knew I'd never hear the end of it if he pushed me that far and I still didn't actually vote.
I know you all want the big answer of who I voted for.
Cherie Berry!
First of all, it takes a lot of guts to run for public office with a name that rhymes.
Secondly, her picture has been on our elevators for what seems like forever. It would seem weird to have someone else's face staring at me, while you don't know what to look at riding the elevator.
Thirdly, how many state labor commissioners have their own song?
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09:03 am
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Happy Halloween Everyone
~chuckles~ My costume at work today is in the icon.
If I get one more Star Trek comment though...
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09:46 am
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A new day.
And it's what you make of it...
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02:55 pm
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Where the watermelons grow
Back to my home
I dare not go
For if I do
My mother would say...
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12:41 pm
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vivvianne1 wants your help with a poll...
'Tis the season to vote!
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03:39 pm
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My gem goes dark in a year...
I've made that reference in several places today, many have asked me what it is about. So, I'll let you, my LJ friends, answer.
Comments screened until I decide to unscreen, unless you ask me not to unscreen, so more people have a chance to answer.
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11:22 am
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The Dark Knight, he is not!
Apparently, someone in Raleigh thinks Obama is the Batman.
As a Co-Vice Presidential candidate, I must put this rumor to an end. While he is no terrorist, despite the e-mail rumors to the contrary, he is no Batman!
He even said in another speech, that he is from Krypton.
Now, I think that Mr. Obama should step down, since the Constitution clearly states that the president must be a natural born US citizen. And someone needs to stop mixing their metaphors.
I am techempage and I support this post.
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08:06 am
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And then there were two...
So two songs left on the song meme.
The two that are left amuse me, because they are not some of the more obscure songs of the list. I'll go ahead and wrap it up tomorrow morning, with video where possible.
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10:15 am
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And then there were 5...
5 unguessed songs still in my Song Lyric Meme.
Get 'em while they're still bold.
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01:21 pm
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Song Lyric Meme
Ganked from allah_sulu because I was having fun with his version.
How many of these songs can you name, along with the artist and/or source? (Using Google or other search engines is, of course, forbidden.) Comments are screened so that you can still try to guess even after the first person got it right, and I'll post the answers (with video links where applicable) later.
(I will only list the person who got it right first, except for partial credit/full credit situations. However, after I post the answers, I'll come back and unscreen all comments here so you can see how many you got correct even if you weren't the first.)
1. Says the barkeep to his brother Rom, "Do you ear what I ear?" - allah_sulu
2. And you friend, what's your handle? Don - Two Thumbs Don! - allah_sulu
3. And so it must be, and so it is written, on the doorway to paradise, that those who falter and those who fall, must pay the price! - allah_sulu
4. Preacher said, "Well, I reckon that would that be ok. The good Lord works in mysterious ways. I was gonna talk about Joshua, Judges and Ruth and I reckon I could do it from the DJ booth." - yermie
5. He speaks about travel. Yeah, we think about the land. We smile like all people, feeling real tan. - kleinzeit
6. And he throws an angry tantrum if he cannot have his way. And then he calls for Mum while he's suckin' his thumb. You see, he doesn't want to play. - brandedeclipse (partial credit), theferret (Full Credit)
7. Kinda looked like a Lucky or a short Pall Mall. Tastes like horse manure, but menthol. - ducttapeavenger
8. A tournament, a tournament, a tournament of lies. Offer me solutions, offer me alternatives and I decline. - ducttapeavenger
9. But there never seems to be enough time to do the things you want to do, once you find them. - dakotawitch
10. On that ship, I dream she there. I smell that rose hangin' in her hair. - allah_sulu
11. I begged him for his mercy with tears in my eyes. He didn't know that he just showed me paradise. - brujah
12. But we sure had a good time when we started way back then. Morning walks and bedroom talks, oh how I loved you then. - eyewrist
13. Traguna Macoides Tracorum Satis Dee - kungfoogirl (partial credit) - allah_sulu (full credit
14. Don't you know your grin has always been my sunshine; let that sunshine show.
15. Sont des mots qui vont très bien ensemble, très bien ensemble. - brandedeclipse
16. If I seem edgy I want you to know that I never mean to take it out on you. Life has it's problems and I get my share and that's one thing I never meant to do. - radiofreerlyeh
17. There ain't no doubt in no ones mind that loves the finest thing around, whisper something soft and kind. - figmentj
18. Off sides and holdin, you ought a be ashamed of yourself. - rintheamazing
19. Seekin my fame and fortune, lookin for a pot of gold. Things got bad, and things got worse, I guess you will know the tune. - sparkfrost
20. He's nervous and anxious and filling with fear. So you would you if you hadn't done it in eight years. - allah_sulu
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11:19 am
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We win!
Mad Scienticians win the VP slot for the Party Party!
Stay tuned to this journal for a joint statement from the new Vice Presidential Candidates at some point in the near future.
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10:31 am
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We intterupt your normal Livejournal feed for this.
We don't have any actual footage of allah_sulu drinking the cup of coffee that will decide when the Veepstakes will end. But to build dramatic tension, here is a video of a man drinking coffee.
Who knows when the last sip will be? Only allah_sulu.
With The Scienticians up by only 6 votes and what would seem to be a short time remaining, the tension is building in this amazing Veepstakes.
We now return you to your regularly scheduled LJ, already in progress.
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09:43 am
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State of the Veepstakes
My fellow Livejournalists,
In the past 24 hours, we've seen the vote rocked for the second spot on the Party Party ticket. The polls will close soon, we're not quite sure when, but it's been an amazing experience in democracy in the last day. Last evening, my esteemed and respected opponent  Bradwinkle has shown great inroads with the sock puppet vote. They came out in mass quantities and greatly boosted his vote total. Not to be outdone, I, being a scientician, of course went the route of science in an attempt to help our cause. The Science Clones, one of my strongest demographics, came out and voted for myself and  Duct Tape Avenger, in the name of science!
This has been a long and drawn out election, but it is not yet over. I encourage you all to go Vote! for the good of our country and say "Yes to Science!", say "Yes to Flavored Vodka!", say "Yes to strong sanctions against grues!"
It is time for a change. Bradwinkle could not lead the Party Party to victory four years ago and neither can Duct Tape Avenger and myself. But it doesn't matter! What matters is change! And to change Vice Presidental Candidates is a change! So vote for change! Vote for us! I personally promise to be the most entertaining half of a vice presidential candidate since Dan Quale! (And that's good comedy, let me tell you!) I can spell Potatoe wrong if you'd like. Vote for us!
Vote for us!
Vote for us!
Live long and prosper.
May the force be with you.
Drink infused vodka.
I thank you for your time this morning.
May $Deity $Verb you, in whatever way you see fit.
And don't forget, Vote for us!
I'm  Techempage and I approve this message.
EDIT: This just in. The polls will close when allah_sulu finishes his coffee. So please act now on this limited time offer!
Current Mood:  Half Vice-Presidential
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03:49 pm
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Wow!
Maybe this whole Veepstakes is getting out of hand!
Nah!
Although, I didn't quite plan on this!
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03:36 pm
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If you haven't yet...
Remember to
We haz cookies! And we like to share!
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04:36 pm
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Oh noes!
http://allah-sulu.livejournal.com/850440.html
We're falling behind in the race for the second spot in the Party Party!
Go vote! Please!
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