nearly graduation

[aslant]

my parents have been staying with kirk and me since last saturday. they are sleeping in our bed and we are sleeping on blow-up mattresses in the guest room. we leave the door open so the cats can come in and out. with the door open, i wake up every morning when my dad makes espresso on the stove, and then he and i check our email on our respective laptops in the kitchen.

so far, we have taken my parents to the peabody essex museum, salem beerworks, the new england aquarium, and legal seafoods. yesterday there was a social hour for my program, and afterwards we went to see harvard yard, where projection screens and thousands of chairs are being laid out for thursday's commencement. the coolest thing was that while we stood there, drew faust (my old dean from radcliffe) walked by and said hello to me, and even though she was probably already late for some ridiculously important meeting, she let me introduce her to kirk and my parents, and shook hands all around. so now my parents can say they not only visited harvard, they shook hands with the president of the university!

today is the convocation awards ceremony, where i will get my gold cord and my intellectual contribution/faculty tribute award, framed. and then we will go out for a dinner with liz and mike, and then go to the big ed school party. and tomorrow i graduate. it hardly feels real.

Comments

[weetziefae.livejournal.com]

is it worth traveling to the peabody essex museum to see the cornell exhibition? It sounds like you are getting a last minute whirlwind tour. Contrats on everything, dear.

(also, not about graduation, but is your printshop packed up? if not, could i ask you to take a few snapshots that capture the entire setup? I have seen the ones you have, but you bought that type drawer, and and and.... . looking for ideas xo)

[aslant.livejournal.com]

i thought the cornell exhibit was expansive and quite comprehensive...i was only vaguely familiar with his work before. i think it is hard, though, to capture the intimate feeling of each piece by itself when you are looking at rooms full of individual intimate pieces. does that make sense? i think the exhibit is well-curated, but it's a long trip to take unless he is your favorite artist ever, or something like that :)

the printshop is, alas, mostly packed up. i think i posted most of the shots of how it was set up after we bought the typecase...i just went looking and i don't think i took any photos after that.

[baatastic.livejournal.com]

I am sooo excited for you! You're so fancy. :)

I *am* going to be in Oregon June 28th through July 5th. If you aren't coming to the reunion thingy, I'd still love to see you. My only firm plans are the night of the 30th and July 4th, since it's Lu-lu's birthday. Let me know!

[aslant.livejournal.com]

yay! i can't wait to see you! i wish wish wish you were magically also in town for august 5 so you could come to the wedding!

jennie and i realized that the reunion is $70, which is way more than i had thought...i thought i remembered it was like $30. so i don't think we'll go...but we should all go out for drinks! i don't think i have any plans at all, at this point :)