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May. 17th, 2006 03:30 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ruFirst off, thank you to everyone who commented in my last post! <3 <3 <3
I decided to go to both the mass graduation ceremony and the departmental one, seeing as I figured one only really gets to graduate with a BS once. Despite the fact that the mass graduation was pretty long and involved a lot of speech-making, I think it was worth it. I amused myself part of the time by seeing how people had decorated their caps to make them stand out. Among other things I saw, there was one who had lined the edge of the cap with flower vines, one that recycled his organic chemistry model set to create some sort of molecule on top of his hat, and one that had assembled a two foot model of the Eiffel Tower on top of his cap.
I think it was the new vets that seemed to have the most fun though, probably because they were among the only ones that got their diplomas during the mass ceremony. One of them got the award for most unusual cap decoration in that she had put a cage with actual mice on top of her cap. I also noticed several of them waving arm-long latex gloves blown up like balloons when they were conferred their degree. Methinks I know what those gloves are normally used for. XD
The departmental ceremony was much more casual, and I really enjoyed it. Seeing as there were only about 20 of us getting botany degrees, it was much shorter, and there was much more room for personality. It was kinda a little bittersweet too, since it was my advisor's last graduation, seeing as he's retiring and all. He advised all of us little botany undergrads, and even though it doesn't really matter personally, since I'm outta there and all, those who come after me won't have the advantage of his guidance (and the exposure to copious amounts of puns). I think it's going to be hard for the department to find someone as awesome as he is to fill his shoes.
So now, on to finding a job. Luckily, I have a temporary part time job lined up with the uni to work in the herbarium, so that'll help to keep me busy while I look for something more permanent. It's also nice in that I'm not going to completely unplug just yet, which is nice. I do have a bit of a dilemma though in that I've caught wind of a second part time job with the uni, thanks to one of my classmates from my community ecology class. I'm having a hard time deciding if I want to take two part time jobs or not. On one hand, taking it would mean I would get more experience, but on the other, I don't know if I want to work full time for two part time jobs. Furthermore, it would kinda be nice to have some significant downtime before finding a full time job, seeing as that'll probably be the last time I get to have that amount of free time. The fact that I want to not pursue the second job because I want to have some free time before diving into the workforce makes me feel guilty though, like I'm being lazy and slacking off, or something. The result is I don't know what I want to do. I guess I'll figure out something at some point.
I decided to go to both the mass graduation ceremony and the departmental one, seeing as I figured one only really gets to graduate with a BS once. Despite the fact that the mass graduation was pretty long and involved a lot of speech-making, I think it was worth it. I amused myself part of the time by seeing how people had decorated their caps to make them stand out. Among other things I saw, there was one who had lined the edge of the cap with flower vines, one that recycled his organic chemistry model set to create some sort of molecule on top of his hat, and one that had assembled a two foot model of the Eiffel Tower on top of his cap.
I think it was the new vets that seemed to have the most fun though, probably because they were among the only ones that got their diplomas during the mass ceremony. One of them got the award for most unusual cap decoration in that she had put a cage with actual mice on top of her cap. I also noticed several of them waving arm-long latex gloves blown up like balloons when they were conferred their degree. Methinks I know what those gloves are normally used for. XD
The departmental ceremony was much more casual, and I really enjoyed it. Seeing as there were only about 20 of us getting botany degrees, it was much shorter, and there was much more room for personality. It was kinda a little bittersweet too, since it was my advisor's last graduation, seeing as he's retiring and all. He advised all of us little botany undergrads, and even though it doesn't really matter personally, since I'm outta there and all, those who come after me won't have the advantage of his guidance (and the exposure to copious amounts of puns). I think it's going to be hard for the department to find someone as awesome as he is to fill his shoes.
So now, on to finding a job. Luckily, I have a temporary part time job lined up with the uni to work in the herbarium, so that'll help to keep me busy while I look for something more permanent. It's also nice in that I'm not going to completely unplug just yet, which is nice. I do have a bit of a dilemma though in that I've caught wind of a second part time job with the uni, thanks to one of my classmates from my community ecology class. I'm having a hard time deciding if I want to take two part time jobs or not. On one hand, taking it would mean I would get more experience, but on the other, I don't know if I want to work full time for two part time jobs. Furthermore, it would kinda be nice to have some significant downtime before finding a full time job, seeing as that'll probably be the last time I get to have that amount of free time. The fact that I want to not pursue the second job because I want to have some free time before diving into the workforce makes me feel guilty though, like I'm being lazy and slacking off, or something. The result is I don't know what I want to do. I guess I'll figure out something at some point.