I'm graduated!
Hi everyone! I have officially graduated. Now I am at Brian's house... he helped me move out of MHC yesterday. Man, I sure do have a lot of random junk... I should have a tag sale or something. My latest goal is to clean up my room so I can put everything in there... At the moment most of my stuff is in Brian's car still.

Graduation was fun... the Laurel Parade was of course very beautiful. I think that was my favorite part. I didn't bother going to Baccalaureate or Canoe Sing, though, 'cause my feet hurt so much and I was just tired. Graduation weekend sure was busy. I really wanted to go to Canoe Sing, but I needed the rest. I felt pretty ready for graduation this morning. Soooo glad I didn't wear heels for that.

The speaker, Carol Gilligan, was awesome. She's a psychologist who specializes in gender differences... pretty good for MHC! I have to say, her speech was like the best feminist speech I've ever heard-- which means a lot, since I just spent four years attending a women's college! I think my favorite quote of hers was, "The master's tools will never dissemble the master's home," which, I believe, refers to how women need to find their own ways rather than try to conform to men's values while pursuing equality. I liked that she also pointed out that gender issues are not women's issues... the patriarchal system has negative effects for both men and women. And I thought it was interesting that she mentioned that women have "a psychological advantage" over men when it comes to questioning gender discrimination... basically, girls are taught that they can be good or bad only when they hit puberty (virgin vs. whore), whereas boys are ingrained with the good/bad dichotomy at a much younger age, with the good guys vs. bad guys themes. That was interesting.

Well, I was glad that we had a good speaker for our graduation. Not necessarily someone widely known, but someone whose speech I greatly appreciated.

Now for some photos!!




Me and my roommate, Lucy, getting ready for the Laurel Parade.




At the Commencement Concert... I played Alexandre Guilmant's Concertpiece for Trombone, Op. 88. I've performed it 3 times by now. People seemed to like it, so I was happy.




Me and my sister after the Laurel Parade.




Me and my sister after Graduation.