June 6, 2001
i graduated three days ago, but i still don't feel any different. maybe
it's because i'll still most of my friends this summer, maybe it's because
i know that wasn't the end of everything yet. we had our graduation in
lowell...yeah yeah, it's all due to our never-ending construction project
at the school. the tsongas arena was pretty nice though, it seats 10,000
so all our friends and family could come and watch us walk across that
stage. we had liz walker as our commencement speaker. she did a good job
i think, something like a inspirational sermon u know, since she's now
gonna become a preacher. our student speakers and faculty speaker were all
very very good, they left this sad smile on my face...how true it is that
we shouldn't ever forget who helped us along the way these past four years,
how odd that it was finally time for our high school careers to come to an
end. when i walked across that stage and got my diploma, i could hear my
friends in the crowd. my sophomore history teacher gave me a big hug and
told me that she's going to miss me. this math teacher that i've never had
in class stood up to shake my hand. once it was all over, the crowd
started swarming, as i tried to find my friends, some of whom were crying.
i didn't cry though, i was just jittery and hugging everyone i saw - the ex
that i havn't really spoken to since breaking up, the other ex who's going
to be a junior in college, and another college friend that i went to prom
with last year, and of course, all my friends. we knew that the fun was
about to begin....
later that day, we had our annual all-night graduation party. it started
at 9pm. i showed up at the school field house to see a huge dome in
intergalactic decorations. there were star balloons, rockets, foam
planets, and glow things everywhere, and little alien stickers on the
walls. it was a riot. i kept piling on glow necklaces and blinky lights,
around my neck, then on my arms, then on my hips, until i ran out of room
on me. i had my hair done in a funky 'do and got a temp tattoo. a few of
my friends and i jumped on stage to do our own rendition of "barbie
girl"
and we were on the dance floor almost the entire night. the night
concluded with a hypnotist show. i wish i could show y'all pictures
because it was just too funny. guys were ballet dancing, acting like
goldfish, and strip dancing.....u can imagine what else. in the morning, a
bunch of us piled into cars and drove to IHOP for breakfast. mmm,
pancakes. it's been a crazy week...as i went to another all-night party in
a neighboring town, that i lived in before lexington. i went to elementary
and middle school there.....ran into so many people that i knew, my old
classmates, some of whom didn't recognize me....their high school only has
55% of the senior class going off to four year colleges....mostly umass
campuses and NU, only two people going to ivies, as compared to our
statistics (90%+, many many ivy-bound)......that made me think really
hard....it made me kinda scaried as well....what would've happened to me if
i'd stayed there for high school....where would i have ended up had i
stayed where i was? inwardly, i thanked my parents, for lexington offered
me so many new opportunities and allowed me to grow.
i had my palm read last night at the party as well. the palm reading lady
said that my next relationship will be with this good looking guy, there
will be lots of physical attraction...hehe....and she also said that i have
great many talents, that i like to perform in front of an audience...that i
am stubborn...how true, how true....
what's to come now? i've started an internship in kendall square...this is
looking like one busy summer. what will i make of it? how will i enjoy
myself?
