Ah I remember my college graduation with fond memories. New England College always holds Commencement on Mother's Day and in honor of the big day I opted to have a buddy of mine give me a buzz cut . . . I looked like a fuzzy cue ball with glasses. Needless to say, Mom was not overly thrilled with the new look.
I received an award that day -- Parent's Award or something like that -- although to tell you the truth I can't remember what it was for -- graduating summa cum laude or my activities on campus or something. Who knows.
What I do remember most vividly though was our Commencement speaker -- Geena Davis, the actress. It turns out that Geena attended NEC for a year or so before she transferred to another school. I don't recall much about her speech -- something about smoking dope on the covered bridge -- but I do remember gazing up at her (she's wicked tall) when I went up to receive my degree.
Ah, those memories of so long ago. . . . of course I conveniently forget the studying, reports, tests, etc.
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