Thursday, May 9, 2013

GRADUATION PHOTOS WITH CAPTIONS BOTH SNARKY AND SENTIMENTAL

What do you mean I have to give back the robe?
With Pongo, my Great Dane girlfriend
Oh Pongo

The fancy camera my friend Aziz gave me as a graduation gift has an action setting I used to capture Pongo ponging
PONG!
Sara M. carried off the remainders of the whole smoked salmon from our departmental reception and I picked it clean. Our feast lasted the whole week long.
Shannon arranges my hood for campus photos.
I feel this pose is missing finger guns
With my tall bro Nick
With my tall stepdad Rick
Mom, Shannon, and the guys
Evaluating the aerodynamic potential of the robe
I don't know why this giraffe is here but I had to pose with it
In the Union reflecting on my student loan debt
With esteemed former chancellor Herman B. Wells
A moment in Dunn Meadow
Entering the hall in a happy blur
Assembly Hall
The stage and the Commencement Brass Ensemble
Pomp and circumstance
About to shake the hand of the Dean of the Graduate School. The dude to my right is not impressed.
I snubbed President McRobbie. HAHA, just kidding! But I wish we would have had the chance to compare necklaces -- I think mine was bigger.
The ritual hooding, a special four-handed hooding by both my advisor and my China mentor.
Hooded glory

With Rick and Sara, two people I am so honored to have worked with.
Nick got really emotional
With ma, auntie Gret, and Nick
MINE. ALL MINE.
Shannon suggested we use my fancy new camera to take some action shots...

IT IS DONE.