Graduation Announcement to My Friends

I am now putting together my graduation announcements a mere six days (technically five days now that it's past midnight) before my actual graduation ceremony. There's a little card that accompanies the graduation announcements, and it reads, "Formal Etiquette for addressing your announcements: mail announcements to family and friends via first class mail two weeks before the graduation." Guess I missed that one. There were problems involved, stemming almost entirely from my forgetting to order the announcements, but also from the stupid mailroom and bookstore, which have stupid hours and aren't open when I need them to be. It's really stupid. Oh well, life goes on.

Here is a photo essay (the new term for "a bunch of pictures with a theme") announcing my graduation. Enjoy.

An envelope? What could it contain!?

Let's open it.

Hmm, that looks like a seal of some sort...

Oh my goodness, it's a University seal! And there's writing!

For some reason, they stuck it on Fathers' Day. Don't worry if you can't make it.

I'm graduating, yay!

To my friends who are reading this: I'd be lying if I said I got this far all by myself. You all have contributed to my well-being and experience, be it for most of my life or just recently over Skype, and I want you to know that I appreciate it. I'd be a completely different person if I'd grown up with other people, and I really can't see myself being happier than I am now. You all are the best friends a person could ask for.

As I mentioned in one of the captions, my commencement falls squarely on Fathers' Day. While this works well for MY father, you might want to spend time with yours instead of sitting in a chair for two hours after driving a hundred or more miles to get to Santa Cruz. So no worries. Wishing me a happy future is more than enough.

I'll say it again: the best friends a person could ask for. Eclectic, intelligent, random, generous, good to talk with, and hillarious. I'll be seeing you all quite a bit once I graduate!