Congrats, Em and Crystal

The commencement speeches were very bizarre, especially the one given by the honored alumni. It went something like this...

Look around--half of you will commit suicide (yes, when I couldn’t figure out what the hell I was supposed to say to you people, I polled everyone I know…then I tried to poll people I used to know, one was DEAD BY HER OWN HAND [I'm sorry, I laughed, it was just so bizarre]), half of those left will kill off the other half, but if you’re
depressed–and everyone is–or a Jedi in a Star Trek world, we got brain stim, which is slightly more comfortable than that yucky old shock therapy of the past and just might actually work. We're not sure yet. We need more test subjects. Would you like to join my research study?

Someone, possibly the above person, said something like, "The person you were in high school does not define who you are for the rest of your life." OK, good. Something useful and relevant and oh, holy hell...uplifting and inspirational. Hopefully, those young people hanging on the edge of the abyss caught that and took a step back. The rest of it was just damn depressing. And bizarre. Did I mention bizarre?

I mentioned it to Holly and she said, "My brother's grad speech was all about the gimps and weirdos. True. It was from the football coach. Mine was about the baby mommas, and living dead girl. Zombie anyone?"

Wtf?

I have no idea how to embed a you tube video but this was a way better commencement address.

I told Em I'm very proud of her and she asked, "For what? All I did was go to school." Yes. For thirteen years. And participated and did well and rarely missed a day. But mostly, I'm proud of her for surviving school with her self intact. She's a brilliant and beautiful young lady and I'm proud she calls me Mom.