Sean Carton's Bad Blog

Friday, May 20, 2005

Happy Graduation to Me!

Man, this is a bad blog, isn't it? I didn't realize before this morning that it'd been nearly a month since I last posted anything. I'd make excuses (I've been insanely busy) but I'm sure that nobody's reading this anyway. Not that I'd care.

So yeah, as of about 4pm this afternoon I will graduate from Univeristy of Baltimore's Doctor of Communication Design program during a ceremony at the Lyric Opera House. Yup, just me and 450 of my most distant classmates jammed together in hot robes, each of us itching for our name to be called and wanting the whole thing to be over.

Not that I'm not excited, mind you...I'm really, really excited! It's been 7 years since Neil Kleinman talked me into being one of the first students in the wacky new program he'd started at UB. At the time it didn't seem like it'd be all that big of a deal. Many years later, here I am.

A lot's happened in those past 7 years. I've survived some pretty major surgery for broken bones in my leg and my shoulder. I've had a beautiful daughter. I've entered academia. I've published two books (Dot.Bomb and The Gamer's Alamanc). I've moved to Philadelphia (OK, technically pretty close). I bought a sailboat. I've traveled a bunch. I've learned a lot about life and love and everything else.

Somehow it seems appropriate that today is also the day that hot dog manufacturers and hot dog bun bakers have announced a truce to normalize the number of hot dogs and buns sold. I graduate. Hot dogs and buns are sold in like quantities. Dogs and cats living together. New York is giving away free nicotine patches. The real guts of the new Xbox 360 are revealed to be dual Mac G5's. What's next?

5:48:53 AM