And Then One Day You Find, Ten Years Have Got Behind You...

Last Friday, after a two week wait, we finally received a dewar of liquid helium... on the same day that cassiopia arrived for a ten day visit. Between balancing work on the cryostat and taking time off from work to be a tourist, my days have been packed to capacity with no time to spare for LiveJournal. I will catch up on my friends pages, reply to comments, and write about my recent sightseeing travels in England next week, after cassiopia has gone back to the States.

In the meantime, however, today is an important day and, as such, bears noting. One decade ago today, I graduated from Hampshire College. On May 18 1996, I received my Bachelor of the Arts degree and began my Division IV (which is Hampshire-speak for "the rest of your life"). In fact, it is nearly 7am in Massachusetts. Ten years ago right now, I had just held my bell ringing ceremony (Hampshire's tradition for students who are "Div-Free", or ready to graduate) at dawn, after being awake all night, with cheshcat, angryjim, ashnistrike, and adam_goss in attendance. It was a small ceremony with an extremely concise speech by me, then we all headed out to get early-morning bagels before finally going to sleep (as was not uncommon for us back then). Several hours later, somewhat sleep deprived, we would all awake and get ready for the official college commencement.

Ten whole years since I was an undergraduate. My goodness, the time does fly!

And Then One Day You Find, Ten Years Have Got Behind You...

Last Friday, after a two week wait, we finally received a dewar of liquid helium... on the same day that cassiopia arrived for a ten day visit. Between balancing work on the cryostat and taking time off from work to be a tourist, my days have been packed to capacity with no time to spare for LiveJournal. I will catch up on my friends pages, reply to comments, and write about my recent sightseeing travels in England next week, after cassiopia has gone back to the States.

In the meantime, however, today is an important day and, as such, bears noting. One decade ago today, I graduated from Hampshire College. On May 18 1996, I received my Bachelor of the Arts degree and began my Division IV (which is Hampshire-speak for "the rest of your life"). In fact, it is nearly 7am in Massachusetts. Ten years ago right now, I had just held my bell ringing ceremony (Hampshire's tradition for students who are "Div-Free", or ready to graduate) at dawn, after being awake all night, with cheshcat, angryjim, ashnistrike, and adam_goss in attendance. It was a small ceremony with an extremely concise speech by me, then we all headed out to get early-morning bagels before finally going to sleep (as was not uncommon for us back then). Several hours later, somewhat sleep deprived, we would all awake and get ready for the official college commencement.

Ten whole years since I was an undergraduate. My goodness, the time does fly!