CAP & FROWN...I MEAN GOWN

[WAHOONBOX]

I WAS INVITED BY OVERBOARD AND HIS BRIDE TO ATTEND HER GRADUATION CEREMONY AT ECU WHERE SHE RECIEVED HER MASTERS DEGREE TONIGHT....I WAS PROUD TO BE A PART OF THE FAMILY


PRETTY WORK GIRL!

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BUT BEING THE INTERNET REPORTER THAT I AM...OR I CLAIM TO BE......I MUST REPORT THE TRUTH ...THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE BULLSHIT SO HELP ME EDUCATORS!!!

HE WE GO PLOWING INTO GREENVILLE CLUSTER-RAMA AT 5:45 PM TODAY....WHY HELL ......THE STREETS NEED TO BE 9 LANES.....EVERYONE IS DRIVING LIKE A RUDE MANIAC....AND I FELT LUCKY TO CRAWL OUT OF THE CAR ON ARRIVAL AND BE ALIVE

ONE WOULD THINK THAT WITH A GRADUATION CEROMONY INPROGRESS THAT THERE WOULD BE "DIRECTIONAL SIGNS" EASILY POINTING OUT DIRECTIONS......NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

WELL WE GET IN ...NOW MRS. OVERBOARD MUST DON HER TUNIC OR ROBE OR WHATEVER ITS CALLED....THEN THERE THIS HOOD THING A MA GIG.....THE MULTI COLORED HOOD...WHY IT WOULD TAKE AN ACT OF CONGRESS TO FIGURE THE HOOD THING OUT....OF COURSE WE HAD COLLEGE GRADS DOING THE FIGURING BUT THEY STILL FAILED TO DON THE HOOD SACK PROPERLY ....

THERE WERE HUNDREDS GRADUATING AND ALL WORE THEIR HOODS DIFFERENTLY .....BUT ONE THING BOTHERED ME....WHY LET A HOOD DANGLE DOWN ON YOUR LOWER BACK....WHY NOT PUT THE STUPID THING OVER YOUR HEAD LIKE THE IDIOTS DO ON MTV DO? ! THEN THEY GIVE THE STUDENTS THE MOST STUPID LOOKING HAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AN ASPHALT ROLLER CRUSHED IT....HELL THE PRICE TAG WAS STILL DANGLING FROM ALL OF THEM...........MUST OF BEEN TIED ON WITH #30 MONEL.

THEN THERE WERE THESE DOCTORS SITTING ON THE FRONT ROW LIKE A BUNCH OF HOTSHOTS.........THEY ALL WORE BLACK......WHO EVER HEARD OF A DOCTOR WEARING ALL BLACKS?

NOW THE DOCTORS I KNOW ALL WEAR WHITE.....WHY IS IT THAT ALL THESE DOCTORS WERE DRESSED UP IN MEDIEVAL LOOKING BLACK ROBES?......AND WITH ALL THESE FANCY ASS COLORED LACEY HOODS???

I HAVE ASKED AL SHARPTON AND JESSE JACKSON TO BOTH LOOK INTO THIS "ALL BLACK" ROBE THING......SEEMED A BIT PREDJUDICED TO ME BEING DA WHITE CRACKER I AM......SEEMS A BALANCED EBONY -IVORY COSTUME WOULD BE MORE SUITABLE


NO WHITE ROBES...TSK TSK ..SHAME SHAME.........THERE WERE PURPLE ONES...RED ONES...BLACK ONES....AND THE BLACK ROBED DOCTORS ALSO WORE A BERET THAT A COURT JESTER FROM 1265 A.D. WOULD BE PROUD OF ! IF THEY ONLY KNEW HOW STUPID THEY REALLY LOOKED!

THE CEREMONY WAS HELD IN THE BASKET ARENA.....THEN THERES THE BASKETBALL HARDWOOD FLOOR......WHY HELL.....THEY COVERED THE ENTIRE FLOOR IN A NASTY ASS LAYERING OF PLASTIQUE!!!! .....THEY ROLLED OUT THE RED CARPET ALRIGHT...I MEAN THE PLASTIC CRAP!

I MEAN WHY HAVE A HARD WOOD FLOOR IF YOU ARE GOING TO COVER IT UP???? THE BASKETBALL TEAMS BLEED AND SWEAT ON THE HARDWOOD...THEY ALSO FIGHT ON THE HARDWOOD...THEY CAN RUN UP AND DOWN ON IT...THEY CAN EXERCISE ON IT.......THEY BEAT A RUBBER BALL ON THE HARDWOOD FOR GOSH SAKES! ...THEY PLAY VOLLEYBALL ON THE HARDWOOD FLOOR .........BUT NOOOOOOOOOOOO.......ONE CAN'T WALK IN SLOW MOTION DOWN THE ISLE AND PICK UP HIS OR HER SCROLL AND WITH A BLACK ROBE ON ......NOT ON THE MOST IMPORTANT MOMENT IN THEIR LAST FOUR YEARS .............HELL NO....WHY THAT WOULD HURT & DAMAGE THE HARDWOOD FLOOR

THEN THERE'S THE FAREWELL SPEECH GIVEN BY THE TOP STUDENT ...CLASS OF 2007....EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY

MALARKEY I SAY.........I HAVE POOTED BETTER LYRICS INTO THE CAN THAN THE 2ND GRADE MONOTONIC MUMBO JUMBO THAT THE HONOR STUDENT DELIVERED.....I WAS SPEECHLESS AND SO SHOULD THE SPEAKER !!!!

4 YRS OF HARD WORK DOWN THE TUBE AS FAR AS I SAW....SEEN....UHHH.....WITNESSED....HEARED...HER'D ....WHATEVER

SEEMS SOME MORE LEARNIN WOULD BE IN ORDER BEFORE THE BIG RALLY SPEECH TIME

WHEN I WENT TO SCHOOL.....IT WAS CALLED "PUBLIC SPEAKING 101"

[POON MAN]

Congrats to Mrs. Overboard

[Overboard]

I am not sure how the speaker was chosen either! However, the buzz on our side was who is that and why is she giving the opening address? As a school administrator I really hope she hones her speaking skills over the course of the next few years! Of course delivering a lesson in front of a group of middle schoolers she will quickly learn that a monotone delivery of a poem is not the most attention getting device in the world.

I was honored to have two great guys from Sportfishermen cheering me on in the stands. Thanks again Box for attending the ceremony and keep working on the graduation costumes! I would love to go for my Doctorate in Education but the thought of having to wear that medieval costume is really holding me back!
Mrs. Overboard

[O-SEA-D]

Congratulations Anita

Way to stick with it girl

[sharktooth2005]

Mrs Overboard,
A very large congrats! My wife received her Masters in School Admin last summer, so I know how much hard work it takes. Box- As for the robes and berets and all that mess, I can't figure it out either. However, since neither my wife (Masters), my mom (Masters), or my sis-in-law (PhD) can't explain it, why should I even try to understand it. I just salute any who complete the task and one day I figure somebody will figure it all out, but it ain't gonna be me!

[Shutterbug]

Congrats to the Graduate.

How did the crowd act in what is supposed to be a dignified occasion? Having to attend yearly high school graduations and my daughters college graduation several years ago, the crowd acts more like they're attending a wet t-shirt contest. It's a joke. Apologies for ranting.

[ocalex]

Congrats to the Graduate.

How did the crowd act in what is supposed to be a dignified occasion? Having to attend yearly high school graduations and my daughters college graduation several years ago, the crowd acts more like they're attending a wet t-shirt contest. It's a joke. Apologies for ranting.

I hope my graduation has a wet t-shirt contest, i feel like id deserve it