Current mood:	accomplished
Current music:	Streetlight Manifesto - Point/Counterpoint

so you've been to space. What it like there this time of year?
Well, not only have I now shaken hands with someone who's been to space, she called me a jedi. And she'd know. She's been to space.

Convocation was good. Surprisingly so. My particular convocation ceremony was a fair bit longer than I had previously anticipated thanks to the unexpectedly huge number of B.Ed. grads from Trent's teacher's college (over 200) but the people I was sitting with were relatively friendly folk who seemed to appreciate, or at least tolerate, the occasional name-mocking remark from yours truly. Seriously, who thinks it's a bad idea to teach anything above grade 6 when all the kids are going to call you Ms. Bangs? Anyone? Thought so.

Anyway, I found out while sitting on the stage area waiting for the rest of the academic procession to academically process that the honorary doctorate was being given to Romeo Dellaire. I'm not entirely sure why I was slightly surprised when he started speaking and he had a fairly heavy French-Canadian accent, but I was. He had some good things to say, if slightly cliche, about no human being more human than any other human, etc etc. His vision for Canada becoming an international leader in the field of human rights and the like was well said, and (I believe) well founded. Looking at the graduates, he said, "in my generation, the nations of Europe and the old world looked at Canada as a young kid on the block, but your generation sees Canada more as a young adult, in their early 30s, ready to take on the world." I thought it was funny that he had Canada's perceived age narrowed down to "early 30s" but his point was clear.

I've always heard those things that hang down the backs of the graduation gowns referred to as hoods, but I've never understood why nobody ever wore them like hoods. If nature/Trent wasn't going to provide any useful shade then dammit I was going to make my own. Apparently I looked like a jedi. Awesome. If there are any particularly neat pics, I'll post them when I get around to it.