Long time no blog for me...
Today was the official confirmation of my graduation 3 months after i actually finished all my coursework. Its totally crazy how many different emotions you can have on a day like that. I'm not sure whether i was caught up in my own emotion or everyone else's. The most amazing moment was walking through ritchie with masses of people crushing in on you not only onthe floor but above you in stands. It felt like being a gladiator and walking into a colloseum. (Feel free to make whatever connections to life from that analogy).
During the course of the day so many people came up to me said wassup or congragulated me or just spoke. I think even though i'm now "incredibly confident, know myself...blah blah blah ect" everytime somebody acknowledges my existence i still find it some parts surprising and other parts weird. I think deep down i must think I don't exist in any other world other then my family and very close friends. I think the people who surprised me the most were the professors not just the lowly non-tenured ones...But the big wigs with the cool robes. I had them coming up and joking with me. I even had my name said all special ("HAkeeeeeeeem") when the assistant dean couldn't pronounce half the other black people's names. And to think at one point i'm pretty sure she didn't like me after i called her out for being racist freshmen yr...... (not against me....she asked the class to write a journal based off a rather racist/biased statement after 9/11)
Its weird that when your in certain situations you tend to cling to things you are the most comfortable with. Like the first day of high school in 9th grade. You cling and grab onto those 2 or 3 people who you REALLY liked in middle school cuz your scared to jump out any further. So in this situation waiting to walk into the gym I randomly had a epiphany of the people who i actually was friends with in my major. (2 and a half) I also realized (or reiterated to myself) that i have a nasty habit of knowing more females then males. (Somebody tell me where this has come to help me???) I guess another thought on these lines was that somebody who i MAY have liked (ok i did),but haven't seen in MONTHS and just had started speaking to again, for some reason wanted me to be next to her in her moment of glory despite the seemingly houndreds of people she knew. I personally DO profess to know everything...But even i don't totally understand that one.
When i walked across that stage after finally hearing my name said, making the whole walk a production with a stroll...a point....a pose... a dap...and then a final pimp pose with our dean (yes...that's right people it took me that long to graduate...imma drink up every moment like its a bottle of cristal or perhaps red kool-aide) I finally was able to say to myself that school was REALLY over. Then as i walked out the gym I realized that instead of suffering through months of internal struggle over my future i instead was walking out better prepared and knowing that i was not going to experience the same inner turmoil that many of my fellow kines (aka non-job having) classmates would.
Random quotes:
My assistant dean (one i spoke about earlier) to two friends and my little brother: "aaaw hakeeeeem now i'm going to miss our random meetings around campus. EVERY time i see you its like your with another beautiful young lady (at this time my little brother's eyes are lighting up either in admiration or shock that i know girls)"
My response "i don't know WHAT your talking about...."
Her response: "HA (looks at friends) no matter where i see hakeem he's talking to another hot young female (as girl i know walks up behind her about to ask to take a picture with me but then instead gapes at me in horror) where's your mom at anyway I want congragulate her on finally getting you out of here"
Friend: "Yo....SON... that chick is maaad thick....what's good" (I'm not gonna front though... like EVERY female there really was lookin right.... essentially everyone is/was former athletes/jocks/ cool people)
(as girl walks away ) "eeey yo what's good shordy"
Friend: "SON!!! Why your class run so thick yo...they even nicer then morgan's.
Friend: i wonder what THAT buildings for
Other friend: After seeing all dem girls its about to be used for masterbation.....
Female friend while waiting to go up : why is the Dean for health and human performance a lil fat man......
Random fact.... i'd probably estimate that about 80% of health and human performance is female. Family studies and public policy are probably about 99 and 90% respectively...Kines probably like 65%
Fact #2 According to the program 46% of the students are minorities. Making us one of the most racially diverse depts. on campus (i'm assumming behind African American studies, Asian studies, gay/lesbian studies ect.)
Fact #3 Maryland's Kinesiology dept. is ranked 3rd in the nation.... But a large percentage of the people graduating don't have jobs....
The moral of this story is coming into college double major in engineering and kines so you can get a job after college and have a hot girlfriend. (wait....i think i'm missing something...hmm................)
Today was the official confirmation of my graduation 3 months after i actually finished all my coursework. Its totally crazy how many different emotions you can have on a day like that. I'm not sure whether i was caught up in my own emotion or everyone else's. The most amazing moment was walking through ritchie with masses of people crushing in on you not only onthe floor but above you in stands. It felt like being a gladiator and walking into a colloseum. (Feel free to make whatever connections to life from that analogy).
During the course of the day so many people came up to me said wassup or congragulated me or just spoke. I think even though i'm now "incredibly confident, know myself...blah blah blah ect" everytime somebody acknowledges my existence i still find it some parts surprising and other parts weird. I think deep down i must think I don't exist in any other world other then my family and very close friends. I think the people who surprised me the most were the professors not just the lowly non-tenured ones...But the big wigs with the cool robes. I had them coming up and joking with me. I even had my name said all special ("HAkeeeeeeeem") when the assistant dean couldn't pronounce half the other black people's names. And to think at one point i'm pretty sure she didn't like me after i called her out for being racist freshmen yr...... (not against me....she asked the class to write a journal based off a rather racist/biased statement after 9/11)
Its weird that when your in certain situations you tend to cling to things you are the most comfortable with. Like the first day of high school in 9th grade. You cling and grab onto those 2 or 3 people who you REALLY liked in middle school cuz your scared to jump out any further. So in this situation waiting to walk into the gym I randomly had a epiphany of the people who i actually was friends with in my major. (2 and a half) I also realized (or reiterated to myself) that i have a nasty habit of knowing more females then males. (Somebody tell me where this has come to help me???) I guess another thought on these lines was that somebody who i MAY have liked (ok i did),but haven't seen in MONTHS and just had started speaking to again, for some reason wanted me to be next to her in her moment of glory despite the seemingly houndreds of people she knew. I personally DO profess to know everything...But even i don't totally understand that one.
When i walked across that stage after finally hearing my name said, making the whole walk a production with a stroll...a point....a pose... a dap...and then a final pimp pose with our dean (yes...that's right people it took me that long to graduate...imma drink up every moment like its a bottle of cristal or perhaps red kool-aide) I finally was able to say to myself that school was REALLY over. Then as i walked out the gym I realized that instead of suffering through months of internal struggle over my future i instead was walking out better prepared and knowing that i was not going to experience the same inner turmoil that many of my fellow kines (aka non-job having) classmates would.
Random quotes:
My assistant dean (one i spoke about earlier) to two friends and my little brother: "aaaw hakeeeeem now i'm going to miss our random meetings around campus. EVERY time i see you its like your with another beautiful young lady (at this time my little brother's eyes are lighting up either in admiration or shock that i know girls)"
My response "i don't know WHAT your talking about...."
Her response: "HA (looks at friends) no matter where i see hakeem he's talking to another hot young female (as girl i know walks up behind her about to ask to take a picture with me but then instead gapes at me in horror) where's your mom at anyway I want congragulate her on finally getting you out of here"
Friend: "Yo....SON... that chick is maaad thick....what's good" (I'm not gonna front though... like EVERY female there really was lookin right.... essentially everyone is/was former athletes/jocks/ cool people)
(as girl walks away ) "eeey yo what's good shordy"
Friend: "SON!!! Why your class run so thick yo...they even nicer then morgan's.
Friend: i wonder what THAT buildings for
Other friend: After seeing all dem girls its about to be used for masterbation.....
Female friend while waiting to go up : why is the Dean for health and human performance a lil fat man......
Random fact.... i'd probably estimate that about 80% of health and human performance is female. Family studies and public policy are probably about 99 and 90% respectively...Kines probably like 65%
Fact #2 According to the program 46% of the students are minorities. Making us one of the most racially diverse depts. on campus (i'm assumming behind African American studies, Asian studies, gay/lesbian studies ect.)
Fact #3 Maryland's Kinesiology dept. is ranked 3rd in the nation.... But a large percentage of the people graduating don't have jobs....
The moral of this story is coming into college double major in engineering and kines so you can get a job after college and have a hot girlfriend. (wait....i think i'm missing something...hmm................)
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