The suspense is over: Georgetown Law rejected me. “More than 12,000 applications… difficult decision of turning down many well-qualified candidates…” blah blah blah. Reminds me of the note I got from an eighth-grade crush that began “You’re a great person…” :)

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Now that I have almost all of my graduation regalia, why not try it on?

Meanwhile, I think we’ve found someone who really likes those Honor Cords:

Here are a couple more cute Toby pics:

(from the Infinite Monkeys & Company homepage)

(The ribbon is supposed to change colors. If that isn’t working, you won’t get the joke… but you can see it on the monkey homepage.)

Becky and I picked up our “Honor Cords” from the College of Letters, Arts & Sciences this afternoon, then went to the University Bookstore and rented our Commencement caps and gowns.

Becky takes a look at her Honor Cords.


Becky gets silly with her Honor Cords.


I try on my cap outside Carl’s Junior. Becky correctly noted that I desperately need to get a haircut before graduation. :)


Becky tries on her cap, also outside Carl’s Jr.


Becky checks out her second tassel.

I will actually get two sets of Honor Cords because my two majors, Political Science and Print Journalism, are in two different schools (LAS and Annenberg), whereas Becky’s two majors, Political Science and History, are in the same school (LAS), and the cords are given out by school, not by major. So, nyah, nyah. :) I can pick up my Annenberg cords on Monday. (You get the Honor Cords for having a GPA of over 3.5.)

As for the cap and gown, you pay $30 for the rental, and then you have to return them or else pay like $100 more… but they throw in a tassel and let you keep it. (How generous.) Becky actually got two tassels by accident, so I suggested getting a miniature cap for Toby and giving her the extra tassel. Now that would be a cute picture.

Becky and I are working on the design of the web page for her history project, a report on evangelist Aimee Sample McPherson. Check out the work-in-progress homepage.

Two weeks from this very moment, 9:44 AM, we’ll be about midway through main commencement ceremony.

Woohoo!