Tuesday, May 17, 2005

It's all over (including the shouting)

That is to say, I passed my comprehensive oral exam last Friday, so unless any of my written work comes back with a big frowny face on it, I've finished SAIS.

Sorry to be tardy about posting the news. It is exciting, but the way the semester wound down over a period of weeks - finished two classes, then the third, then the fourth, then four days until orals - I didn't have any sort of burst of relief and accomplishment. More of a solid satisfaction. Good stuff, but not the sort of thing that sends one dancing down the street or racing to tell one's friends.

Kerry and I celebrated my finishing schoolwork and her being on academic (light workload) time with a frenzy of errands, spring cleaning, and planting this weekend. We're domestic dorks.

2 comments:

Old Father William said...

You deserve some fanfare. I therefore will now perform for you an all-text version of a John Philips Sousa "The Stars and Stripes Forever"

BAAA
Bo BaBoBaBoBaBo
Baa BoBoBoBo Bo
BOBO BAAA
Bo BeDoBeDoBeDo
Dee DoDoDoDe Do
DODO BOOM Du
DeDU DeDu DeDu
BAA BO(bada bum-bum) bo (bada bum-dum)
DO
DeDU DeDu DeDu
BAADA BaDA BUM! BUM! BUM!

BA! DA! DA! DA! BADADEE YUMP BUMP!
BADEEE YUMP BUMP DA DA DAAA DEEEE!
BA! DA! DA! DA! BADADEE YUMP BUMP!
BADEEE YUMP BUMP Bum-Bum-bum-bum BA DA

LA! DA! La-DA DA! La DADA!
La-DA DA! La-DA DA! La DADA-Ah!
La-DA! La-DA DA! La DADA!
La DEE yop AHH DA-DA DA! Dooooooo!

LA! DA! La-DA DA! La DADA!
La-DA DA! La-DA DA, be-youp... da-da ummmmm
DADA da da da DA-DADA!
DADA DA-YUMP(Crash) DADA DA-YUMP(CRASH) DA-DA DA DAAAAAAAAAAA Yump.

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Dadadadadadadadadadadada dump (BE BOO!)
dump dump BE BOO YUMP!
DaDaDaDaDaDaDaDaDaDaDaDaDa DUM (BEE BOOO!)
DADUMP DUM PA-YUMP!
DADADADA DEE DE-DE DE-DE DE Bum-bum
DADADADA DEE DE-DE DE-BUM BUM
DADADADA DEE! DE-DE! DE-DE! DEE-DEE! DEE-DEE! DEE-DEE! EEE-EEE E WOM WOM

BANA NA(CRASH) BANANA(CRASH) BANANA (Bada DEET DEET TWEE!)
BANA NA(CRASH) BANAN AH(CRASH) BAN NANA (BAna twee twee-twee) NA!
BA NA BANAN NA, BA NANA (Twee de twee twee-twee)
BANA NA-Uh NA Uh! Uh! Uh!
BA! NA! BANA NA, BA NANA!
BANA NA. BA NA NA-NA NA NANA NA BA NANA NA-NA NA NA!
BANANA (BumBum) BANANA (BumBum) BANANA NAAAAAA NYAH!
(Can-noon!)

travis said...

They are completely inadequate, but you have my thanks, William.