I am an adult now!

Well, in some sort of fit of insanity, the College of Engineering deans saw fit to give me a B.S. in Computer Science. As of May 15th, I'm now an alumna of University of Illinois. Mom and Dad drove down for the looooong ceremony, after which I bestowed upon them the legendary Stole of Gratitude (yeah, I went to the university for four years and never heard of it, but apparently it's legendary).

Hopefully we'll have pictures to post at some point, although Mom and Dad forgot the digital camera, so we bought a cheap disposable film camera. Which means, naturally, that we have to wait until we finish the roll of film. Then you will be able to see my tacky orange tassel, the Stole of Gratitude, and my funny hat. The lucky College of Engineering was assigned orange tassels, while Liberal Arts and Sciences got yellow, Fine Arts got brown, Aviation got light blue and so on. We went to the College of Engineering ceremony, which included speeches from the deans and the president of Engineering Council, as well as everyone in the college crossing the stage.

In other news, I managed to get a job shortly before finals week. It's in Palo Alto, California, which is nearby San Francisco and right in the heart of Silicon Valley. I'll be working for a company called VMware, which makes virtual machines. Rather than try to explain that myself, I'll link to the Wikipedia article, which has a decent definition, in case you hadn't heard that term before. I'll be starting in late June, so right now I'm still packing and searching for an apartment.

Well, I think that's all from me right now -- hopefully my mom or I will update soon with pictures from graduation, because, of course, if there aren't pictures, it didn't happen.