It's OverIt really is. Yeah, some of us have a couple finals to take; but the end of senior year has arrived. Our high school careers are completed. The day we never thought would arrive has come.
Funny, it seems like just a week ago I had that talk with Bialkin about changing my college list. Five days ago I was in Rochester, or Oberlin, or New Brunswick, or Ithaca. Four days ago I was in the city, having the time of my life at Mannes, on stage playing with Raphael, or playing for a collection of New York's greatest bassoonists at Juilliard, or in the dungeon-like halls of the Manhattan School of Music.
Three days ago I was waiting for my letters, wondering if my audition had warranted acceptance to my top two choices, Mannes and Juilliard. Two days ago we were sitting in gym talking about college like it was years from now. Yesterday we were at senior picnic, playing frisbee and having a grand old time.
Today, we're done.
No longer will we have homeroom at eight in the morning. No longer will we have a schedule organized exactly the same every day, five days a week. No longer will there be a bell schedule to keep us on our feet, trained to follow the commands of a b natural klaxon.
Today we're signing yearbooks, trying to capture the essence of a year in a few simple phrases. It's impossible. Once you finish, you remember thirty more memories you want to cherish and look back upon. And then thirty more. And thirty more.
And when it comes down to it, tomorrow we'll be walking at graduation.
The day after, we'll be at the beach, or a lake, or at a concert, or spending time with some friends.
Two days from now, we'll all be at college. Because as much as we don't want time to fly, it will. That's the plain and simple truth.
But for now, let us enjoy the summer while we can. Let us enjoy the times, bask in the glory of freedom with a time-frame. Let us have fun.
Because tomorrow we'll be gone.
6/11/2008 5:16:39 PM | permalink | Comments (4)
Funny, it seems like just a week ago I had that talk with Bialkin about changing my college list. Five days ago I was in Rochester, or Oberlin, or New Brunswick, or Ithaca. Four days ago I was in the city, having the time of my life at Mannes, on stage playing with Raphael, or playing for a collection of New York's greatest bassoonists at Juilliard, or in the dungeon-like halls of the Manhattan School of Music.
Three days ago I was waiting for my letters, wondering if my audition had warranted acceptance to my top two choices, Mannes and Juilliard. Two days ago we were sitting in gym talking about college like it was years from now. Yesterday we were at senior picnic, playing frisbee and having a grand old time.
Today, we're done.
No longer will we have homeroom at eight in the morning. No longer will we have a schedule organized exactly the same every day, five days a week. No longer will there be a bell schedule to keep us on our feet, trained to follow the commands of a b natural klaxon.
Today we're signing yearbooks, trying to capture the essence of a year in a few simple phrases. It's impossible. Once you finish, you remember thirty more memories you want to cherish and look back upon. And then thirty more. And thirty more.
And when it comes down to it, tomorrow we'll be walking at graduation.
The day after, we'll be at the beach, or a lake, or at a concert, or spending time with some friends.
Two days from now, we'll all be at college. Because as much as we don't want time to fly, it will. That's the plain and simple truth.
But for now, let us enjoy the summer while we can. Let us enjoy the times, bask in the glory of freedom with a time-frame. Let us have fun.
Because tomorrow we'll be gone.
6/11/2008 5:16:39 PM | permalink | Comments (4)
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6/12/2008 9:35:43 AM- Hehe, I actually had a similar thought when I read it again this morning. I was like, hm, this sounds like something someone would say at graduation, with a little rewriting.
I haven't really updated this in a while, it's more of a sporadic "hey I feel like writing something."
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6/12/2008 2:09:11 PM- It's funny because my valedictorian speech is actually similar to this.
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6/12/2008 2:39:40 PM- really? it kind of makes sense though, because it really does feel like a couple days ago we were all waiting to hear back from colleges, and now we're all set in terms of being accepted and such.
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Thank you for writing my valedictorian speech. :-P
I actually hadn't realized that you were still updating this, which means I have a lot of reading to do.