Picture This (#9) - ATL's Graduation

Do you realize that I have a graduation exercise to go to every year for the next four years at least? Oy. But still it was good one on Friday night. ATL has been a crazy woman for the past four years. But I think her approach has been a logical one. A bit unorthodox perhaps, but it has worked had the desired effect.

The preparations:

If you thought the set-up for R3's graduation was getting fancy, get a load of this:

I think it's a requirement that someone lose their balloons before the ceremony starts:

The procession was quite intricate:These are (some of) the faculty:Band A:

Band B (neither one plays Pomp & Circumstance by the way):

Band C (they didn't either):

Our security guard was quite intense:

There she is:

Welcome, welcome: Not the most inspiring speaker I have ever heard:

This guy was definitely high:

I had thought this was going to be a long recitation:

But the faculty were quite efficient about reading off the 1500 names:

The moon on the night ATL graduated:

All gradumatated:

With the mom and dad: Tarzan and Jane too:

Congratulations ATL!!:

This is me, almost ready for an honorary degree.