when it's over

last thursday (may 12) i finally graduated, marking the end of my days as a tuition-paying full-time student and the beginning of my life as a loan-repaying struggling intern. the all-university graduation in washington square park was okay, despite the lame, pretentious speech from the wack student speaker (some boring chemistry major from cas, bitch). but the med school graduation in carnegie hall was fantastic. i'm not typically sentimental and mushy and shit, but almost all of the speakers (john sexton, ben carson, even our class president) had me beaming like a little schoolgirl. i'm always happy when i'm reminded that five years of this stuff hasn't totally snuffed out my emotions.