I'm a big kid now

Picture the Bryce Jordan Center packed with friends, family, students, and teachers. The graduates-to-be all sitting on the floor awaiting their degrees. No, this wasn't my graduation, it was Laura's. I went to hers, but not mine. I really didn't feel a need to go to mine. It was supposed to be at 6 PM yesterday and I was more interested in hanging out with good friends than listening to someone speak about where my life is going. No one knows where my life is going. All I know is that my life is right now - and I'd rather have spent it with my family and friends. So I did. Bottom line: as of 7 PM yesterday, I'm officially no longer a student. Mark Allen picked up my degree for me, so I should have that later today.

Laura with her parents at graduation

Charcoal got activated

Oh the funny things that happen on shift at co. 20...

So Tim and I finished washing 2050 top to bottom. We found an expired tube of activated charcoal and decided to have some fun with it. We found two very interesting characteristics of charcoal tubes: 1) They are VERY difficult to open via the intended dispensing opening, and 2) the side walls of the tube are weaker than the safety covering on the intended dispensing opening. And now of course you're wondering how we found these interesting characteristics. The answer is obvious: I stomped on the tube.

We figured the charcoal would come out the intended dispensing opening (front). Unfortunately it didn't; it came out through the side wall of the tube - right where Tim was standing. Now check out the photos... pretty funny.

Sweet vengeance

Last week at nacho night I was shamefully beaten in a basketball game by Shannon. Tonight I got my revenge. The picture isn't great, but it's clear I won the battle. We just might have to go back to Champs one more time before Shannon leaves town to settle the war - best of 3?

There goes my manhood

So for the last week and a half I've been trying to grow a beard. My family is cursed with an incredible inability to grow facial hair. My brother grew a beard once in college. With college coming to an end for me, I feel like now is the time to try. Well I got a lot of comments on it - some good some bad. The best news was the Laura really liked it. I thought I was making good progress, but then I got another interview with PSU Police. So I decided to end the experiment in the name of looking professional for the interview. Here's the final progress before it was shaved.
I'm really not sure why my face looks so swollen, but the beard is pretty pathetic huh? That was 9 days progress. At that rate it would have taken 3 months to have anything that looked remotely good. Way to go, male Tilden genes... Thanks...

how sweet it is...

I got word today from my COMM 403 professor and the Crime, Law, and Justice Department Head that I'm definitely graduating on May 13! My issues with COMM 403 are all worked out, and the CLJ Department has agreed to let me graduate under special circumstances. It's not ideal, but it's still a degree. Today has been a roller-coaster of a day - with ups and downs and twists and turns.
But hey, at least I can have fun at work, huh? Of course the plastic holster mounted in the ambulance is for Qdoba hot sauce...