Graduation
It has been two days since I had my graduation, and I think today I have fully recovered from the experience. My graduate graduation was a lot better than my undergrad because I knew all of the the people I was graduating with. During my undergrad commencement I was stuck in the middle of two friends who proceeded to have a conversation around me, making me feel invisible. At my grad graduation, I got to catch up with people that I haven't seen in a while. Some graduated last summer but didn't get a chance to walk the stage so they came back for the opportunity. Eventhough I was receiving my master's degree, I was unable (or anyone else) to put on my master's hood. "How many graduate students does it take to put on a master's hood?" was a joke that we referenced throughout the day -- by the way it takes 4 graduate students. After that ordeal was taking care of it was smooth sailing. The ceremony was very nice and brief.
Later that day went to the Seneca Niagara Casino with a good friend who came to visit me and to attend my graduation. I have never been to a casino, nor ever wanted to, but I after hearing about the buffet I decided to check it out. We entered the casino after having our ID check by security (which was flattering) and I was greeted by a plume of smoke from various tabacco products. We walked around the place to get a look at all of the games they had to offer, then headed to the buffet to get some food because we were famished. There was an extremely long line, but we had to get a reservation just to have the privilege to wait in that line. There was an hour to killed before we stuffed ourselve into semi-consciousness so we decided to gamble. I gave myself a limit of $20 to spend and planned to use it on the quarter and nickel slot machines. Since I don't know how to play Poker and have a limited knowledge of Blackjack, I thought the slots were a safe bet. After splitting off from my friend I found a quarter slot machine and I decided it to give it a whirl. I started off with $1, and in 3 tries I was up to $40. I kept playing until I lost $10 of my winnings then I decided to quit while I was ahead. But the slots kept calling me ... so I ended up losing another $10. Disappointed, I went to find my friend and head to dinner before I lost all of my newly acquired money. We waited in the buffet line for about 20 minutes before we got the entrance to pay for our meal. Paying for the meal became a game in itself. My friend never allows me to pay for anything so before we got the the register I whipped out my credit card and foisted it upon the cashier. He already had his card in his hand so luckily the chose me. We ate, talked, stared at one another to see if we could make the other uncomfortable, and had a good time.
So that was my graduation weekend.
Later that day went to the Seneca Niagara Casino with a good friend who came to visit me and to attend my graduation. I have never been to a casino, nor ever wanted to, but I after hearing about the buffet I decided to check it out. We entered the casino after having our ID check by security (which was flattering) and I was greeted by a plume of smoke from various tabacco products. We walked around the place to get a look at all of the games they had to offer, then headed to the buffet to get some food because we were famished. There was an extremely long line, but we had to get a reservation just to have the privilege to wait in that line. There was an hour to killed before we stuffed ourselve into semi-consciousness so we decided to gamble. I gave myself a limit of $20 to spend and planned to use it on the quarter and nickel slot machines. Since I don't know how to play Poker and have a limited knowledge of Blackjack, I thought the slots were a safe bet. After splitting off from my friend I found a quarter slot machine and I decided it to give it a whirl. I started off with $1, and in 3 tries I was up to $40. I kept playing until I lost $10 of my winnings then I decided to quit while I was ahead. But the slots kept calling me ... so I ended up losing another $10. Disappointed, I went to find my friend and head to dinner before I lost all of my newly acquired money. We waited in the buffet line for about 20 minutes before we got the entrance to pay for our meal. Paying for the meal became a game in itself. My friend never allows me to pay for anything so before we got the the register I whipped out my credit card and foisted it upon the cashier. He already had his card in his hand so luckily the chose me. We ate, talked, stared at one another to see if we could make the other uncomfortable, and had a good time.
So that was my graduation weekend.
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