Attending my very last class tomorrow, taking my very last final in eight days, and graduating in ten....it's a bittersweet feeling.

Some words of motivation from my favorite author, Kurt Vonnegut:

"And I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, 'If this isn't nice, I don't know what is."
— Kurt Vonnegut (A Man Without a Country)

"Many people need desperately to receive this message: 'I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone."
— Kurt Vonnegut (Timequake)

Lastly, a quote from the graduation speech Kurt Vonnegut gave at Clowes Hall, Indianapolis, April 27, 2007:

"Times change! I asked Mark a while back what life was all about, since I didnt have a clue. He said, "Dad, we are here to help each other get through this thing, whatever it is." Whatever it is.

Not bad. That one could be a keeper. And How should we behave during this apocalypse? We should be unususually kind to one another, certainly. But we should also stop being so serious. Jokes help a lot. And get a dog, if you don't already have one.

I myself just got a dog, and it's a new crossbreed. It's half French poodle and half Chinese Shih Tzu. It's a shit-poo. And I thank you for your attention, and I'm out of here."