I walked across the stage of the Minneapolis Concert Hall to be "hooded," a week ago Saturday, August 11, 2007. I am now officially, "Dr. Fon!"
Since the lighting was low and my camera doesn't have a great zoom feature, this one came out grainy. So, I "Photoshopped" it to try and make the grain look intentional.
I came back from Minneapolis sick as a dog. It's probably whopping cough (against which I appear to have been ineffectively vaccinated when I had it two years ago), but still waiting after five days to get the throat culture results back. If it is, I'll have to contact half the world since it's on the CDC's list. Interesing way to start out a new status.
The silver lining to the "sicko" cloud is insufficient energy to do much besides play w/ graphics--namely Photoshop and Corel Painter, both of which I bought (actually, the entire Adobe Creative Suite) while I still qualified for a student discount. One can work magic with the programs! Here I whacked a good 25 pounds and 10 years off!
This is a photo of my mentor with the same poor lighting and grain conditions. If it doesn't look like a Rembrandt, I'll eat my tassle!
He served as the "Grand Master" of the ceremony--the first time he'd done so which was very cool for me since one of my other two committee members announced the names of the graduates as we took our place on stage to await hooding. I'll have to share some shots of the hoods because at the doctoral level they are very cool! How odd that this is one ceremony that doesn't seem to have changed much over the last 400 - 500 years. Gotta love continuity!
And just in case you're not yet satiated with Fon's graduation photos, here's another of me and my mentor, post-hooding. He looks great but I look like I was getting ready to fall asleep! (Photoshop to the rescue again, but I'm not proficient enough to fix those half-closed eyes.)
Will have more later when I'm feeling less like Typhoid Mary!
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