The End of an Era

I've graduated from University just recently with a degree in Computer Science. Strangely, after all that work, a lot of me just wants to stay in school and be a student forever. Learning is a priviledge, and I have certainly enjoyed obtaining my degree.
Times such as this cause one to reflect, to think back on the days that brought me here. University has changed my life. I know things now that I didn't previously even know existed. I've met some wonderful people. I've had good days, I've had bad days. It's been wonderful.
I feel it appropriate at this time to take a moment and think back over some of the most memorable moments of school. There have been lots of them, and it was these moments that have made my university experience as enjoyable as it was.
To those of you who were there with me, I hope that some of the events I am going to mention will bring a smile to your face as they do to mine. I thank all of my university buddies for their company, I had a ball getting to know you.
Here, my friends, in no particular order, is the best of the best of my university memories.

1. Ham singing S-Club7 in the stairwell when we were supposed to be completing our final CPSC 233 assignment.
2. McFly and I having competitions to see who could build the best paper airplanes to fly off the parkade.
3. Decorating the ICT garbage cans on a weekly basis in 3rd year.
4. Teaching my CPSC 203 lab section. What a riot.
5. Sheldon's BSD 'mouthwash'.
6. Deifante kicking a hole in the Math Science door.
7. Blaming Deifante for all school vandalism after he kicked a hole in the door.
8. In 6th year, suddenly having the inability to get up in time for an 11:00 class.
9. Hanging out in the office with Eric and Deifante, talking about 'randoms' and listening to Eric's club stories.
10. Deifante sneezing curried rice on me during an early sushi outing.
11. 4am noodle trips to China-town.
12. Having my soda can explode in a CPSC 233 lecture.
13. Burger cooking with James. Great music, great tea, and some all around hilarious times.
14. Studying my bones off with Tang and Luan to barely pass CPSC 421 under Costi's horrible instruction.
15. GEOG 365 classes, and learning how exceptionally good a professor can be.
16. Computer Ethics class with Al Marshall. I loved listening to Al rant and rave.
17. "Ghetto Chopper" walks with James.
18. Fondue parties at my place. It's great to see everyone in one place.
19. Parking for free in the art parkade for 4 years.
20. CPSC 333 group projects under Rose's command.
21. Having Rose yell at us for playing Starcraft when we were supposed to be writing boring documents.
22. "Fuzzy Mittens"
23. Walpole stories.
24. Monday night movies with all you can eat popcorn. Listening to people complain about Deifante snapping his fingers during the movie.
25. Deifante's sneezing making everyone's heart in a ten mile radius skip a beat.
26. Playing "Point-Blank" with Deifante every night at 11:30 for an entire year. Or so it seemed.
27. "Natural Disasters" class. How not to get yourself ruined by a tidal wave, earthquake, etc.
28. Many nights of late night programming with the fellas. Seeing people passed out on keyboards. Sleeping in the lab.
29. Deifante's reggae music filling Math Science late at night, and in the background, hearing him singing along.
30. Workouts with Chi, and hating him for the next two days.
31. Staying up for 72 hours to finish our 333 assignment with Adam.
32. Schlenkler's hilarious stories in ECON 201 and 203.
33. "Big Fun Fridays"
34. Being so poor for a while that I had to find change on the ground to afford my weekly "entertainment", an Oreo ice-cream sandwhich.
35. Gradually losing the ability to sleep at night from too many late nights spent on assignments.

I'm sure I've missed some things, but I'll add them as I think of them. The bottom line is that university was the funnest thing I have ever done. A big shout out to all the people who were there with me, it was a pleasure to work with you all.