I've got "Tell Her About It" on as I start this entry. I like this Billy Joel song. Guys need to learn from it.

Today was my second day of recognition for the weekend. The Phi Kappa Phi event was this afternoon. My dad was to come, but he was having a tough day. I don't think he could have made it through the event. I told him I'd go it alone if we went to celebrate after I got home. I'm not angry that he didn't come. He's got his own issues, like I do, when it comes to my mother's death. I cut him slack.

So, for the ΦKΦ event, this was the first event on campus for the new chapter. First, the charter members were honored. They are faculty members who I guess are already members. Included in this bunch are my Database professor, my Calc professor, and my Civ. I professor. Then, we did the ΦKΦ Affirmation of Membership, and then all the new members were introduced to the crowd. Faculty members were inducted along with seniors and juniors. The breakdown of new members was: 1 honorary member, 8 alumni members, 30 faculty members, 49 seniors, and 28 juniors. That's give or a take a member here or there. Apparently, it is a BIG DEAL to be a member of ΦKΦ. Only 2 people from the It department made it into ΦKΦ; I was the only junior. At least I know a few of the people that were inducted. I got a few congrats from some of my old professors. I told my Calc professor that I'd see him in the fall, since I have to take it, again.

I got a pin and a certificate as part of the induction. I need to get a frame for the certificate. I'll have to hang it, one day, with the plaque from the other night, and my two certificates I have from the IT program already. I have worked hard for my recognitions. And yet, I still feel like I don't deserve them. To be honest, I feel like I'm stupid when it comes to life. I was told the other night, I'm not. Seems a lot of people see promise in me. Now, for me to see it in myself.

Oh no, I'm starting to cry. Don't worry; they aren't all bad tears. I just have plenty of my thoughts going in my head at the moment.

Let me just end this entry with something I encountered before the ΦKΦ event. There are many dumb idiots in this town. I nearly got hit by someone that couldn't decided it he or she wanted in the middle lane or right lane on Abercorn. When I finally gave up on them getting into the right lane, they almost hit me! And at Target, they have parking for compact cars. SUVs took up half those spots. A good chunk of this town lacks reading comprehension skills. Maybe it was a good thing that I went to the ΦKΦ event. I was around some of the brightest minds in the town.

[♪ Listening to: "You'll Think of Me" - Keith Urban]

Posted by Shawn at April 9, 2006 8:37 PM in Savannah, Schooling.