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Graduation Day
Posted On Wednesday April 4, 2007 By Matt
This was the kind of day my mom would have called a good omen. A day filled with events that signaled a bright future. I had just graduated from NYU’s Interactive Telecommunication Program after 2 years of study. My friend’s Greg and Paula, pictured here on the ends, had come from out of town for a visit. We decided to see Bowling for Columbine. It was my second time seeing it. The theatre was mostly empty but when the film finished and the lights came on, sitting in the back, was Michael Moore himself. Apparently he had decided to see the film in the theatre on what was to be the final show before it’s run ended at The Sunshine. He stayed and chatted with the people who remained.
I had just finished grad school, I was with friends, I was just starting a new relationship, I had just met an award winning film-maker. Life seemed like it couldn’t get any better. And for a few months things were great. I didn’t really have any work so I just enjoyed life to the fullest. I spent time relaxing in Union Square, seeing trashy Hollywood movies, going to gallaries, museums, and concerts, and just tried to figure out what to do with myself next. That short sweet time will always mark the end of my adolescence.
Every day now is a reminder of how brief and hard life really is. I know I still have it better than most. I’m not starving or unloved. My partner is the only thing that keeps me going most days. It’s just that my life came totally undone in the years following my graduation. Several members of my small family have died or fallen ill. And some relationships have changed forever.
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