Graduation.

I graduated! AT LAST!

It was so good to have Jack there. I didn’t hang around to party or anything, but I feel as if those days are behind me now. Life begins.

Congratulations to everyone else that graduated in the class of 2009. Apart from the usual bitches who wish me no happiness, I’m sure. Y’all can suck on my First Class Honours degree and fuckin’ like it.

Tomorrow will be a busy day. I’m going to make sure I get as much of the following done as is humanly (Sineadly? GODLY?) possible:

• WAKE UP
• GET UP
• FUSS OVER RABBITS
• EAT TOAST DRINK GRAPE JUICE REPEAT
• Tidy up desk, hang degree certificate somewhere
• Edit AT LEAST one of the short stories for the collection
• Check out the job site Lucy recommended
• Complete editorial exercise for job in London
• Print off forms for Master’s degree funding
• Enjoy/lament Rafa’s 4th round match [delete where applicable]
• EAT BIG SUNDAY DINNER YES
• Write up latest edited chapter of C.O.N.
• Finish reading Titus Groan

…that’s a lot. I won’t get it all done, but I’ll give it a go.

** I have removed two paragraphs of text for privacy reasons **

Take a look at this:

The top piece is part of a photocopy of a Christian hymn. I don’t know what the urdu(? that’s a complete guess) translates to, but something tells me it might say the same as the second piece underneath does. I’ll try to remember to scan in the reverse of these snippets next time.

“Great is the mystery of faith”

I think that’s beautiful, frustrating, haunting and true, all at once. Belief is different from faith. I believe in god with a small ‘g’, and there is no need for faith in anything else. I don’t understand atheists. They are just following anti-Gods. These forgotten pieces of paper didn’t make me think too long or hard, but it did make me realise; faith, whether it be in a God or a god or a non-god or a nothing, is a mystery, indeed. There is always something that we will fail to understand about the people around us, which is wonderful.

Just a thought. On with the week. We’re nearly there.