Thursday, May 12, 2005
Class ring
Jostens order, finally done. Graduation gift courtesy of Dr. ER.
I am shamelessly going to wear this thing, a token of my experience at the University of Central Oklahoma, and retire my 1988 Oklahoma State ring (although it'll come back regularly for games and such).
Curriculum Oval for Him
Metal Choice: 10-kt. Yellow
Ring Size: 14
Metal Finish: Antique
Stone Options: September Fire Blue Spinel (closest to UCO school-color blue)
Ring Side Options 1: History
Ring Side Options 2: 2004
Ring Side Personalization: MA
Inside Engraving: Full Name: Erudite Redneck
:-)
--ER
I am shamelessly going to wear this thing, a token of my experience at the University of Central Oklahoma, and retire my 1988 Oklahoma State ring (although it'll come back regularly for games and such).
Curriculum Oval for Him
Metal Choice: 10-kt. Yellow
Ring Size: 14
Metal Finish: Antique
Stone Options: September Fire Blue Spinel (closest to UCO school-color blue)
Ring Side Options 1: History
Ring Side Options 2: 2004
Ring Side Personalization: MA
Inside Engraving: Full Name: Erudite Redneck
:-)
--ER
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the smartest thing i did in high school was avoid the hype over class rings: i saved my dad about $200, and have never regretted not having one of those godawful things. if i had one, it would be collecting dust right now, or i would have sold it for its value as scrap metal back in the 80s.
take my advice: tell dr. er to spend her money on a celebratory dinner at the best place in town, or a weekend at your favorite hideaway, or somethin'. the memories will be much better than any benefit you might derive from a piece of artificially sentimental jewelry that you'll feel geeky wearing before it arrives in the mail.
take my advice: tell dr. er to spend her money on a celebratory dinner at the best place in town, or a weekend at your favorite hideaway, or somethin'. the memories will be much better than any benefit you might derive from a piece of artificially sentimental jewelry that you'll feel geeky wearing before it arrives in the mail.
You don't think "Erudite Redneck" will make them laugh down at the ring factory? ;)
I have my own high school ring story, but I'll spare you. Suffice it to say a boyfriend lost it.
However, don't let Gem talk you out of it if you want it. Heck, the ball players wear their Super Bowl rings. Not to mention, a history geek could probably use a little "bling." :)
I have my own high school ring story, but I'll spare you. Suffice it to say a boyfriend lost it.
However, don't let Gem talk you out of it if you want it. Heck, the ball players wear their Super Bowl rings. Not to mention, a history geek could probably use a little "bling." :)
# posted by 
: 11:14 PM
: 11:14 PM
Ohhh-kay, in order.
I graduated last December. 2004. That's why the ring is "finally" ordered. :-)
Gem (prounced "JIM" around these parts), there is nothin' artificial about the sentimentality I attach to all the tokens of my academic advancement. I proudly wore my 1982 high school ring until 1988, when I got out of Oklahoma State; and I have worn my OSU ring every day since. Every day. First in my immediate family to graduate from a four-year college, and now first to complete a master's. Nothing -- nothing -- is artificial about any of it. Why do you think so little of such tokens? I mean, they are just that -- tokens -- but sone tokens are important. Oh, and I'm 41 years old. No hype can get me to do something I don't want to do, or vice versa.
Frenzied, I'm sorry some boy lost yer ring. I was never more nervous than when, right out of high school, when I was dating a senior girl, she asked to wear my ring. Hoo boy. No amount of yarn and fingernail polish could put enough filler on the thing to make me comfortable seeing it on her finger -- and to see it around her neck on a chain made me crazy. Luckily, when we broke up -- with a mutual ring-throwin' fit in a public place -- all tossed jewelry was located!
T, I don't do necklaces, as they usually get caught in my beard. But I have been known to wear one of those tight choker things when on vacation in Indian Country or somewhere else in the Southwest or the Plains, when I'm groovin' to Lakota flute music on the CD and generally communin' with the Great Spirit. And I have owned a gold nugget ring or two in my day -- including one shaped like Oklahoma, with a lil diamond where Oklahoma City is. :-) Bling!
I graduated last December. 2004. That's why the ring is "finally" ordered. :-)
Gem (prounced "JIM" around these parts), there is nothin' artificial about the sentimentality I attach to all the tokens of my academic advancement. I proudly wore my 1982 high school ring until 1988, when I got out of Oklahoma State; and I have worn my OSU ring every day since. Every day. First in my immediate family to graduate from a four-year college, and now first to complete a master's. Nothing -- nothing -- is artificial about any of it. Why do you think so little of such tokens? I mean, they are just that -- tokens -- but sone tokens are important. Oh, and I'm 41 years old. No hype can get me to do something I don't want to do, or vice versa.
Frenzied, I'm sorry some boy lost yer ring. I was never more nervous than when, right out of high school, when I was dating a senior girl, she asked to wear my ring. Hoo boy. No amount of yarn and fingernail polish could put enough filler on the thing to make me comfortable seeing it on her finger -- and to see it around her neck on a chain made me crazy. Luckily, when we broke up -- with a mutual ring-throwin' fit in a public place -- all tossed jewelry was located!
T, I don't do necklaces, as they usually get caught in my beard. But I have been known to wear one of those tight choker things when on vacation in Indian Country or somewhere else in the Southwest or the Plains, when I'm groovin' to Lakota flute music on the CD and generally communin' with the Great Spirit. And I have owned a gold nugget ring or two in my day -- including one shaped like Oklahoma, with a lil diamond where Oklahoma City is. :-) Bling!
Dang, time DOES fly. I did forget you were a December graduate. This is what happens when one is finally able to stop living life in semester increments.
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