the garrison show

the future is cloudy.

at the beginning of the year i applied to a few law schools, all in california. i’ve been waitlisted at UC-Hastings, but accepted to U San Deigo and Loyola in Los Angeles (and still waiting to hear from USC and Santa Clara). between the beginning of the year and now, though, my conviction that law school is what i want has slipped. especially considering the average annual tuition is around $35K and with other costs balloons up to almost $60K a year. to go to school. i actually pretty strongly believe i would enjoy the law school experience but at what cost…

i’ve also been meaning to apply here for a month or so (as staff, not as a student). i’m not afraid of being the IT guy as long as i’m on a cruise ship. the september itinerary leaves from amsterdam and ends up in hong kong. sign me up. i would love to do this for a year or two, but i’m not sure it’s something i could turn into a career.

i also think about going back to teaching, though i don’t think i’d want to be in a math classroom. i’ve thought about completing a bachelor’s in english (and considered getting a master’s) to be able to teach that, but i worry about being motivated enough to complete the courses. i also, of course, still don’t want to pay for it.

so, here i am at 30 with 2 mini-careers behind me and no idea where to go next. the real problem, i think, is that the things that i’m good at are all things i’m not super-interested in and all of fantasies require skills i don’t have. if i really could have my dream job, i think i’d play piano and sing in a bar. and travel. with a laptop and a camera. and see what happens.

we’ll see what happens.