Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road- Elton John
I like that song.

I've been looking at possible paths after college.
There is basically the graduate school track, and the go to work track.
Within grad school, I could either get a Masters or a PhD.

Masters:
+ finish in 1-2 years
- have to pay for it, very expensive
looking at ~30-60,000 tuition + cost of living

PhD:
+ earn a little bit of money
- it's 4-5 years of research, bleh
- don't want to be in school that long
- i'm tired of school

Then the other thing to think about with any kind of graduate program is, you're paying a lot of money and taking out more loan, in order to get a degree to do something you don't even know if you want to do. In addition, I'd be limited to living in certain regions, i.e. cities, for work. So if I wanted to live in the middle of tooki tooki land I wouldn't be able to because there is no way I could find a job. And if I wanted to become a self sustaining human being and live off the fat of the land then I'd have to wait quite a while to pay back loans and have enough money to build an economically friendly geodome on a piece of land I'd have to buy.

Then there is the go to work track:
+ start working, get an idea of the workplace
+ start earning some money
- might not start with a very good salary
- might take a while to find a job that doesn't involve coding

Sooo everything has it's benefits and disadvantages.
Especially since I'm still trying to figure out my purpose.
I guess it's nice to have all of this free time to sit around and listen to music, and sleep in.
I really can't imagine having to get up every day to go to work.
It just seems like...'why?'
I guess financial obligations and responsibilities are why people do it. I'm not ready for capitalistic enslavement.

Tulips

Australia

Yep, it's Eric Clapton holding a Koala.


I really want to move to Australia one day. They Australian lifestyle is supposedly relaxed and easy going. If I don't change my values then all of the stress associated with my expectations might easily take 10 years off my life.
I might apply for a work visa. They need people in their technology sector.
Then I can play with koalas after work.

Also, I have a great solution for Australia being so far away. We gather a billion people, and follow the sand into the water with special scuba suits. Then everyone just pushes down and forward against the sand, and move the whole island of Australia into the Atlantic ocean closer to New York. AND! We build a giant mirror to reflect the sun where Australia used to be, and put a mirror on a satellite in the sky, and just forward the sun's rays to Australia's new location so it's still sunny and nice there, and we minimize disruption to the ecosystem.

That way, Australia is much closer to New York and you can take a really quick plane ride or a ferry.

Hardware

My first test of the week, Hardware, I think went pretty well.

Creo

So this weekend, I have had a million things to do. Two tests to study for, one paper to write, some beef stew to cook, and some planting to do. Very exciting!
But perhaps the most exciting news of all is that Noah and I have found the perfect wedding ring. It's an engagement/wedding ring (it will be for both). We have checked out every single diamond selling store in all of the Capital Region. This one is perfect. Absolutely perfect.

I've been slow cooking this beef stew in the crockpot most of the day, and planted some of my herb plants (mint, basil, parsley, dill and cucumbers). Noah also planted a nice row of lettuce. I'm excited for it all to sprout.

We're going to go out for some dessert right now, but I'm going to study some more when we get back.

Weekend