Hip Hop Anonymous?...

Well, for those on the edge of their seats from the last posting and franticly awaiting what I was going to decide to do, I have found a way to still become a high school teacher without spending so much time getting certified. But this made me realize something: I don't know Jack. I don't even know Jill. I imagine this is what a mid-life crisis feels like. It's a scary feeling when after four years of college the realization of an impending future draws closer. Now, this might just be that I am a chronic worrier. It might be that I really don't know Jack shiz about teaching. I don't know, I'm not a doctor. All I know is that it's uncormfortable and I don't want to think about it....at all....ever.
On the other hand, there are two new additions to the Basin that makes living here more enjoyable (now it's less horrifying than stabbing your eye with a fork, but about on par with finding out the chick you've been macking is a relative). The First improvement is the sun--haven't seen it in a while. So now the temperature is almost bearable and the snow is starting to melt, which is awesome because my truck likes huge puddles much more than huge piles of snow.
The second is that I went and bought an xbox 360. While being sinfully expensive (I think I vomited a little in my mouth when I heard the price) in some ways it is more fun than having a girlfriend:
1. It can be turned on and off from across the room without me even having to get up.
2. It never asks me "what I am thinking about". Yes, to any ladies reading this, that's annoying. Stop doing that.
3. It doesn't mind when I hang out with my friends because they can join in too!

I am sure there are other good reasons, but I can't think right now and have a lot of other things to do. If anyone out there can think of other reasons, they can comment on it.

Oh, one more thing. Since living in the Basin for so long, I am becoming more and more like a cowboy. Yeah. Big gulp huh? Well, see you later!

What to do?

I just crunched some numbers and found out that if I want to get my secondary teaching license (35 credits) and a job, I would also need 1. a teaching major: History (6 more credits) 2. a teaching minor English (a whopping 21 more credits) and an optional 3. teaching minor: German (25 credits). This is about another 3 years of college, which would bring my total collegiate experience to 7 (seven) years. I would think that after 7 years of college I should be close to a doctorate degree, or be someone cool like Vanwilder, not a high school teacher.
That would be 7 years of school for the starting pay of about 20,000 a year. Awesome. On the other hand, I didn't do so hot on the GRE so I have to wait at least another year before I can go into grad school. So what am I going to do with that year? I wonder what it would take to be an airline steward. If movies are anything to judge real life by, it seemed super easy for David Spade and Chris Farley in "Tommy Boy". And it would help me with my wander-lust. I guess that only leaves one other choice: winning the lottery.

chillin' like a villain

I guess I will start one of these too. Mostly I am doing this so that I can comment on other peoples' blogs because my life is not nearly as interesting as theirs.