Back to blogging

Since I haven't been on this in such a long time I figured I'd delete old, inconsequential items and try to stick to what I've been doing recently. Today I am worrying that the 84 318i whose shift lever doesn't connect securely to the lower shift rod might get stuck in gear again and I'll have to drive to CT to help fix it again.

I want to go to school to be a certified mechanic, among other things, but the best school nearby is in Queens and that's a haul without a full time day job. This economic crisis thing really blows. Why did no one tell me that u less I got a second degree, political science might as well be called "broke for a living,'" because I could've used that little pep talk.

Now whenever I'm teaching I make sure to tell these high school kids to keep in mind that getting a job is one reason to go to college, beyond the "parents made me" and "I thought everyone does" write-offs. I told my mom (currently driving to her new house 9 states away) that I do this spiel and she thought I'd been kidnapped and replaced by a more sensible clone. Why do parents assume you maintain the mentality of a 16 year old well into your twenties? Does that ever actually end?

Since I still can't decide what precisely I want to do with my life, and my ambition to be a political player seems stifled by my current lack of wealthy relatives or some miraculous financial genius, I return to the blog to release some frustration.