this is a bunch of emailz from friends yesterday with advice for me. im gonna come home for like a 2 days this weekend to get my head together. this school thing is a hard decision. but some homer love, family and friends, as long as i do right by them. and am still happy everything will be cool. right?


"sorry to hear the bad news, bro. what were u studying?

anywho, i say follow your gut. take it from someone who did hehe...

im sure anything you choose will be the way to go.

take care man!"

"I vote don't bother. Dropping out of school was one of the best decisions I ever made. "

"COME BACK TO CHAMPAIGN!!!"

"Hrrrmm...

Education is important. How close are you to being done? You might be in the situation I'm in, where I'm close to being miserable but I'm so close to being done, it would be stupid to quit. Five years down the drain. You, at least, have marketable skills without a degree.

Just some things to think about... Keep me posted. Miss you."

"tots know what you're going through. as a writer, i never thought school would teach me much or that a degree would amount to much. what do people with writing degrees do? work in the f&b industry. why would i spend $ to do that? now as an old lady i think differently. a degree is an insurance policy for the hirer. it's a free pass through much bureaucratic tape. school is insurance for the hiree. an chance to be the best at whatever one desires. and the best place to network and build a career. people(artists especially, which in my book refers to both chefs and writers) tend to view college ideally rather than realistically. it's not a place to go to embrace your life's passion. it's an investment. both financially and physically.
financially, in short, to earn higher wages. physically, in the sense, the more you put into it the more you get out of it. from my own personal experience, as 28 year old college sophomore, i finally decided to get an education after falling in love with hunter s thompson, and realizing a degree in journalism would be a writing degree i could get a job with. now i would much rather study poetry, but poets rarely have health insurance. but with journalism i could both be content with my job and my wallet. ya dig? like i said schools an investment, so you gotta weigh your output costs against your incoming benefits."

"school is for f@$z

real life experience is what "heroes" are made of"


god sigur ros is perfect for this day.