The last month has had it's fair amount of rollercoaster up-downs in it, which anyone could expect; however, I've recently come to terms with the fact that my 5 1/2 years experience in the customer service industry isn't exactly superb on a resume. No, Denny's isn't an awful restaurant. Safeway isn't terrible with their groceries either, but really? Who cares that I passed groceries through a scanner for a year and a half? Nobody. Not in this economy, at least, which brings me to the overbearing fact that it's about time I do the right thing. I didn't think this was even an option for a long time due to the simple fact that I'm not the type to take out school loans, whether I can deter them or not, for a peice of paper that may or may NOT get me where I need to be at the end of the day. This, what I'm doing - the why I'm going about it, is quite different.
With the Pell grant, alongside the very nice BOGw (Board of Governor's waiver, something used in CA to relinquish class costs for students at junior colleges), it looks like your boy Flipper's gonna get a completely free ride, walk away with an AA in Journalism / Mass Media, and maybe even have the ability to get scholarships enough to push for a transef and turn the Associate's degree into a Bachelor's alongside it.
Sometimes I can pretty much tell when people either take me seriously or take me like a joke. A lot of people choose the latter, and through no fault of their own since I'm the total jokester all day 24/7/365... but when said joke-a-holic goes to college? "Oh, don't overburden yourself all at once." Umm, I'm sorry, but in my book - you either go or you don't. Yes, there are certain circumstances that cause people to go short-term or even part-time due to this or that, but that's not my case. I'm borderline homeless, I don't have time to piddle-paddle and stick my feet into the water one toe at a time. It's shit or get off the fucking pot, FFS. I don't mind detractors; furthermore, I LOVE THEM. They push me to do my best because they think they're better than me at their worst.
Short of that, it looks like I'll be a full-time student and of course aspiring like no other to beast on the mic with my stand-up. Journalism should be a condusive middle ground as it'll not only keep me in tune with the mainstream, current events, etc, but it also gives me some exp. in speaking in front of large groups of people staring anxiety right through me. WHOOO!
So, in conclusion, I'll be writing more blogs to keep my mind gunning for the goal. AA in two years in the target; we'll have to wait and see what I acheive.
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Hey--thank you for stopping by my blog and commenting:) I did read your post and this one isn't so bad--not angry at all. And congrats for being able to go to college--it WILL be worth it in the end but if you can do it without the loans--that's awesome! My husband is back in school now as the construction field died--and even at our age --it's worth it.
ReplyDeleteCan you tell I believe in eduation? Good luck as well in getting opportunity to do stand-up. I can't imagine a more difficult field to be in.
I will mention this--it's hard to read blogs on black!! :))