mrs-roboto's Diaryland Diary ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reinventing the Wheel Reinventing the wheel. It seems that's what I am doing day in and day out. This weekend Pete and I decided to install new bamboo floors throughout the house. Yes, I know we just spent the last year ripping up carpets and stripping and refinishing the old fir slabs but who needs completion in their life right? Best to have ongoing projects and construction chaos that prevents us from having dinner parties and guests well into the next century. Besides, I love falling through gaping holes into the crawl space under the money pit on my way to the bathroom in the middle of the night. It's fucking awesome. And speaking of things that make you want to bang your head against the wall, try explaining bamboo flooring to the father-in-law. He just couldn't understand how it was possible to have a flat surface what with all the rounded reeds. The conversation went something like this: FIL: "Bamboo?!!! What are you, primitives? Next thing you know you'll be telling me that you want to live in a thatched hut and hunt for your food. You're going to trip on that stuff, you know. Don't say I didn't warn you." Pete: "Actually bamboo flooring is just like any other type of flat wood flooring like Maple or Oak planks only bamboo." FIL: " Whatever, if you want to live like some kind of a jungle monkey, that's your business." Pete: "Okay. Ook okk!." Then he bangs his chest. The other topic of conversation lately has been grad school. To go or not go, that is the question. And here once again, I feel as if I am running in place. For every reason I believe I should go, I can name a secondary reason I shouldn't go. I could list all the logical things on my pro and con list like the financial investment as it compares with future financial gain or ambition and continued professional experience versus formal education, but I think I'll give you the frivolous stuff instead. Pros: Cons: So there's a short list of why 2005 may or may not be the year for me to go back to school. To be honest, the program I am looking at is geared towards professionals and is highly competitive and there's a good chance I wouldn't even make it in but it's out there and I'm thinking about it. I'll keep you posted. 8:28 p.m. - 2004-10-12 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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