Oh fuck man, I'm so bored at work. Would somebody please get me out of here? Somebody... Please...

I need to rid myself of this and never return.

Will going back to school rid myself of these blahs? Probably not, but at least they'll be different sounding blahs.
posted by Pi at 2:53 PM |

 
Aaron once said to me that I was cheating by going to grad school. "Cheating what?" I asked him. He said that I was cheating real life by going back to grad school after working full-time for a year. I told him that was the whole point of going back to school. I've sample real life and decided that it's not for me at this time. Maybe in two years when I'm done my Master's I'll be ready. If I'm not, there's always the option of getting a Ph.D.
posted by Pi at 12:47 AM |

 
So Bruce suggested that with the money I'll be getting, I no longer need to work and so I can take the whole summer off. That would be nice, but I think I would find myself bored out of my mind. I think just a weekend away will be sufficient. Possibilities include Las Vegas, Vancouver, Halifax, New York, Boston, San Francisco, or destination unknown. Honestly, I should just book a few days off and see if I can find a cheap flight to somewhere. That would be fun, not knowning what my destination is while I'm on my way there. That is in total contrast to how I live my life where I like to know exactly what I'm going to have for lunch tomorrow and at exactly what time.
posted by Pi at 1:57 AM |

 
After the excitement of yesterday's news, I calmed down a bit and thought about it a little more. Twenty-thousand isn't all that much. It works out to a little less than $10/hour. I was making that much money in my first work term back in 1997. Now that I have way more experience, and a B.A.Sc. to supplement it, I should be making way more than that. In fact, I currently am making way more than that. I'm leaving a well-paying job to go back to the grind where I will be making less money. It doesn't make a whole sense, yet somehow it is good news. I will be taking the offer, but now I really have to think about why I'm doing it. It's definitely not about the money, I guess it's about the pursuit of knowledge, or something like that. Or maybe it *is* about the money because I will be making more money when I graduate. Whatever the case may be, I hope to have an answer in two years when I'm done.
posted by Pi at 1:36 AM |

 
I got an email this morning and I almost fell out of my chair when I read it. The first line was as follows:

"On behalf of the Biomedical Group, I am happy to recommend to the Department that you be accepted for our M.A.Sc. Biomedical Collaborative program."

This was very happy news because for the past few days, I was wondering if news would ever come. I was getting tired of coming home with an empty mailbox. I was going to email a prof tonight, but I guess I won't have to. The big news wasn't the fact that I got accepted to the program, since I was pretty sure I had the marks, but the real heartstopper was this:

"We are pleased to offer you a Fellowship/Scholarship for the period of Sept. 1, 2002 until August 31, 2003. The total value of this award is $10,000. In addition to this fellowship, professors in the Biomedical Group are willing to supplement this amount with a research assistantship valued at least $10,000 for you to work under their supervision."

That was when I almost fell out of my chair. I was going to be given $20,000 to go to school next year. I was expecting $5000 at most. I'll see you at UofT next September!
posted by Pi at 10:11 PM |