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I'm a 25 y/o frophmore. Yep, you heard it. A frophmore. I'll graduate in another two and a half years but I'm still in my first year of school. Why am I 25 and still only in my first year of school? Because at 18, I had no idea what I wanted to do. I went to school for a little while, but that wasn't the thing for me. I wasn't ready for the responsibility of trying to decide what I wanted to do for my life. So I dropped out of school, worked some crappy jobs, lived a pretty pointless, directionless life. But I did sample a lot of different kinds of alcohol. So all was not lost. After awhile, I got stir crazy, so I hopped in my dad's 18 wheeler with him and drove around the country for a couple months. I saw mountains, high plains, big cities, and a lot of truck stop waitresses with missing teeth. I started to get fidgety again and I really wanted to go back to school, but two things stood in my way: finances and direction. I didn't want to spend a ton of money on school only to graduate without the slightest idea of what I wanted to do with my life. So I thought I'd kill two birds with one stone: join the military and get money for school while discovering more about myself. So I joined the Marine Corps. They gave me fifty grand for school and the opportunity to get shot at. How could I turn it down? I worked as a network security administrator for most of my enlistment. That's right: I have computer hacking skills. I was in Fallujah, Iraq from February to September of 2004. I developed an ability to dodge mortar fire, play Worms World Party, and make up peanut-butter/pasta combinations simulatenously. I got out of the Marine Corps this past July and I now attend the University of Colorado at Boulder. I'm a political science major right now. My preference would be to triple-major in poli sci, int'l affairs, and french, but I want to graduate before the 39th century. I took the LSAT this past December and scored a 170. My dream schools are, in descending order: 1. Yale, 2. NYU, 3. Columbia, 4. Penn, 5. Virginia, and 6. Georgetown. But I'll probably end up going to some unaccredited school in Osh-Kosh because I'll like their cafeteria better or something. I'm a member of Model United Nations and Mensa. I am compulsive and fickle about stupid things. And I can hold out for the best.

I just realized I put a period after "Ribbit's blog". I'm so OCD.

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So I'm really sick of receiving mail from schools giving me an application fee waiver. For one, I'm not going to be applying until the mid-27th century. For two, it's almost FEBRUARY. I mean, seriously. If I haven't applied yet, you think I'm going to now? And the weird thing is that it's not really schools that I would expect that from...eg, Tier 3's and what not. I got one today from Virginia. And UCLA has sent me two. And then all the other blizzitybloobah ones that I don't get. I keep hoping to read one that says, "We know you're only a sophomore...but screw it, apply anyway and we'll let you in."

So I'm going to sulk. And play my new NES emulator. Tecmo Super Bowl, holla.

Damien Rice is the greatest thing that's ever happened to me.

The end.

So I'm at a crossroads. Again. Same crossroads I was at last month. And the one before that.

Do I stick to Political Science as my only major and graduate a year early, or do I add International Affairs and a couple of languages and graduate on time? It really has nothing to do with how I want my law school application to look. I want it for the knowledge. The challenge. I want to be educated...a rennaisance man. And that might sound retarded, but it's true. I really, really want to get to law school as soon as I can. I'm already ancient in age. But I really, really want to take advantage of being an undergrad and take in as much knowledge as I can. It sucks. I have to make a decision this year too in order to plan correctly. I hate making these kinds of decisions.