Seriously. It really is an $80,000 question. It’s a large circle I’ve taken over these past three months. It’s been rather enjoyable (or something) to watch myself crumble with indecision every few days as I wonder what it is I’m supposed to do from now until the next thing. I wish I could do all of it—that would be interesting, that would be a challenge (not like other things wouldn’t be). But it seems I like too many things in a world that would rather I sit down, and for the next 45 years do one thing, the same thing, again and again. Sitting here, right now, today, that doesn’t sound like anything I’d like to commit myself to. Then again, I could very easily change my mind about that tomorrow. Probably not, but then again in June I was quite certain I wanted to be a professor of writing and look how that’s turned out (so far).
When I think about it more technically, it comes down to something like this: a RED ONE HD camcorder all-together costs about $25,000 to own. Forever. (Let’s ignore the not knowing how to use it/paying for it in the first place problem for now.) Two years of education in how to write films costs $80,000. For an education that will last me forever. But can they teach me to be funny? To be dramatic? Can they? I don’t know. From what I’ve read, it sounds like the answer is no. And since I don’t have $80,000 just lying around anyway, it seems to me like the better option right now would be to take a more non-poverty-inducing approach on this one. But that’s my thoughts for this evening. Check back next week when I want to major in biology and go to medical school.
Oh, by the way. I e-mailed the Japanese Consulate in Chicago. That just looks cool in print, doesn’t it? I’ve inquired about an exact interview date for the JET program and await their response. Who knows? Perhaps the interview will be on some other day that doesn’t work.
