In which Sky is a freaking adult and makes decisions about life.

[cerulean_sky]

• After talking to some people, looking at some schools and thinking about it, I've officially decided to withdraw from St. John's at the end of this semester. I've decided that it's not worth making myself suffer through half the program and making myself miserable just for the half that I like. So, I've filled out my withdrawal form, and I have to make a trek through all the administrative offices to get them to say that I don't have any outstanding balances or what have you, and then... I will officially not go to this school anymore.

• Since the part of the program that I like can pretty much be done in a Classics program, that's what I'm looking at. I'm looking at a bunch of schools in California (land of fair weather and mostly no snow) that are cheaper than St. John's and Lang. And have good Classics programs, of course. I might look into getting some sort of Creative Writing minor, but I'm not sure I want to focus on my writing in a college. I prefer to do that in specialized workshops around the country (which I swear, one day I will actually apply to them).

• Since it's too late to apply for the coming Fall semester anywhere, I'll be taking the next 6 months off at minimum. It's possible I could find a place to start for the 2012 Spring semester, but it's entirely possible that I will wait until the 2012 Fall semester to actually start somewhere, which would give me the most amount of time to work and make/save money. Since I have cats, I'd like to be able to live off of whatever campus I end up at, and saving money through a year would allow me to have a cushion of savings for rent somewhere.

• Still looking for a car. School officially ends on May 19, and I would really love to have a car by then. Or soon after then. (Found a couple good ones on Craigslist, and I am going to ovary up and call them tonight.)

• I am planning on selling most of my Japanese manga on eBay this summer. Because I have a bunch of it that has been sitting in boxes for years that I am never going to get back into or ever going to be able to read and I can make some extra $$$ off of it. If anyone has any experience with selling on eBay, please let me know. I am kind of clueless. I have an account, have registered as a seller and have hooked my Pay Pal up to it, but between now and when I sort through all my manga in a couple weeks and start taking pictures, I kind of need to know what I'm supposed to do? Idk. (Possibly I will sell some of my books to a used bookstore, too. Because why not. I have too many of them that I've never read and am probably never going to.)

• Have to decide which of my next... four tattoos I want to get once school ends. Fleur-de-lys tramp stamp, celtic pentacle on my hip, "Steal Your Heart" on my... ankle?, or "Keep Calm and Carry On" on my... wrist? If I felt like sticking a poll in here, I would. Maybe another time. Just tell me in comments if you have an opinion. :)

Whoops, class time.

Comments

[masteroftrouble.livejournal.com]

No clue how to sell on ebay (fail), but let us know when you do -- I might snag some. :D

And I still have spoons for you.

[cerulean-sky.livejournal.com]

Might do all the selling on LJ. But I will let you know when and how and where. :)

[dragon-gypsy.livejournal.com]

California with out-of-state tuition is cheaper than your schools? That's saying something, because I thought we were pretty expensive. But best of luck deciding on a school :) Once you narrow them down, let me know and I can give you some more ~insights~ on a few of them haha

Depending on where you go I might beg to live with you to get out of here :| hurhur

[dragon-gypsy.livejournal.com]

Also, totally forgot to mention, I'll ask my dad tonight about selling on Ebay. I've got two or three boxes of manga (and maybe some doujin) that I want to sell as well. I was going to set up a selling post on my LJ and post them on ebay as well. So it'll help me as much as it'll help you haha

[cerulean-sky.livejournal.com]

Oh yay! That will help.

(Though, I am thinking that I can set up a selling thing here, and just use Pay Pal and then not have to pay fees on eBay? Idk. But now I have to think about it.)

[dragon-gypsy.livejournal.com]

(Yeah, because on LJ we can also go to fandom communities and pimp out the selling post and give easier discounts. I would say ebay only as a 'last resort' or somesuch).

[cerulean-sky.livejournal.com]

(That is true. Also being able to set the price we want, as opposed to letting people bid. And there's not a whole lot of figuring out how it works on LJ.)

[cerulean-sky.livejournal.com]

CA out-of-state tuition is like... $35k, I think? My school now is $52k. So yeah, could be as much as $20k less. Hopefully my mom will freak out less about me withdrawing from SJC when I tell her about that.

I was totally thinking that we should live together if I was going to be near you! It would be awesome. Plus, kitties. :)

[dragon-gypsy.livejournal.com]

Oh, I hadn't even thought about kitties. Yes those are a definite bonus *A* And saving $20k is a pretty big difference so I'm pretty sure that will temper the blow hahaha

[cerulean-sky.livejournal.com]

Yes! Kitties! I have at least one, but if I have to give the second one who technically belongs to someone else back, I'll probably have to get another one to keep the little one company. Since she grew up with a second cat, so. JUST LETTING YOU KNOW. TWO CATS. MINIMUM.

[dragon-gypsy.livejournal.com]

NOT COMPLAINING IN THE SLIGHTEST! Because I might also get my sister's two cats if I move out by the time she graduates next year and mom says no to them

[cerulean-sky.livejournal.com]

WE WILL HAVE ALL THE KITTIES EVER. :D

[dragon-gypsy.livejournal.com]

AND IT WILL BE GRAND :DDD

[amjhawk.livejournal.com]

Actually, on tuition, I do know that Kansas out-of-state is cheaper than Pennsylvania in-state in most cases.

KU (the best Kansas school, of course), I believe, boasts a good Classics program with Stanley Lombardo on the faculty.

Lawrence (where KU is) is also this amazingly awesome/unique/fun/cultural/friendly liberal bastion in a conservative state. I'll stop selling KU now, but it's pretty awesome. Just ask Thomas. (And has the Center for the Study of Science Fiction with James Gunn and Chris McKitterick (mckitterick on here)).

Anyway, good luck with your future. I know it's a scary place to be in when you can't see it.

[lskull86.livejournal.com]

Also, if you're looking as far over as Lawrence, not much farther is UMKC (where my mom did her PhD btw) with much lower out of state tuition than cali as well!

(go UMKC Kangaroos! ::rolls eyes::)

EDIT: I can't spell

[cerulean-sky.livejournal.com]

I'm not looking at schools in Kansas at all. I'm almost exclusively looking in CA with only a few exceptions.

[lskull86.livejournal.com]

To be fair, UMKC aint Kansas, Dorothy :-p

But yeah, I know you're looking more west

[imaginarycircus.livejournal.com]

*SQUISHES YOU*

I will still get to see you in September, hopefully. I know this must have been a hard decision. I totally understand about the program. You have to commit 100% or it just isn't worth it.

[cerulean-sky.livejournal.com]

It was hard to tell my dad, but I'm pretty content with the decision. I just can't suffer through two years where I am miserable during half the program. :/ but he also said that part of the program was to teach us, "Know thyself" and that I seemed to have gotten that, so.

But yes! I will be around in September and we will hang out. Or get food or something. :)

[exrpan.livejournal.com]

Decisions are good! Do you have plans to be in NYC for any of the in-between time?

[cerulean-sky.livejournal.com]

No plans, no. I plan on working for as much of it, since I don't want to be worrying about rent and all that somewhere else.