500 miles is a long drive inside a car...

[guitariot]

there's always something strange about being home. nj doesn't really feel like home anymore. massachussetts doesn't feel like home either. i have emotional ties to both, more so to flemington i guess. friendship dynamics always manage to change while i am away, so i find myself with an ever so slightly differnent group of friends each time i

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academics/university

[fauxfille]

i remember when i dropped out of college for awhile because i couldn't understand the people around me and how the textbooks that i read fit in with my feelings.

but after five years out of academics, i loved it when i returned to finish up my two degrees in french and art.

so many friends and family said to me, "whatcha gonna do" - it was terrible and sad to feel like an outsider.

but its different for me now. i love(d) school and felt more at home in that environment compared to the corporate pushing papers into boxes world. i hate to finish up my degree and go - but now i understand why i studied these subjects in the first.

knowledge is power - even for creative, independent, thinking types. even if it doesn't make sense at first - having a degee in liberal arts - at least it will open your eyes to something beyond a mere sale tag.

besides, many cool companies and even the more conservative/financial firms hire liberal arts majors because they how to write, communicate and solve problems.

writing and problem solving/critical skills are VIP.