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Jul 24, 2008 20:43

Having spent far to long of my life doing little and not really getting anywhere I have decided that it's time to travel and do something meaningful with my time. Imspired in part by my sisters "i'm getting the fuck out of here come hell or high water" approach to life, I have decided that some major dustups are in order. Caution precedes all, ( Read more... )

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mnemsyne July 25 2008, 23:43:44 UTC

i applaud. i do. jerrod and i were debating about the peace corps as well (to go with anyone else and be in the same platoon whatever you have to be married and not have kids.)

peace corps will give you something like 6k$ on your return too. try to get some of the more civilized countries, like germany.

i would like to see you before you end up headed out of the country though so maybe you can head up this way first? or if you don't head out till next year i'm sure i'll be back thru texas once we get our vehicle.

i think you'd get a lot of gratification out of it. i am really, really glad to see you're not planning on spending forever in texas. :P

astriaos July 26 2008, 05:06:08 UTC

It depends on if they'll even have me. Fortunately I have some experience in skilled trades so that will work to my advantage. We'll have to see. Mom is raising a small fuss about it, "Somebody's got to look after you!" were her exact words. I'm going over there tomorrow to spend more time convincing her of the realistic opportunities and essentially tell her to get it in her head that I've moved out and gotta go my own way ( ... )

mnemsyne July 27 2008, 14:47:37 UTC

Americorps isn't that bad. And I wanted to mention to you (I mentioned it to her too so expect to hear about it..) that when Jerrod was calling around regarding the PC, he spoke with someone and the information he gathered was basically because there is SUCH a high demand to be in the PC that there is a sort of almost-unstated rule that you have to have a college degree. You have to have some sort of skill to bring along. If you had a certificate in your trade that might help a lot. I believe he told me there are only two or three 'uneducated' positions open, grunt work shit (which is fine w/ you or me) but they put people w/ degrees in those positions too, just because they seem to be better qualified. I don't mean to not try to get in, and if you start the process now you might be in a really good state when it does roll around, but you might want to do some calling to real people (vs internet) and see if that's really the case ( ... )