Everybody lies

I had planned to continue my book review series today, but that will have to wait a couple of days.

You see, I am in a bit of a pickle with this biology course I am attending since last October. You might already have noticed that I am less than happy with it. To put it mildly. I suspected beforehand, and meanwhile came to realize I was right, that it was a bad idea to start this. Rarely in my life have I felt more out of place than in this course. Well, except at university. A fact that I had conveniently forgotten. But in the last 3 months the memory has returned to me, reinforced by this new experience, and I realized again that I just don’t wanna be a molecular biologist. Or any other kind of scientist, for that matter.

But the thing is I can’t just quit now, because then I would have to pay a fine. Well, technically it’s not really a fine, but that’s what it would feel like anyway. Obviously I can’t afford to do that, what with being broke an’ all.

The only legit way to get out of this whole affair is to find a proper job. Which is what I decided to attempt in the next few weeks. Starting now.

Well, actually I started looking on the weekend and I already found a couple job ads that look interesting. Now I have to write applications, get them printed out, and mail them off.

I have given myself 4 weeks to mail out at least 20 applications. Hopefully, a couple of them will get me invitations to job interviews and at least one of them will result in a job offer. If not, I will have to start the whole process all over again. Because I have to get out of this course, pronto.

But hey, at least I am finally motivated again to actually get off my ass and do something. So I guess, apart from driving me nuts with boredom, this damn course was at least good for something then.

And I’m not depressed anymore - a fact that I can’t stop marvelling about and that almost makes me giddy with delight. I am sure, most people I know will be delighted to hear this, too, because I am such a pain in the ass when I am in a bad mood.

Anyway, to make a long story short (god, I’m almost as long-winded as my boring roommate!), what with the job applications and the studying for the next exam that’s looming on the horizon (on Friday) I will be very busy this week and will have to postpone any further posting to next week at the earliest.