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If you live your life thinking that you have all the answers, don't be surprised when your life collapses around you as soon your understanding of an issue fails.

So, Westboro Baptist Church (better known as the God-hates-fags church) will be in Denver towards the end of this week. I have Thursday and Saturday off, so I'm wondering if I should maybe go and join the counter-protests. The problem is that I fear that that would be exactly what they would want; they want the publicity that comes with controversy.

So, should I stay or should I go?

Lately, I've been considering the possibility of furthering my education. Specifically, I've been flirting with the idea of going to law school. Yeah, it's a departure from the type of thing that I've studied before. It just happens to be where my interests lie.

I once made the comment that I would never be good at anything except being a student. I thought that perhaps that would be my life's goal: to be an eternal student. However, I've come to appreciate the idea of having a job. I come home from work, and my cat instantly greets me. Then, I relax. That's it! No homework, no studying, no deadlines — I leave work at work and unwind at home. I do what I want. It's a concept that I've grown very attached to. Why at this moment would I want to give that up and go back to school?

Well, that idea's starting to set in. Just now, I looked into some more of the details for taking the LSAT and applying for law school. I started me thinking about whether or not I really wanted to put forth the stress of investment into law school. It also got me to think about what good it would do to invest that much into it for what? I don't plan on going into a legal profession. Why then should I prepare for one?

Maybe one day, I'll go back to school, but, right now, when I look into the future ten years, I don't really see a path from where I am here to more schooling there. Sure, I'd take it a little at a time, but I don't see where to start, and I'm not seeing a reason to start more importantly. When I look ten years into the future, it honestly just looks like more of the same.

I don't have a problem with that.

1. “All you need is love.” — Really? I would have thought that discernment goes a long way. The road to hell is paved with good intentions, after all.
2. “The love you take is equal to the love you make.” — I hope that that's not true… for all of us.
3. “Why don't we do it in the road?” — Have you done it in the road? Obviously, not.
4. “We're more popular than Jesus now.” — Until Christmas is renamed John Lennon Day, you can't really say crap to that matter.
5. “Her Majesty's a pretty nice girl; someday, I'm gonna make her mine.” — Hurry up! Neither of you are getting any younger.

I'm not in school. I'm not in a relationship. I have flex days with my new schedule. My cat sleeps most of the day. There are only very few good television shows on anymore. I don't volunteer. I don't buy and sell on eBay, and I never go to the mall.

Why the hell am I not learning a new language right now?