Paint colors

So I stayed up really late last night painting two walls in my room blue. The intention was to get rid of the ugly salmon color that my room has been since I moved in last September. Both colors can be seen in the photo. Unfortunately, I don't like the blue...

So now I have a room that I don't like at all and I'm out the $25 that I spent for the new paint. Maybe I should just paint the whole room white to avoid another color I don't like...

Graduate School or "Real World"???

Life decisions are tough. Is it already almost 2009? Where did the time go???

Graduate School - Pros
- I know school and its an easy "next step"
- Increases my chances of getting a job at JPL (if the degree is in Aerospace)
- Will ensure job security in the future (assuming government stability)
- Would have more $$$ in the future than would be available now with a BS
- Stay in Colorado next to my mountains :)
- Learn more stuff
- Get to teach and TA classes
- Live the schedule of a student instead of a 9-5 job

"Real World" - Pros
- $$$$$ now!
- Change of lifestyle with new life experiences
- Possibly move across the country
- Meet new people!
- I would be able to get a dog!
- Be financially independent
- Help my siblings through college
- Have more free time to pursue hobbies
- Don't have to take the GRE

Any suggestions, anyone?

Career Fairs

I'm going to take a moment to vent...

You get up in early in the morning to dress all fancy. You put make-up on, you walk around all day in heels and you take 30 minutes away from you study time to check and recheck your resume. You then decide skip your favorite class (in my case, ballet) so that you have enough time to make it to all the company booths that you are interested in. Then when you get there, you say the same 30 sec intro of yourself a gazillion times and start to hand them your resume only to have them say "We don't want your resume. Please go online and submit it into our system." Grrrrrrr....

What a waste of time!!! Not only our time but theirs as well! There should be some kind of law that prevents people from wasting others time. All that time I spent preparing my speeches, looking nice, and taking twice as long to get places because of the the dumb heels would have been better spentin front of my computer online in my p.j.'s submitting resume after resume with the same end result.

I'm done.