female troubles

Today I was all set to write a whiny post about how I can't register for the courses I want next semester, until I read Campaign 2000's 2007 Alberta Report Card.

There's no way I can complain about my college education in light of the fact that approx. 21 percent of Albertans earn less that $12 an hour, and that two thirds of them are women.

I want to know how many of them are single moms.

bunny trail: Want a truly surreal experience? Try channel surfing back and forth between a CBC documentary on human trafficking and the movie 'Hitch'. That's how I spent Sunday night. We live in a strange and perverse world.

No, I don't want to join Facebook

Stupid Facebook.

One can only belong to so many online communities without giving up on their real world communities.

Now it seems that even email requires too much effort for staying in touch. Now that many people have free long distance calling, no one can bother to pick up the phone.

Sometimes I hate convenience. Sometimes I hate technology. I get very close to throwing out everything electrical in my house and becoming a Luddite.

If you miss me, there are several ways you can get a hold of me that do not require me to fill out another form or create another account and password.

Please and thank you.

advice

For much of my life I have been fairly focused when it comes to my career. Choices have always seemed straight forward.

Now I finally understand how people feel when they "don't know what to do with their lives."

I'm trying to pick a major for my degree - or maybe a double minor. I have three areas in mind, but there's only room for two.

I think it would be best if you just told me what to do. So, why don't I give you a little more information and then you can make an informed decision:

I am trying to choose between Sociology, Linguistics, and Asian studies. I want to move to Japan, but what if I pay for all this formal study in that area and then decide I don't like it and want to come home?

Linguistics is the most fun, but it feels indulgent of me to get a degree in something just because it's fun. Will I be useful to society? Can I use linguistics to fight poverty and injustice?

Sociology seems the most practical. It's very interesting, but not exactly fun. It's also the most difficult. Could I find a job in Japan?

So, to sum up, I want a degree that will be useful in Japan as well as once I get home to Canada, will help me to save the world, be fun and fulfilling and not too difficult. Please direct me to my perfect career.