Freaking Out

I am completely freaking out about college costs. I absolutely want to go to college however my parents have not encouraged this path. Their motto is, “why go to college when you can already get a job?” I can’t believe they haven’t read the New York Times or even their local paper to know that earning potential over a life time is dramatically larger with a college education.
I have asked them to look into programs regarding parents reducing college costs. I really need for them to help me but they won’t get out of their Lazy-Boy recliners long enough to put in the effort. Don’t they understand I can’t afford education bills on my waitress salary.
It is hard changing the mind of people set in their thinking. I do, however, have a plan to try. My plan is to make a list of jobs and the matching yearly salary. I will have two columns of jobs: jobs that require an education, and jobs that do not require an education. I will let the math speak for itself and hopefully my parents will have a change of heart. Maybe they just want to keep me home and in this small town forever. Perhaps their lack of effort is out of love.

Reaching for Ryan Seacrest

So, I stood outside of the KISS FM studio all day yesterday, but still no luck. I’ve been doing it for a solid month now, but I still haven’t met Ryan Seacrest—unless you count that time I saw him and his security detail escorted me away from the premises.

I came home, and I was just so down. I had to have a woo woo to pick myself up and get back on the horse, but once I got back on, I was right back to my old self and started my daily GoogleNews search for Ryan.

Lo and behold, the answer to my problem was right there on the first page. Apparently, Ryan recently became a silent partner in Innovative Dining group, so he will be involved with some of the hottest restaurants in L.A. It got me thinking that he is probably pretty likely to start eating at those restaurants, so I should try and become a chef at one of them.

Next thing I knew I was Googled “cooking schools culinary arts” and came up with a list of chef schools that had accelerated programs and financial aid packages.

I figure that in the worst-case scenario, I will just take my culinary training to Top Chef. Once I become Top Chef, it will be easy to meet Ryan!