ZOMG lj drama

So I didn't hear about all the fuss going on until I saw someone post in one of my communities about a content strike. While I don't know what good it will actually do, I don't think it's a horrible idea. Most people are looking at it from the angle of making lj miss out on advertising- but that doesn't actually do anything from my end as a paid user.

So there are no more basic accounts allowed to new users. It does suck to not be allowed a free ad free experience, but I think that's the norm. I remember when neopets was ad free and the only time you had to deal with sponsors was with sponsor games and such. I think it was a grand time but it didn't last, despite promises. I still play neopets though, and so far I haven't been arsed to buy premium. Scottie has it though, and I love the SSW. He's going to quit premium though soon as he isn't playing enough to justify the cost of it, though he might get it again later when he wants to play again.

I just can't get fired up about this sort of thing anymore. Maybe again in the future, but as long as I can pay for an ad free experience like I've done for the past couple of years- and as long as I get another chance at a permanent account and those don't go away for some asinine reason, I guess I don't really care all that much.

Eh, I shouldn't be posting, I feel all blah. I think I need a nap (I didn't sleep enough last night or the night before or the night before or...) though I don't nap. Plus I have interviews today. Which I need to get fired up about so I don't sound like I'm going to go to sleep on them. :P

Opinions on jobs? (Please give opinions *puppy eyes*)

Sooo... I had 1 1/2 interviews today. One was with a grad student working with birds in NE (I don't think I'm a good fit, so I doubt she'll be calling me up for the job.)

The other was my interview for an environmental educational internship with a local university with a grad school program. I would basically be teaching middle school to high school kids about Yellowstone and I would be teaching them in the field as well. That was only half an interview because the guy forgot to send me an email packet about the job with the syllabus and such. So he wanted to send it to me so that I could read it and talk it over with Scottie. This one gives me free room and board, a stipend of $1600, and two graduate credits. I'm supposed to finish the interview tomorrow once I've been able to look everything over.

Oh, and this teaching thing? It's local. As in, I won't be on the other side of the country. I probably won't be able to see Scottie all that often during the week, but grabbing me for the occasional dinner and seeing each other on the weekends is so much better than not seeing him for 3 months. :P But I'm attempting to be objective and see what will be best for us long term.

Refresher on other two: One is a biological aide position with Fish and Wildlife doing field and lab work with horseshoe crabs (9.65/hour- no housing, expensive rent in area). The other is an internship with a wildlife refuge working with shorebirds, checking mercury impacts on shorebirds, working with invasive plants, etc (housing but not board provided, within walking distance of site, $150 stipend/week).

The whole point of these jobs is to gain me the experience I need to become a desirable grad school candidate. That and I want the experience, but I need to look at what will help me along best for my future. My long term plans are to get my Ph.D. so that I may become a professor and researcher.

My dilemma is should I go for more field experience or more teaching experience? I've already been a UTA and done mentoring and such, so my field experience is the one that's more lacking. However, the teaching one will give me experience doing lesson plans and taking kids into the field for instruction, and there are the grad school credits (but if I don't go to their school, does it help or just make applications to other schools more complicated?). Or would a biological aide position look more impressive than an internship?

I'm just going crazy about this whole thing. I realize that a lot of what will be relevant will depend on the programs I try for, but since I'm not sure what that will be at this moment in time I think it will be best to try and be a good general candidate.

Why is it that I'm still stressing out over this stuff now that I have job offers? :P

And I'm spending my spare time preparing for my driving test, which is also STRESSING ME OUT AAAA. D: