I am equal parts excited and nervous to announce that I will start hair school in exactly two weeks. Technically I'm going to cosmetology school, but seeing as I am not interested in the doing-nails or waxing-vaginas portions of the curriculum, I prefer to avoid the 'c' word in favor of the more affectionate epithet: hair school. Hopefully I will not actually live up to the title of Beauty School Dropout. These are simply my preconceived anxieties about the program. I have orientation next week, which should either feed or quell said anxieties.

Pros: I am excited to learn a trade, have an income-generating skill that I can travel with, and a job that doubles as a creative outlet. I'm excited to retire from my nocturnal bar life and become a day crawler. I am also looking forward to receiving the 2.5 thousand dollar kit that is included in my tuition. I'm pretty sure Aveda products are on the expensive side of the cosmetics scale, so I can only presume that this kit is comprised of dope yuppie swag.

Cons: I am nervous that I will be surrounded by a hoard of vapid 18 year olds that think twitter counts as "liking to read", I will not be intellectually challenged or stimulated, and will spiral into a deep cavern of regret over my wasted time and money when I could have elected to go to "real" school.