Brains!

I've had another epiphany. I mean...well I guess that's not the right word. It's sort of a snow balling idea.

http://www.ischool.pitt.edu/fasttrack/academics/archives.php
I'm seriously...like as serious as old caitlin gets about this shit, plus new caitlin seriously...so real human being seriously considering this. Lets take a walk through my past. I spent hours looking at shit (even things not related to my papers) in the Humboldt Room. At the park my hours messing around with archives of all sorts (real life experience) and always thought I could do a better job organizing the whole damn thing. I love reading about places, learning and researching them. Most historical books or movies, I must research to understand better. Looking at things from places in museums. I love figuring out how things got to be the way they are, and in doing that I've had to use primary resources like archives. I suddenly feel like, wow I can really do this. It's a similar feeling to when I settled on Geography as a major. It just felt...right.

For some reason this idea never came to me. AGAIN I should have seen a career counselor, but maybe this was the right way to figure that out. I think the next step is to make some appointments with some people, like someone from UCLA Information Sciences department about what a degree actually entails.

BUT so far this Pitt. masters seems to be the perfect fit. It's online, I can do it from anywhere. It doesn't require a bloody GRE score, meaning I don't have to spend an extra year relearning algebra. Is it weird I'm actually excited and not scared, bout this? Or is that what normal humans feel?

Why a masters? It seems I'd get a higher paying position if I had this degree. Yes positions depend entirely on budget for institution that I'd work for, which could include museums, parks, schools, cities, counties etc. But most importantly I'd likely feel like what I was doing was worth something.