Though Ofttimes Better Than Master of One

So I'm officially granduated now.

I realized as I was sitting in the field of the football stadium for three hours that it doesn't really mean anything to me. It's great that I am out of school and don't have to take tests and do homework anymore, and that I can say I have a BA when I apply for jobs, but other than that, it really doesn't mean anything to me. I say people while sitting there who were excited, parents and students crying, or near tears, and this emotion just doesn't make sense to me. I think part of the reason is that I always assumed that I was going to college. When I was younger it seemed odd to me that someone wouldn't go to college. Of course now that I am older I realize that not everyone goes, but the mind set of me going to college stuck. So I guess what I am saying is that I always knew that I was going to go to college, and thus the fact that I graduated is no big deal, it's something that I always knew would happen.

For those of you who may not know, I am what is often referred to as a "Jack of all trades" which of course means that I am a "master of none". One need only take a quick look at my book shelf to see this. I have books on Economics(of course) history, philosophy, physics, religion, current politics, ancient languages (Greek and Latin), building computers, and computer programming, to name a few. I have never been ashamed of the distinction of being a Jack of all trades, but that follow up "master of none" has always bothered me, mainly because I knew that I would probably never be a "master" of any trade. However, I found of Wikipedia an interesting addition to this old phrase, apparently part of the original "though ofttimes better than master of one". Now you could say that since it is Wikipedia, it probably isn't really authoritative, indeed, for all you know I could have added that in there to make myself look better. It doesn't really matter though, because this unsubstantiated addition to that bothersome cliche has made me feel better.

On a less joyful front, I may have broken my lap-top. I installed Ubuntu (a free Linux based operating system) on it, thus removing Windows XP. I did this because I wanted to try out a Linux OS, and since I don't use my Laptop that often, I figured it didn't matter, also I have the recovery discs for my laptop so I could always just reinstall Windows if I wanted to....well I did want to (not because Ubuntu was bad...I didn't really have much time to play with it, I just need Windows to run a couple programs I forgot about), but apparently Windows didn't like the fact that I had installed a Linux OS on my machine, and thus decided not to work. So, my laptop is currently Ubuntu, and will likely to continue to do so for a while. The one upside is that if I end up liking it, I can feel superior to all you fools who are reliant upon either Microsoft or Apple, and who actually have to pay for the operating system....let's pray it works out that way.

I will leave all you wonderful people (if in fact any wonderful people read my blog) with a quote that seems fitting as I seat sail on this adventure called "life". "When you take charge of your life, there is no longer need to ask permission of other people of society at large. When you aske permission, you give someone veto power over your life."
Geoffrey F. Abert