My best friend, Stephanie, is also in a graduate degree program. She is getting her PhD at the University of California San Diego. She is finishing up her minor prop, a large project/practice thesis proposal after her first two years of grad school. As you all know, I am going through the horrors of medical school.Stephanie and I have been regularly discussing our fear of failing and have come up with a plan: In the unlikely circumstance that we both fail out of graduate school at the same time we will both work for a while and save up some money. Then we will buy an old beat up RV and drive across the country and see the all the parks and historical sights. We were trying to figure out how we would fund this adventure with gas prices being so high and all. We decided that we will go to a TV station and suggest it as a new Reality TV show. I think it could really catch on. (Sort of like Survivor, only better).
Reality TV Presents:
"Grad School Dropouts Explore America
Why? Because they can't do anything else."
We could spray paint this across the side of our RV like the picture above. What do you think?
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We must do this someday no matter what. (And you are going to be fine! You'll make an AMAZING doctor!)
PS: The Amazing Race is having a casting session in Seattle at the end of November (see below).
For shame that I cannot be there so that we can apply together! But you should find a hunky computer science graduate student and apply without me:
KIRO TV
Seattle, WA
Friday, November 30th, 3-8pm
Great American Casino
10117 South Tacoma Way
Lakewood, WA 98499
http://alpha.cbs.com/primetime/amazing_race12/
Oh Steph! I could never apply for the Amazing Race without you. It just wouldn't be the same... You could apply with Tony (but might take away his cell phone with Google Maps on it and then he would be in trouble).
Yes, we do need to go traveling together no matter what happens!
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