Planning Behind

I have a week left as a Berkeley resident and will for at least the next two years become a resident of Santa Barbara. I can't say I miss Berkeley or the people I've met here yet. Perhaps it's the thought of the Internet. Perhaps I just need to actually leave, and feel the resulting isolation of not knowing anyone (as opposed to the isolation of not having anyone around).

Until then, I'm looking into what classes to take. A very preliminary schedule has me doing 2 ECE classes, a P.E. class, audit/sit in on a few undergrad ECE classes, a club or two (dance and grad student society?), and, of course, research. After I talk to a few professors, and especially after I find an advisor, I'll have a better idea of my academic schedule (ECE classes and reseach).

But I still want to take that P.E. class... errr... Physical Activity class... errr... Exercise and Sport Studies class. The leading candidates are Boating & Sailing and Fencing. Boating & Sailing stand out for it's technology, transportation, and the ocean, beaches, and babes (the last according to Shong2). Fencing stands out for it's stabbing. (If only they taught Archery...) I'm more impressed with Boating & Sailing; however, I won't know until I evaluate the class fee and how reasonable it is for me to get to SB Harbor.

If I get cheap, I have Ballroom dancing (which would mean no club for now) and Basketball as non-fee options. Interestingly, UCSB has no martial arts classes, as compared to the strong martial arts program at Berkeley.

And while I'm thinking of the future... a potential plan: MS in ECE, technical consultant (e.g. Accenture), JD, patent lawyer, retirement, death. Somewhere in there, probably girl(s), marriage, children. Or another plan: MS in ECE, PhD, job, retirement, death. Again, probably with girl(s), marriage, children somewhere in there. A third plan: death. That doesn't sound promising though. :)

Finally, a friendly grammatical reminder: "Plan Ahead" is verbose.