geography update

So...guess I'm going to school in northern Michigan after all. To the third snowiest city in America. I had four other geographical/school choices:

1. humid swampland school

2. cold-and-far-from-home-wingnutland school

3. bleak-desert-border-town-across-the-river-from-the-current-winner-of-the-most-dangerous-city-in-the-world-contest school

4. southeastern-urban-sprawly-military-zone school

Most important factor in my decision: none of these places offered to pay my tuition. Northern Michigan did. So, off I go. To Northern Michigan. Seven hours from home, and a beautiful drive...WHEN THE ROADS AREN'T IMPASSABLE DUE TO WINTER CONDITIONS. waaah-waaaaaa-WAAA-AAAH. (That was a sad trombone, in case you were wondering.)

But seriously. I'm excited. I get to be a teacher and a writer for a while. And shit, I grew up in northern Minnesota, so I have the cajones for it.

northern michigan

So, I have two acceptances to graduate school: Northern Michigan and Central Florida. Guess which one I'm more excited about? I didn't even contact the Northern Michigan people after I received the letter, I just thought, "Of course I got in to Northern fucking Michigan." ...why did I even apply there?

But as time drags on, and I wait for my other applied-to grad schools to make their decisions, I start second-guessing myself, like "Hey! maybe I should give Northern Michigan a chance. Maybe I would be fine dealing with a place like Minnesota, only colder, grayer, and snowier." I head to their website, trying to convince myself it would be okay, and am greeted with the following photograph:





I do not go any further into the website. I make no clicks. This photo seals the deal. Or doesn't, as the case may be.