diploma

i really truly did not believe people when they told me just to get "any" diploma.  it's the piece of paper that gets the job - not necessarily where it is from or for what it was earned.  i abso-fu-cc-in-lutely did not believe them.  i thought it was sarcasm at its finest.

nope. 

it is the most true thing i have learned since leaving the cozy world of college.  the place where i slaved and worked and achieved things... last of all, a diploma.  but, i'm pretty certain i am the only person on the planet that has a job based on her schooling.  want an example?  a little story about this guy that i know... 

he went to college, changed his major about 4 times.  he finally decided on something in the business school (something easy) - finance or something of the like.  he graduated.  he got his piece of paper and moved where the weather was always sunny.  he flitted from an odd job here to one over there, moving around the country trying to find his calling.  then, followed a pretty little lust across the country to a land full of people and tall buildings.  he found a job doing odds and ends, but thought he might like what they were doing - design.  he's a talker - asked lots of questions, got himself hired as an entry designer, despite no experience or background of any sort.  the lust couldn't commit and six months later he decided he wanted to move back near his roots (his mom).  he interviewed at an office that was lacking in testosterone (too many ladies with experience and opinions) and got himself hired at one of the top design offices in the country.  good thing they didn't care what the piece of paper said.