I find it interesting how many people give Full Sail a bad rap. Yes, its expensive, its hours suck, and its hard at times. Some of the programs aren’t that good, but, people automatically think its a bad school from a few reviews on the series of tubes that we call the internet. What many people don’t realise, is that many, if not all of the negative reviews were for only a couple of Full Sail’s programs. I have yet to find a negative review on my degree program, being Show Production.

Many people say that the school has very few success stories, and few industry pros. I can only speak for the classes I’ve had so far, and what those teachers have said. Well, so far, I have heard about many FS graduates that have gone on to be on large tours, or other large venues. One of my teachers has met Angus Young, backstage on tour. We work with a lot of equipment that is currently in use on major tours, and some that is not available yet. Many industry pros visit the school, and speak to students and faculty. But again, that is only for Show Production, with the classes I have taken, and currently taking.

I can’t believe the massive amount of stupid people on craigslist that are asking for the rare Monopoly game pieces. Only 10 seconds of recearch would reveal that EVERYONE IS LOOKING FOR THE SAME ONES! You really think that if I had the rare pieces, I wouldn’t hesitate on spending $100 on french fries so that I got a $10,000 pay out. Lets do some simple math. $100 for the piece-$10,000=$9,900. Pay nothing for the piece, but only get half of the payout=$5,000. Am I missing something?

I have less than a month until I once again, leave to go back to sunny Florida, and Full Sail, exactly 1 year after I left last time. This time last year, I definately did not expect to be sitting back in Jefferson; Its kind of like a really huge case of déja vu. And not a pleasent one. Alot of the friends I had at Full Sail have moved up in show production, and hardly ever see anyone I know, and instead of starting off with a bunch of new people in the same boat, trying to make friends and such, I’m trying to break into a new class, with already formed groups of friends. Funny… the same thing happened in high school, and I made a few good friends, but I was still considered an outsider to alot of people. Eh, enough on that…

On a different note, going back to school again is leaving me with a lot more descisions than last time, since I know what I’m getting into. A few of those things I’m a little stuck on, and I turn to you guys for help. One of those is the descision to keep my car, or trade it for a motorcycle. After I get down to Florida, I really can’t find a reason that I absolutely need a car, especially since motorcycles get such better gas mileage(My car gets about 22-25 mpg city, the bikes I’m looking at can range from 50-70 mpg). I can ride a bike all year, since there is no snow, and not much cold, and I can get rain gear, and ride in about everything except hurricanes or tornados. If I do get rid of the Volkswagen, I have to deside on a bike to get. I’ve narrowed it down to 3 bikes:

The Triumph Speed Triple

The Ducati Monster S2R 1000

Or, the Buell XB12Scg

I really can’t descide, they’re all about the same size, and price. Please, tell me what you think, I need an outside opinion. I’ll probally think of other things that I need help with too, so stay tuned…