1. Obtain working visa.

2. Immigrate to the United States.

3. Room with forumer near a large city.

4. Drink Heavily.

5. Perform drunk, Scottish stand up comedy

6. ?????

7. Profit.

 

I've been here many times in life. Recently, I kicked my drinking habit for good. I'm making some pretty big jumps in the future (read on for details), and all of these things combined, alot of my friends have dropped off as of late. In fact, most of the people I hang out with (read: drank with) have kind of dropped off.

 

My point is, the older you get, and the more responsibility you gain / lose, you're going to be saying goodbye to partying / girls / booze and saying hello to late nights / committed relationships / coffee to jumpstart your day. And being broke and jobless goes right along with it. When you're shooting for big goals, and I see this alot with other people pursuing law degrees, you sacrifice alot to get it. You have to learn to be content with time at home with just you and a tv / video game / book / cat.

 

scotchyscotch wrote: Shortly after this my maternal grandmother passed away. Me and my family were always close tp her and she was the typical matriarch of a large family. With her passing I supppose it seems like the end of an era, Life is changing rapidly for me and although it was always inevitable I guess I just feel a bit lost.

 

Nothing to say here other than sorry for your loss. I'm kind of in the process of losing both of my grandmothers, but I guess I just kind of block out emotions like that to stay afloat.

 

scotchyscotch wrote: the one plan i did have was to start uni to study law, that has kept me going for the last year as i've done an adult ed course which iff i get the conditions on my grades i'll be accepted into a good university and hopefully end up with a law degree. The idea being i could go from no decent qualifications to lawyer in about 5 or 6 years. now I have finished the course and I think i did ok, but to bring this sappy livejournal reject of apost full circle I cant pay my fee's being as I lost my job and all that. They wont tell me my results until they get their cash and I probably don't have time to get it before my uni application goes dead.  basicly I don't have a scooby whats going on in my life for the next year. i have decided however that if uni goes pete tong then I am definitely absconding, how hard is it for a brit to get a working visa to the states? failing that i'll bolt to some european place and skip the need for paperwork and visa's.

 

Well, if you're pursuing law, I'm continue my point from earlier. As someone who is desperately trying to just get basic degrees down to scuttle on to law school, I can tell you that everyone I know who's graduated with a degree here in central Texas is struggling to find work. My cousin has been incredibly successful, but it's very hit or miss depending on what tier of law school you attended, your performance on the LSAT, combined GPA's, basic looks / personality, so on and so forth. Law in the US is crowded field that you have to stand out in to get ahead. My point is that 5 or 6 years and then you're a lawyer isn't usually how it works in the US. Depending on what field of law you're pursuing (I want to get into business law), you can likely count on several years of paperwork and low income errand running before you actually get into the juicy stuff. Unless you're my cousin, who started out close to 200K a year, but he worked his tail end off paying his way through school working a very low end job to keep good grades.

 

Plus, the American economy / job market isn't that great. I don't know if it would be worth your time. That said, if you do come to the US, come to Texas. I'll bet several of us here on the forum would be willing to fund a nice Scotchy drinking binge