The Official Blog of Joseph Baker

Today I decided I was going to pretty much stay around the house with my children. It's weird that it's been a while since I've actually stayed at home not working when I'm not on disability. Anyway, I woke up early this morning and was reading outside, when my kids mother's stepfather came outside and we started talking. The conversation isn't that important but, I am now seriously considering going back to school.

I should save this for my autobiography but, my college experience was 2 years at Penn State. I was accepted and at the time I was undeclared. I played soccer my first year but, my GPA was so low I got kicked off the team. In my second year I was getting tired of the 45 minute drive and working ( I used to work at a 7-11) and being with my family and other illicit activities I was involved in that I decided to quit the thing I carried the least about. I hated math and history, the only thing that I liked to do was read and I figured why pay thousands of dollars for that. I'll admit I was a horrible student, I didn't' go to class, I missed deadlines it was bad. Living in Oaklande at that time there were more than enough jobs I could get without a degree so, I left school when I was 19 and never thought about it.

Now my ideas have changed about education. I realize that I got extremely lucky in my life because I was able to make decent money modeling, and that when I went to the police academy in Colorado they had no degree requirements. But, now I see education differently. I really want to get a degree to learn.

I really enjoy not only writing but, reading and I'd like to learn more about that. I haven't made any decisions yet about where I want to go or anything but it is something that is on my mind.

Also in a completely unrelated note a few minutes after this conversation I was making breakfast and I got an idea for a book that had nothing to do with what I read or what I just wrote about I just got this story. When I was done cooking got on my laptop and ended up writing 98 pages.

So, I guess I already got 2 ideas just from this morning.