The Professional Academic Counselor is In.

I sought professional academic counseling today.

This is significant, because I don't think I've ever had any academic counseling before. 

I was asked what I wanted to do. I was unsure with my answer (and therefore will refrain from mentioning it here). However, there are a couple of paths I might take, and all of them require that I take a bunch of general ed. classes. 

The professional academic counselor told me, "Older students do well in college classes. They bring something different to the discussions." Well, this is true. We were discussing Wonder Woman and superheroes and femininity and what the reason might be for Wonder Woman to wear such a revealing costume, while the male superheroes are almost always fully clothed in armor or a suit. The other grown up in the room (me, this guy David, and our professor) had the best comment, I had to write it down.

He said, what if the male characters are covered up because we keep our feelings hidden? And Wonder Woman, she's more nurturing and caring, so she can be more open in her costume.

(Actually, this is not a direct quote. I think he said it better than this, but I"m too lazy to get up and get out my notes.)

I loved that. 

We were also discussing how in an essay we read, some guys referred to Wonder Woman as a "butt kicking piece of ass." I said something like, you could put anything in front of "piece of ass" and it's NOT a compliment." We had some discussion on that, about how the actors and actresses chosen for superhero roles are always attractive. This kid talked directly to me (Chris had to tell him my name), and he said something about his girlfriend, and how she likes showing off her body, and he doesn't mind either. I don't know, I don't remember exactly. This is the kid who recently discovered Huey Lewis. He was also reading a Cormac McCarthy novel (blech). I like this kid. He's fun to listen to, and his comments are always smart, but funny. 

Anyway. Back to the professional academic counselor. I don't know what the fuck I want to do. I want to keep taking classes though. We'll see where it goes.