:/

Here it is again: The unpleasant sensation of wanting what I want right now, not later.

To get what I want before I'm too old to enjoy it, I need the Money Hat. I should take out a gigantic loan, commission a fleet of Sri Lankan fishing boats, and get rich:

http://www.internationalreports.net/asiapacific/srilanka/2003/agricult.html

The country boasts bountiful fishing waters, but the war forced the government to curtail fishing activity along most of the coasts. For twenty years, Sri Lanka fishermen were permitted to do little commercial fishing, and the country imported the fish it consumed. Now that the ceasefire is in effect, fishing could resume, but after 20 years, the country has only a few small boats. The fishing industry is so meager that J.C. Amarasuriya, Chairman of the Board of the Commercial Bank of Ceylon, quips, “Sri Lankan fish die of old age.”

I'll need business partners. Who's in? Sinhala and Tamil would be a plus.

Is it a peaceful place, now? I'm so ignorant. I just need to know if I can profit from exploiting their cheap labor. Fishermen are probably safe from assassination, right? High turnover is a pain.

Alaska

http://www.fishingjobs.com/index.htm

http://www.cafepress.com/fishingjobs.19991099

I owed you one.

Last period, I forgot to give you a payday entry. Here it is:

It's Payday!

I would like six million dollars, so I made that this period's theme:

It's Payday!

bleah

My mentor is very, very good, but she's also a stereotypically high-strung, loudmouthed, fastidious middle-aged-Greek-woman-type. Normally, I let all her bullshit slide, but today she finally got under my skin, so I spoke and acted as she did, mirroring the pace and tone of her argument until she became exasperated and left. I'm sure it was unpleasant for her, and now I feel kinda bad about it. I already emailed her an apology. Clearly, aping her is not the right way to show her how irksome her tirades can be. Still, I wish she'd realize how annoying that raised-voice/obnoxious tone she takes with people really is.

Plus, she was right, this time. I mostly argued because I was annoyed at her, not because I disagreed. :/