As a proud tester and exploiter of vulnerable systems (for my employment, among other things) I noticed a rather interesting thing today. Let me know if you see any flaws in the below, because it appears to be a legitimate life choice.
My primary concerns in life are time and money, and money only as a means to an end. Money is necessary to best spend my time, whether it being enjoying a sunset in Barbados or lounging around with my girlfriend. If it weren't for its critical role in my survival and enjoyment of life, I'd hate money. Its unfortunately very necessary that I maintain a steady income, in order to provide shelter, food, and entertainment. I imagine the majority of you share this belief.
However, I'd also like to devote a considerable amount of time developing my creative and physical abilities. Again, money and time conflict in this interest. Because I've got to work AND go to school, my time for things like art and bodybuilding is limited. Obviously, the most easy solution would be to stop working and stop attending school. How would I provide for my basic needs, then? PRISON! It is the ultimate solution for anyone wishing an education, a well developed physical body, and a creative education. JinnKai - are you crazy? Going to prison to better your life? WHY OF COURSE! See below....
Because 8 to 10 hours a day is spent in work or class, this is obviously time taken from physical or creative development. If I didn't have to work to support my means, I would have this entire time to devote to them. In prison, you do not need to work. Your basic necessities, such as food and shelter, are provided. If I were to abandon work outside of prison, I would have to waste similar time begging for food and money. But in prison, it's provided for FREE! Whoever said there is no FREE meal has obviously not considered prison as a good choice. Every morning I could wake up and begin my studies of the contempary arts, or perhaps travel to the gym to work out. I've had a solid day of time, and then I'd walk the short distance back to my "room," sleep for HOWEVER long I wanted, and return to my studies the next day. The basic requirement for this is that the jail has both a library AND a gym, both of which the Criminal Justice Center in my city has. Likewise, I could hone my skills at "hobbies" such at chess, by playing with the other inmates.
This makes the next question obvious -- how do you get in jail? Obviously, I don't want a felony or large crime to destroy possible jobs in the future, so I need to find a misdemeanor that provides an adequate sentence. Something with a maximum jail time of 18 months should suffice. Additionally I'd have to hire a poor lawyer to defend me, so that I couldn't plea bargain out of jail time. Those requirements met, the only part left is to commit the crime. Another benefit! Because your ultimate goal is ACTUALLY jailtime, you'll be able to celebrate being caught for a crime. I'd likely do something like drug-dealing combined with possession of a stolen handgun. Maybe evading police officers if necessary to guarantee a solid (yet limited) set of jailtime. Because it's a misdeamanor, I could easily chalk it up to a "youthful discretion" and likely not even need to report it on job applications. So, since I've chosen drug dealing, I can enjoy the LARGE profits in that market until I'm caught. Since my ultimate goal was to be arrested, there's no worries about being caught drug dealing.
The only noticable "bad thing" about jail is the limited social interaction with your current relations. Since this is a pre-planned jailing, I'd have tons of time to let my friends know my new address at the jailhouse, should they want to "hang out" some time. The visitations would likely be short, but I'd still be able to see my friends. I'm sure at this point many people are wondering about sex. It WOULD be a sacrifice, but.. monks and nuns have been known to go celibate for years at a time, and they say it improves their spiritial and emotional sides. 18 months without sex wouldn't be horrible, as many people (myself included) went 18 years of their adolescence without sex.
So - in summary: free education, free shelter, free food, make your own schedule, be your own boss, bulk up AND lose weight, become smarter and more creative.. what's NOT not to like?
Are there any flaws in this plan I've failed to mention? Obviously I can't actively pursue this at the moment, but it would be nice to have better judged any possible flaws by the time this plan goes into action.
Thanks ahead of time for reading and commenting.
