Diary: June 18, 2026 - 春雪(Syskuku's Blog)

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The author discusses career concerns with their brother-in-law, a law PhD student. With a score of around 550, they are told many liberal arts majors are unsuitable, leaving limited options, including law programs with poor bundled majors. The brother-in-law advises choosing schools from a selection list, as even less ideal majors can aid future law graduate exams. The author is also busy fixing a website using only a Surface Pro 9, unable to edit videos. Financial issues arise as server costs increase due to DigitalOcean policy changes; they purchased an Oracle server as a temporary solution but must back up regularly to avoid data loss.

I suddenly have a new brother-in-law who's a PhD student in law.

Just when I was worrying about my major, I ended up chatting with him all morning. My grades aren't great (probably around 550), and he said a lot of liberal arts majors aren't viable. After ruling out all the ones I can't pick, there's almost nothing left. The law major groups I could choose from are bundled with some bad options. But then he said it doesn't matter—just pick a school from the selective recruitment list. Even if I end up in a less ideal major, it'll still help when I apply for a master's in law later. Now I'm totally confused.

Lately I've been fixing my website, one thing at a time, and it's keeping me busy. Since I only brought my Surface Pro 9 back to my hometown, I can't edit videos, so I'm just doing what I can for now. The reason is pretty unlucky—I'm planning to start a new article and write it properly.

I'm broke, I'm broke. My server is about to expire too. DigitalOcean changed their pricing, so cheap servers are hard to find. I bought an Oracle Cloud one today to fill in. I'm afraid it might crash, so I need to back things up regularly.

That's all for now.