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Thanks. Currently unemployed, actually. Construction job conveniently "doesn't have work anymore" for me so it has been a struggle, especially since I'm paying for school out of pocket for now.

I also realized I forgot to answer your first question in how I discovered my interest. To be honest, it started with roleplaying. Back when Yahoo! Chatrooms were still a thing, I roleplayed with this group of people who had god-like characters but employed a very perverted idea of physics. To be competitive in role play fights and general RP, I would study physics in my free time, going so far as to buying a couple books to explain things, chiefly among them Brian Greene's The Elegant Universe. If you have never read it, and are interesting, should pick it up. It was written in 1999, I do believe, so a lot of the nuances have changed over the years, obviously, but the general concepts still hold true. Of course, you can't go wrong with Michio Kaku, either. Or you can simply go read research papers! Haha.

If you ever feel like RPing, feel free to shoot me a PM also! One could do with more friends. :)