(even if I really have to raise the money myself).
I'll be putting 1/2 of my paycheck towards this
Aren't you a part-time Walmart worker? Not that there's anything wrong with that, but it would take you literally 100 years to save that much.
You might think that $350k is only 10% of your annual salary, but you should really use a calculator on this one to be sure.
another thing I distaste is people who hold others for their past(and it's only this forum that does it)
Judging people based on their own track records: a bizarre phenomenon restricted only to the BitcoinTalk forums.