I've never considered myself an adult. Even when I turned 18. Sure you can buy porn and cigs but does that really make you an adult? Really? Seeing naked people in magazines and taking a drag doesn't constitute being an adult in my opinion. The one thing I think would truly make you an adult is making an adult size decision. Much like the one I made this week.
I've been studying architecture and civil engineering for the better part of five years now. After meeting with my advisor, however, I came to an important conclusion: I have absolutely no desire to ever become a civil engineer. EVER. I do not like soil. I don't really have a desire to become a structural engineer in order to figure out how exactly a building is put together. I've been lying to everyone (including myself) about what I truly want to do in life. And I'm sick of it. I've been told many times by many professors, "If you hate what you're doing, don't do it anymore. Do something you're passionate about". This is exactly what I'm going to do.
I"m going to finish all the classes I need for my architecture degree and then GRADUATE IN MAY OF 2012. Afterwards, I'm going to work and hopefully go to grad school to study urban planning, my real passion. My only regret about this decision is that I did not make it earlier. If I had made this decision two years ago, I could've graduated in December 2010 but hey shit happens. I'm very glad my parents are behind my decision. I"m glad I can finally start being honest with myself about what I want out of my education and career. I'm worried about not finding a job especially because I have thousands to pay off in student loans. I'm not sure how life's going to turn out, but I"m hoping this decision will make it great :).
Adult decisions are always hard to make. Being honest with yourself about what you want is truly the one thing that will help to motivate you in any future endeavors.
Monday, April 18, 2011
Monday, April 4, 2011
There's no business like show business
And so starts another month. Well it's day #4 of the new month but it's a new month nevertheless. I did some exciting stuff to start of April 2011: I MADE MY THEATRICAL DEBUT!!!
That's right. I have acting chops. I'm fantastic. I was in my university's production of An Adult Evening of Shel Silverstein. They are a series of one act plays performed by 2-3 people. I was in three of them: "Bus Stop", "Best Daddy" and "Thinking Up a New Name for the Act" (a.k.a "Meat and Potatoes"). I played men in all three due to my manly electricity, dogged tenacity and general awesomeness.
The best part was that my parents came to see this. I couldn't believe it! The first play I'm in I play a drunk in the scene and yell about boobs and get beat up by a woman yelling out obscene names for the dick (creamer, rammer, wanker, etc.). Despite all this, THEY LOVED IT!! They came out of the theater beaming telling me what a great actor I am. I couldn't believe it!! My dad even went up to my sorority sister who played a hooker asking her intriguingly: "Two for one?!?!". It sounds gross but my dad is just weird like that. My mom also congratulated my other sorority sister whom I acted with. I played the best dad in the world and she played my bratty 13-year-old daughter. My mom shook her hand. It was like Obama was with us.
I loved every second of it. I got nervous and wanted to throw up before each performance but I kept going, despite the fact that my wig fell off twice. Oh well. I had fun with the most awesome cast. We laughed, we cried but mainly because we were laughing so much. I hope I get the chance to do it again someday.
That's right. I have acting chops. I'm fantastic. I was in my university's production of An Adult Evening of Shel Silverstein. They are a series of one act plays performed by 2-3 people. I was in three of them: "Bus Stop", "Best Daddy" and "Thinking Up a New Name for the Act" (a.k.a "Meat and Potatoes"). I played men in all three due to my manly electricity, dogged tenacity and general awesomeness.
The best part was that my parents came to see this. I couldn't believe it! The first play I'm in I play a drunk in the scene and yell about boobs and get beat up by a woman yelling out obscene names for the dick (creamer, rammer, wanker, etc.). Despite all this, THEY LOVED IT!! They came out of the theater beaming telling me what a great actor I am. I couldn't believe it!! My dad even went up to my sorority sister who played a hooker asking her intriguingly: "Two for one?!?!". It sounds gross but my dad is just weird like that. My mom also congratulated my other sorority sister whom I acted with. I played the best dad in the world and she played my bratty 13-year-old daughter. My mom shook her hand. It was like Obama was with us.
I loved every second of it. I got nervous and wanted to throw up before each performance but I kept going, despite the fact that my wig fell off twice. Oh well. I had fun with the most awesome cast. We laughed, we cried but mainly because we were laughing so much. I hope I get the chance to do it again someday.
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