So today, I withdrew from my classes. As far as my major goes, I don't think English is the right path for me. Sure, I do okay/good in English classes, and I read a lot and deconstruct things and all that jazz, but as time marches on, I don't feel it's something that's it's something I have the desire to finish.
What do I plan on majoring in? I have no idea. I'm off to find that out. To take some time to figure things out. There's got to be something I'm good at, that I enjoy, that I can work with. Several people, and even my father have said that when you find what you wanna do, you'll do insanely well at it and do better than most people. And for the most part, apart from core classes of course, that's about right.
Even though every college has its faults, I did kind of get a little sad going to Seton Hill for the next-to-last time. But then again, I did a lot here than I've done anywhere, so of course it means something. The air was nice, the potholes weren't, and I came across Mike Cooper's adorable doggies. Very, very cute.
Now, before some of you jump on me and say I'm just quitting and I'm a cop-out, this has nothing to do with recent events. This is something I've had a long time to think about, and over break, I came to my decision. This does not affect, nor has anything to do with, how I feel a class should run, so with my previous entries in mind, don't think I'm taking back my words or giving up. I got at least one person to stand beside me, and to me, that's worth it.
Anywho, in the meantime, I'll be at the DDR tournament on Thursday to strut my stuff. Shame after this week I won't be able to participate in them or write for the paper anymore, but thems the breaks. I might be back if what I want is here, but by then I think the only people I'll recognize would be the teachers.
I'll also have a bit of extra time to finally work on my website, so that's a plus. I can still of course work on mywritings and my little artsy projects, as I don't need a degree to submit such things for publication. It helps, but I'm also kind of starting out in that respect.
Posted by at March 15, 2005 04:43 PM | TrackBackWhy don't you program the video games you play? Blizzard just dumped most of its older server creators. Do what you love to do.
Posted by: Stephan Puff at March 15, 2005 06:09 PMI've already worked with programming, I can't do much more than BASIC and simple C++, maybe a little PHP here and there. The most I do is work with Flash and animations. Stuff like graphic design is a possibility, but I dunno if it's something I could really get in depth with as I don't do it often enough. but I've done programming, and it makes my head hurt when it starts getting too complicated, like Perl and XML and such.
Although I know Blizzard does hire, but that would also require moving out to California, unfortunately, but that's not too bad. Any of the non-Game Master jobs require experience in the industry or experience with accounting and such, and as neither a programmer, a detailed artist, or an accountant, it would be very difficult to break into gaming.
Now marketing, there's an idea. Bullshitting is my specialty. :)
Posted by: Tim Traini at March 15, 2005 08:02 PM