Ever since class on Wednesday I've done nothing but recall parts of the interview that we watched of Ray Bradbury! In particular, his theory on doing what you love and loving what you do really spoke to me. It's actually the reason I am where I am now. I can't say I LIKE where I am right now, but I where I'm headed and I know that this too shall pass.
Back in North Carolina, I didn't know where I was going. I was 18 and felt as though everyone was leaving for college with life goals set, plans for the future, and all the strength in the world needed in order to get through it. I was weak and alone, and I was going to a college, but I didn't know what I was going to do when I go there. School was never easy for me, so the last thing I wanted to do was spend ANOTHER 4 endless years, NOT paying attention to something I didn't care about. I went to Appalachian State University because my boyfriend at the time was going there. That was just about the worst decision of my life! However, I came away from that situation with a new found understanding and respect for myself. I knew that I had to do something I loved. I had to have a career, not a job. I wanted it for myself.
I deserved it! My brother is in jail right now for 1st degree murder, and 1st degree kidnapping. This all happened my first year of college at App, and it was one of the reasons I dropped out. The healing process that should have happened, didn't, and I went back to Chapel Hill to get a job, but soon I realized that the further I was away from my hometown, the better. So I moved. I was dating a guy I had known for almost 3 years on (yeah laugh it up!) World of Warcraft, which is created by Blizzard Entertainment; my dream job! He lived in California, and that's just about as far away from North Carolina as I could get without leaving the country. We've been living together for 3 years now (and are still madly in love), and the growth I've seen in myself since leaving home is astounding. I'll be 23 in October, and I can't believe that I was 19 when I moved out here! It feels like yesterday I was driving across the country with everything from my bedroom in the trunk!
So, after taking the same road twice, but for a different reason, I found out about Platt from current boyfriend, who is an Alumni of PSD. Like I said in class, I want video games to be a part of my daily life. There was something I loved, that I could do, right underneath my nose.
It's funny; something I used to turn to in order to escape the world has actually opened up the world to me in return.
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE I'M ACTUALLY EXCITED ABOUT WHERE I'M GOING!!!!
This is a good post, and really compelling reading, but since it's so personal, there's not much I can suggest for how to improve it. Honestly, I would rather have you work on one of the assignments we did that related to our readings. You don't absolutely have to do that, but it would probably improve your portfolio grade a bit.
ReplyDelete"by all some accounts Skynet was supposed to make life easier by now. "
ReplyDeleteI like the reference you used of skynet. How would it be different? I think I would be standing watch 9-5 watches, against the machines.