Monkey

I don't remember why I decided to major in Computers, not programming, but learning how to play with computers and people at the same time. The powers that be at the University call it Management Information Systems, and maybe it is, but when I tell people what it is I do it's a lot easier to say Computers, Computers and People. When you say that people realize that you are not a programmer, because programmers do not work well with people, and there is a good reason for that. Programming is immensely frusterating, and to do it well it requires a lot of intense thought. People get in the way of that, because they're always wanting to talk about something, or see if you want coffee or what not. This is why programmers create barriers of crazy around them, they aren't really crazy they just want to be left alone. Although they might be, I don't ever really get close enough to find out.
But I digress. I realize now, in my senior year, that I don't really want to do computers, and I don't really know why. I'm good at it, I like doing it, but for some reason I feel like I'd run into the jungles of New Guinea at age 30 wearing only a loin cloth and carrying a single bag of beef jerky for sustenance, screaming that Microsoft was out to take over the world, if I had to stay in this field.
I'd really much rather, if I had the option, be a writer. I don't know what I'd write, screenplays, novels, editorials, cartoons. It doesn't really matter, I just think I would love to do it. But now I have a potential career in the Computer industry, I have a year left in college, and I really don't want to stick around.
So what do I do? The jungle would probably only be fun until the beef jerky runs out, more than likely an afternoon into it, so that leaves me with about ten more years, to do something else.
What are the options? I want to be a writer, I want to be an actor, I want to make movies, I want to create a cartoon, I want to be a musician, I want to be a poet.
Basically I want to use my imagination, and support myself that way. why? Because I know I can, I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. And while I'm pretty sure that the Bible wasn't talking about being on the New York Times bestseller's list, I'm also pretty sure that confidence won't do anything to hurt me.

posted by Sam @ 8:01 PM