Yo.

After enjoying blogging for a class I took this past semester, I’m trying again to maintain a blog. What’s this one gonna be about? My journey to figure out what I want to do with my life and what I try along the way.
I’m about to be a senior at USC (in South Carolina) and time to apply to grad school is coming. Picking out a program for advanced study is proving more difficult than I thought it would be though.
To put it all in perspective, here’s a little background about me.

1. 21, from a rural southern town, with parents of neglectful dispositions
2. lover of science fiction, and fiction in general, as well as Japanese culture and language
3. currently studying Media Arts, but started as an English major
4. overcome with looking for a more glamorous job than the one I always wanted: writer

That sums it up pretty well.  I switched to Media Arts so I could study screenwriting, incidentally, but after taking 3 of 4 classes, I decided that wasn’t good enough and started to focus on filmmaking.  Filmmaking is really fun, and I’ve enjoyed learning how.  But now I’m just one class from finishing my major, and having a hard time seeing me doing it in the future, but whatever.
I started sifting through MFA programs, one after the other, but just couldn’t find a program that really felt like something I wanted to spend money or time on.  I decided to look at writing programs for giggles.
I found so many that I had a good vibe from.  The catch? They were programs in English departments, for Creative Writing and not just Screenwriting.
So now I’m debating catching up on English courses (the major I quit)  and working my butt off to have fiction samples to send off with grad school apps.
Kinda crazy to think life is bringing me full circle.