I think it's about time for an acutal post. This post will be all about me. It will probably be self-centered and arrogant sounding, but, what the hell, this is a blog and that's what blogs are for.
Recently I've been doing a TON of thinking about my life and where it's heading (kind of like the stuff that Ashley was talking about in that BIG-ASS post of hers. But mine won't be nearly as long winded). Anyway, I've decided I'm going to change my major. I'm changing it from computer science and engineering to a bachelor in arts with either an emphasis on design of computer animation (the whole emphasis thing can be picked at a later date, so it's pretty non-commital right now).
A complete 180, from engineering to art, from concrete to abstract, from numbers to colors.
I don't know if I'll be good at it or if I'll suck at it, but I don't really care. For the first time in my life I feel like I'm making a decision that I want to make because I want to make it. Not one that I'm making because of lack of better options, outside pressures or lack of knowledge. I want to do this and I will give it my best shot. If I'm bad at it, at least I can say I tried. If I'm good at it and I like it, I'll stay with it. Is that brave or stupid? It doesn't matter. I've made a decision and I'm going to stick with it and it feels good. About damn time I'm making a decision for myself and not for others.
Anyway, what do I think this change will... well... change?
I will probably be more happy in general. I'm usually pretty bummed about my homework and how much I hate my major. Hopefully I'll like this art thing more (the art/creative stuff that I do now I really enjoy. So I don't see why I won't enjoy it.).
I won't have class ALL the time. So I probably won't be as tired. I will have more time to enjoy stuff besides school.
I'll be meeting a whole new brand of people. Not to say the engineering/science/math types are bad, but a lot of them are the same. Of course, that's what engineering is like. There's a standard and that standard is applied in every single aspect of production and everything comes out the same.
I'll be developing my mind in a whole new way. Instead of learning how to calibrate an RTD using liquid nitrogen and an ohmeter connected to two separate strips of conducting metal connected with alligator clamps I'll be learning how to create landscapes and sculptures with my hands and how color, tone and form mesh together to create an aesthetically pleasing scene. The latter sounds much more appealing.
Anyway, this post is kind of long just to get one point across. I'm changing my major.
Oh yeah, and I'd like to thank everyone for supporting me and (hopefully) giving your honest opinions about my change.
And now back to studying electrostatics and dielectics for my physics midterm tomorrow :(
