Here I am, with degree in hand, and turns out I don't even like engineering software. I ran into one of my old profs today, and he said that, a couple years ago, he wasn't sure if I was going to make it. What surprises me is that there was never any doubt in my mind of whether or not I was going to graduate from Tech with the very degree I have today. Granted, there were moments of "I'm going to beat this or die trying", with the "die trying" winning, but still. Oh ye of little faith.
I've felt a desire to start writing again, and in a big way. I don't know if it means I'm going to have to be a technical writer for some software company, or if I'm going to have to go back to college and study journalism or something like that. (Actually, I was thinking about doing war corresponding for a living about six months ago) Here's a modest set of goals I'd like to accomplish in my lifetime, subject to change in the future:
- Become fluent in Manderin (just speaking - literacy can come later)
- Write one major work of fiction and one of non-fiction
- Visit the Vatican
- Visit the Holy Land
- Learn how to salsa and tango in Argentina
- See Rio during Carnival
OK, that's all I've come up with. Maybe I should have become a travel agent or tour guide. I definitely don't want to spend more than the summer in Butte if this internship doesn't come up. If I spend too much time here, I'm going to lose any momentum I had left over from college.
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