| Date: 2005-07-12 11:12 p.m. Today we were supposed to tell a 1-2 minute "funny story" in speech. I didn't have a funny story so I just told them about this dream with some slight changes as to not offend too many people. My classmates laughed a whole lot, probably not so much at what I said as my way of delivering it. Someone told me I should do stand-up comedy. I think I'd be good at it and I'd probably love it. It really is a great adrenaline rush to get up there and make people laugh just in speech class. The biggest dilemma I have in my life right now is that there are so many things I’d love to do career-wise but I can’t seem to just pick one and go with it. Pretty soon here I’ll be done with all my basics classes and I’ll need to pick a major. I know what I want after I get out of college: to be at a low-stress job where I’ll be happy to go to work every day. What I don’t want is to end up at a job where I sell my time and happiness for money.Historically, I’ve been a person without a plan. Now I have a plan, but it’s too broad of one to supply direction or action. I could imagine interviewing for another college and being asked what major I’m thinking about choosing.“Oh I’m gonna go for a Bachelors degree in Happiness, maybe I’ll even get a Masters.”“Security!”I’ve been doing well to maintain the happiness that I have. One thing that I don’t want to ever be forced to lose is my sense of humor. I don’t care what job I have, as long as I’m allowed to be myself. The last thing I want is to work at some business where some asshole sits me down and says, “Casey we’re going to need you to stop making everyone laugh so much. Our employees need to have that ‘stick up ass’ feeling in order to be 100% effective.”So far in my speech class I’ve been allowed to say pretty much whatever I want with some obvious exceptions (cursing etc.) I love that feeling. So I’ve been thinking for the past 3 or 4 months that I want to be a professor. But a professor of what? That’s right. I have no fucking clue either. I’ve narrowed it down to Political Science, Psychology, History, or Philosophy. Right now I’m heavily considering the first 2 I listed. I'll figure it out one of these days. Until then I'll go with the flow and have my fun. |
