Happy New Year.
January 1, 2008 at 9:57 pm (2008, College, English major, New Year, annoyance, bills, car, celebrities, child care, coffee, college grad, college life, commuting, conan obrien, dancing, driving, embarassing, entertainment business, growing up, job hunt, liquor, new job, partying, payments, recent graduate, resolutions, responsibilty, taxes, writer)
Ringing in the New Year is always fun with liquor, dancing and all-round merriment. The big things about New Year’s Eve are the resolutions. I feel that we all should make one resolution we plan to keep and about ten back-ups. This year is my first year as a grown-up. I am a recent college graduate (thank you.) and I am on my own (for the most part). I start a new job next week and I am very excited about it. I am very glad that I no longer have to commute to the city everyday and fight to find a parking space. I am glad that I will not have to pay ten dollars to park all day so I can go sit in boring classes and drink obscene amounts of coffee. I’m not gonna lie, I’m pretty excited to start this new chapter in my life. Problem is, this new chapter costs a lot of money!
So the other day I was going to purchase a new car. New meaning, not my old, rusted Cavalier. I was going to buy a Honda Civic (yeah, they’re bomb) but at that time in my life I was only out of school for barely two weeks and not heard from any of the places I applied to yet for employment. I hate when things don’t work out as planned and this was one of those times. Finding a job right out of school is one of the hardest things you will ever do. I’m not even talking about career-related. I’m talking about jobs to pay the bills (there will be a lot of bills piling up once you receive your diploma.) Now this doesn’t apply to the people with the safe career choices like nurses or teachers. Those are jobs you can find anywhere. I’m talking about jobs that are more abstract like in the entertainment business.
I want to be a writer but the trouble is, being a writer means you will be starving for a great portion of your life. Anything entertainment-related means you will be struggling for years to “make it in the biz”. I think of all my misc. jobs over the past and future as tidbits for my “E! True Hollywood Story” someday. Who knows? I’m happy that I found a full-time job that I will like. On the other hand, I still don’t feel that accomplished. All these people keep asking me, “Well are you still going to pursue writing?” Well, fuck yeah I am! Do you seriously think I want to spend the rest of my life wiping boogers off little three-year old noses?! I don’t think so! Here’s the deal… don’t ask me if I still want to be a writer because obviously I do seeing as I have a blog and all. Plus, I research what movies are coming out, who produces, who writes, who directs. I want to know every bit of knowledge so that someday I will make it to LA or NYC and become a writer. However, for now I will be Miss Marie occupation wiping boogers and coloring with chalk. Good times.
Happy New Year.
