"Growing up doesn't mean growing old."
Unlike a lot of other teens, I don't fear life after college. To be honest, I'm kind of excited about it, although I may still be in that idealistic and childish stage where I think adulthood is wonderful. But I'm not excited for "money" and "freedom", like most kids are. I'm excited to by my own house and furnish it and pay a mortgage every month. I'm excited to go to bars and meet people the old fashioned way, and maybe even cheer on a bar fight. I'm excited at the idea that I can leave my house for days without telling anyone, taking spontaneous road trips and talking to strangers who may or may not be rapists.
I'm also very hopeful in terms of my career. I want to major in Computer Graphics or 3D Animation, a craft that can be applied to many things as the digital age gets bigger and bigger. I'm excited to go to work and work for money. And I'm excited to spend my hard-earned money as frivolous as satellite television. Maybe I'll even get a phone that costs more than $18.
Conventional girly-ness still remains in my heart, however. After college, I would like to be married (preferably before 30, if that's not asking for too much). I'd like to have children and not name one of them John. They'll probably have really strange names like Apple or Superman or Gertrude. I'm excited to decorate my daughter's room with murals of dragons breathing rainbows and unicorn knights riding across the sky. I'd like to fill my kids' dreams with imagination and whimsy. They'll be thought to be strange at school, for sure, but they'll be loved.
I hope to one day get a pilot's license. If I have enough money after buying that satellite dish, I'd like to buy a small plane and roll across the sky. I've always wanted to fly; to fly my own airplane definitely be a highlight of my life. I wonder if I could take "road trips" in my plane, flying from airport to airport. I wonder if parking is expensive.
Travelling would definitely be huge for me. If possible, before I settle down, I'd like to take a road trip across the country after college, maybe with other people or maybe on my own. Maybe I'd bicycle across Europe from country to country. I wonder if I could somehow find my way from France to China. Although without any sort of sense of direction, I doubt I would ever even reach Germany. I guess it's the adventure that counts, right?
Back on the subject of houses, I've always wanted to live in a condo in the city, where I could take the elevator down and walk across the street to a plethora of restaurants and shops. After being in New York City for a month, I don't think I'd want to live there. Instead, I opt for something with small town charm and big city attitude - like Boston. I think that'd be my dream place to live. But with most animation companies being in California, I doubt I'd ever end up in Boston. Maybe my husband will be a doctor or something. A girl can dream.
Well, I guess we'll all find out what happens when it happens. The scariest thing that can happen is if everything actually goes according to plan.
