I still remember how I felt when I walked out of the theater after seeing '8 Mile'. I felt like I could conquer the world. Little did I know, I would very soon get that chance.
I went through some things that made me a better person-a more creative, loving, hard-working person.There have been countless times where various people have made the comment to me that I always accomplish whatever I put my mind to. It has taken me years to realize they were right. What a wonderful feeling to look back on life and not just see mistakes, but also some accomplishment.
I set quite a few goals for myself in high school (as terrified as I was at the time), and somehow accomplished them all. Well, except for being voted in my Senior year as Student Government Secretary, but I'll live with that defeat. haha! It just taught me that I do not belong in politics.
With every horrible job I had, I gave it my all, and only got fired from one of them-a fast food place...I'm hearing an old Avril Lavigne song in my head as I'm typing this. :)
And as much as I tried to run away in fear from my passion for music and photography, life was pretty determined to push me in that direction despite me. After five years of running from The Art Institute, I went and graduated...and now...after YEARS of running from music, I've officially started TRYING to write. By no means are my goals with this to play in any type of venue, but I simply just want to sit in my living room and throw a concert for one. To be able to turn my words into songs would just put the icing on the cake for me so far in my life.
I realized that when I try to go to sleep at night, that's when songs try to write themselves in my head. So, I've started writing them down. However, my biggest inspiration for pursuing music is my great, and amazingly talented friend, Nguyen. When you surround yourself with people who believe in your crazy little dreams, you figure out quickly that they are the reason you are able to accomplish things in life.
Many years ago, I wrote my first song while at the beach in Jacksonville, FL. That will be the first one that gets put to music, and I hope my new, leather journal gets filled.
Talk about fantastic-if I had the joy of writing music on top of my amazing job of working with the best clients/friends in the world with my photography-I would pretty much have a permanent smile on my face. So, I guess I should never say never, right?
By the way...here's the mentioned Avril song. Seriously, I wished I was her when she first came out. Finally, a tomboy. :)
