Opening Note... a Mission Statement

I have long thought about starting a journal some place in order to chronicle various things in my life. I do have other blogging sites that I could turn to, I'm just not sure of interest.

I figured that I would start out fresh seeing as this is the beginning of a new year. I've decided to write here.

Now, what might I be covering...

I'm not quite sure. I've been thinking of telling the tale of someone who is desperate to finish their schooling and make something more of their life. The truth is, that's a tale that almost everyone can tell.

I guess I can start by spilling some information about myself.

I'm almost 30 (I turn 30 in November). I've always beat myself up over the fact that I've not finished my Bachelor's. I have a passion for many things in life... a lot of which falls in to the creative line. I love music, film, photography, dancing, art, etc.

I occasionally fancy myself a writer. I've been told that's what I should be doing with my life. And while the thought of having a career as a writer intrigues me, I have no idea on where to start. What I would love to do is to have a screenplay that I wrote shot by a major studio. Now, no matter how much I want that, realistically speaking, that's simply not going to happen. So, I'm going to to keep on writing, because it's something that I do truly enjoy.

But I have set my sites else where.

I took Japanese on a lark. I watch a lot of Japanese movies and so forth. I also have a love for learning new languages. So, I figured that I would take Japanese to be another language that I could understand.

What I did not plan on was that I would truly enjoy the experience. I fell in love with the Japanese language. And while I still have my dreams to be a screenwriter, I think I found something else that I can do and I'm fairly decent at as well. I've done better in Japanese then I have in any other non-Latin based language. I thrived.

I think I found something else that I am completely capable of doing.

And now I have a desire to finish what I started. I've taken two years of Japanese. And now I want to go on to a four year university and get my degree in Japanese.

So, you might be asking yourself, where am I going with this...

Well, that's what this blogs about. It's about me working and struggling. Sometimes I'll succeed and sometimes I'll fail. That is the essence of life. But I would like to chronicle my journey to achieving my first degree in a language that I'm a complete outsider to.

Hopefully those of you who read this will find this enjoyable.

Thank you to those who would like to be along for the ride.