Vacation, and other stuff

So, I posted a few months ago about doing regular posts on the state of the gaming industry. I fully planned on doing regular columns on my views of the gaming industry as a whole, plus talking about specific games, what I thought of them, and any other stuff that came to mind. Then I got promoted at work, and it all went to hell. Getting paid more money is nice, but the level of crap I have to deal with to get that money....eh. It has allowed me to make some upgrades to the ol' computer, extending its life by another 1-2 years. It has also forced me to consider what I want to do with my life. And it is not what I am doing now.

For the past 2 weeks I have been on vacation. I have played a lot of games, read some books, watched a lot of movies, and just hung out, fucked about, and not done much of anything at all. I have also done a lot of thinking. I am now, more than ever, sure that I need to go back to school. But go back to school for what? Well, I have thought about that for a while, long before I went on vacation. When I went back in 2003, for some reason, I chose the school of Management. I soldiered on, and got my degree 4 years later. 4 years after that, I live in a small town, work at a local call center sweat shop, making 15 an hour fixing bullshit problems for people who I am only willing to talk to because I am paid to do so. Clearly, there was a error in judgement somewhere.

Now, in 2011, I am a few months away from turning 30. It is time to ask myself, what do I want to do? Well, I don't really know dammit. So, I asked myself what do I like? Well, I like books. I like games. I like movies. I like computers. I like Economics. I like Finance. Well, I thought, what could I study, and get a degree in, then talk/write about these things, from anywhere, thanks to the interwebs. That's right boys and vagina gate-keepers, I am considering getting a degree in Mass Communication, AKA Journalism.

Now, this is not the first time I have thought about this. I have a long standing fascination with Journalism, and the people who do it, ever since I was young. Particularity how stupid they generally are, or how full of themselves they can be. Did I think I WANT THAT when I was 5 while watching Peter Jennings on ABC news? No. But every once in a while, there is a really smart, funny journalist who knows the subject that they write about, and is able to effectively communicate that information to millions of people effortlessly. At least that is the way it appears.

I honestly think I can do that for one of the subjects, or several, from the ones I mentioned earlier. And I am going to use this blog as a test bed, to see what works and what does not. Lots of movies and games come out in the next six months, so I am going to try my hand at reviewing them. I have no idea how well I am going to do at this endeavor, or how often the posts will make it up here. I think there are like 4 people who are following me now, if you read my posts please message me or post some feedback, so I know what to keep doing, and what I need to fix. If I do actually make something of this blog, and in turn, move on to a career doing something like this, a digital portfolio would not be a bad thing to have.