. Where I do like writing, I write whenever the mood strikes me, so as as a precaution that means what and how much I write is totally at the mercy of what I feel like writing, so don't expect them to be all uniform and pretty. That being said, being the first time I'm writing a blog I'm horrible at telling things about myself. Most of the time when people ask me to tell about myself, I feel as if they expect something specific from me so I don't particularly know where to start or if where I start or what I say would be interesting to anyone in the slightest. I probably think too much 
. Mmhm... Yeah I'm looking back on my first paragraph... Seems like a good way to start things off. Now that we got all that awkwardness behind us, lets get down to some basics, shall we?
As you may have guessed (Or may not, I'm not judgin') you can call me Mole, although my real name is Garrett. I will admit, find my name to be unnecessarily long in both writing and saying. Many have taken to calling me Mole in real life as well, which don't particularly mind
. I'm 19 years young until June 3rd, and I still have no earthly idea what I want to do with my life. Currently, I'm leaning toward English but I don't particularly know what I want to do in said field. As I said, I do enjoy writing, but I don't know if I want to go into creative writing and write stories or if I want to go into journalism and just be given what to write. The thought of being a teacher has crossed my mind a few times, but that one is a little iffy for me, so where I haven't particularly written it off... I'm not exactly shooting for it. On the subject of school, I don't like talking about things I'm uncertain about, so school is a touchy subject for me. Not to say I'm uncertain about school, its just a little more personal then that. If you ever bring up the topic, don't feel bad if I don't want to talk about it (It's not you, its me 
). In high school I was fairly active in the arts, being involved in a little of everything. I loved playing the trumpet in marching band, going to the competitions and watching the football games, but I wasn't too fond of concert band. I made the band directors aware of this fairly early on, so I never really "soared to great heights" when it came to band placements. I actually only tried out twice (sophomore and freshmen years) and was told I could probably move up a band the next year. Of course I would have none of it, so I didn't try out and became the poster child for last band
. Don't get the wrong idea though, where I might not have liked concert band, I still adore listening to music and enjoy listening to nearly everything. The only genres I really can't stand are Reggae and Tropical music. That being said, my preferred genres would probably be 80's pop (The one hit wonders, mostly), Alt. Rock (Incubus, Trapt, Three Days Grace, Breaking Benjamin, etc.), and, most recently, Classical (I can't stop listening to Chopin). I was also involved in the theatre arts. I had always been interested in it, but when I took it in middle school I didn't exactly have the most favorable experience. Pair that with a already filled freshmen schedule, I didn't end up getting into theatre until my sophomore year. I wasn't too bad, and honestly probably could have done better then I did. Unfortunately, Just as I began to make progress and get somewhere, life got in the way and knocked me down a peg. I was inducted into the "International Thespian Society" but I never did anything particularly stellar. That leads me into my other "love affair" of sorts, drawing.
I got into drawing at a young age. I still have my first real drawing in my "art portfolio". Interestingly enough, it was of Tai and Agumon from Digimon, which I used the old Topps Digimon cards as a point of reference. I remember the feeling I had that first time I felt I made something great, something to be proud of. That moment was honestly probably one of the reasons I got into anime like I did. For years, it felt like all I did with my free time was watch anime and draw anime, working to better my technique. After some time though, it began to get a little stale. I was decent enough at drawing anime characters, but I wanted more. I ended up having a brief stint in art lessons in which I tried my hand at realism. I had the same feeling I did back at 7 years old as I worked on that picture, with the proper tools and guidance for the first time. Unfortunately, I never finished that picture as things came up and I could not return to my private lessons. Which brings us back to my sophomore year, where I enrolled in art hoping to get that feeling again. I showed my work to the art department head, and was given the go ahead to be moved up into the more advanced art to focus on drawing, but unfortunately it could not come to fruition due to scheduling conflicts. I did get to try my hand at pastels and such, but other then that the year was a flop. So much so, I didn't bother signing up the following year. Sometimes I still get the urge to draw, urges I sometimes act on, but drawing with a mechanical pencil can only accomplish so much, and in the end I always end up more frustrated then satisfied.
I'm going to go ahead and bring this baby in for a landing. I could honestly write more, but hey I have to save something for my next blog post I suppose
. I thank you for taking the time to read this (if anyone actually did 
) and I hope you enjoyed it. I would also like to take this time to apologize though for my excessive commas and emotes. It's a filthy habit and I pop those darn things out like they're candy. I also apologize if this comes off as more as a mental evaluation at times then a blog. As I said, I think too much, and I tried to be as candid as possible 
. Lastly I would like to apologize for breaking my very loosely kept policy of never apologizing for who you are . I promise to never do it again, scout's honor....
I'm not a scout
Edited by Mole, 19 January 2012 - 09:31 AM.
