Mon dieux dans qui je ne crois pas

[shadesofmauve]

One website says there's a masters degree program for comics in Lyon. One site says it's only a two week course, or a bachelors degree. It might just be that their site isn't complete. It might be that I move to Portland in a year or two, get Oregon residency, and study architecture. It might be that I stay where I am, loose faith in life and adventure, collect cats, and go slowly insane. This last would be perillously easy to do, because I'm strung along by always being on the verge of accomplishing something. I'm almost ready to submit children's book illustrations; I'm almost in a position to start comicing again.

Apparently, scrapping everything I've ever studied to pursue ethnomusicology in Quebec is not an option, because the only program requires a previous bachelors in the field and a working knowledge of German. Why the heck German?

Why does it feel like I ought to have done all this travel stuff during bachelors studies? How old do you have to be before you know what to be when you grow up?

Comments

[westrider.livejournal.com]

The collect cats and descend into madness option is looking nicer and nicer every day, I must admit.

And as for the "...know what to be when you grow up." bit, just remember "Every human being should be able to..." :)

[shadesofmauve]

Well, 13 out of 21 isn't too shabby. I'd rather not know just yet whether or not I'm capable of dying gallantly, and I think that I could add one more for "plan an invasion", but Heinlein would think I was being too literal. I mean, of course I can plan in invasion - it just wouldn't nessecarily go off well.

[pyoor_excuse]

"How old do you have to be before you know what to be when you grow up?"

I met someone who I think was in her 70s still asking the same question - so you've got a while yet* ;)

* She had a wicked dirty sense of humour too, it was hilarious to look after her because she just loved having a laugh with, and sometimes at, the medical team :)

[jaktek.livejournal.com]

Why do we all have this sudden urge to move to Portland? How does this work?