Blog Entry 2: What do I want to do with my life later on

Man, how can I answer that question with just one thing. Well, I'm really going to talk about jobs, that I'd like to do. But don't get me wrong - there's a lot of things a geek like me would like to work...But what the heck do I have to study for them? And how am I going to pay bills and so on...
Hmm...
One of the things I'd like to do is animation. Being a passion of mine it's just perfect for me! I guess I'll have to study art somewhere, but I'm not sure if there actually is a good art school. I've heard only of one that teaches animation and that's New Bulgarian University. But will I get good education and drawing abilities there? To tell the truth - I doubt it!
Another job I'd like to take is comic book drawing. The comic book market in Bulgaria is small. Recently there aren't many comic books by bulgarian artists and I hope that this will change. But if it doesn't my dream is to go and work in the USA for a while and work on my favourite comic book publishing house - DC Comics.
So, what else can I do? I've always thought that action figure designing is interesting. Last year I saw a documentary on a DVD. It was called "Building The Batman" and it was with various interviews with people working at Mattel on toys based on the cartoon show "The Batman". I just thought it was awsome! I guess my favourite part is designing the figures and playsets themselves. I've made various playsets for action figures at home and they turn out quite good and accurate. I guess I'll have to study sculpting...but whatever I study, I cannot realize this in job in Bulgaria. Atleast not these days.

Some people have told me that I'd make a good actor. And one of them is currently studying acting at a Plovdiv high school. I guess it isn't bad, but it isn't really a passion of mine. Sure I love quoting and copying my favourite movie characters, but...I don't know... something doesn't sound right about me being an actor. But if I decide I want to do that, I'll have to go to Sofia and study at Natfiz.

But whatever I study, I'll also have to make some money. Even if I keep studying in Plovdiv and I keep living with my family, I can't always rely on my parents for money.
I guess Fast Food is something I can handle. There're also a few big stores that sell toys, manifactured by major companies like Hasbro or Toy Biz and the store people always are amazed by how much I know about action figures. You know, articulation, accesories, manifacturer, line etc... They sometimes say that they'd offer me a job, if I wasn't under age.
That's cool!
I rememver that once I was looking at the Batman Begins toys and a young kid next to me was looking at the Transformers. And he didn't know most of the characters. So there I am, explaining to him who StarScream is and if he's an Autobot or a Decepticon. Then the kid told his mother that I knew everything. It really made me fell happy.

So I really don't know what the future has got in store for me, but let's hope it's something that I can handle.