i've recently been enlightened on the path my parents expect for me, namely, go to law school and pretend to be happy. even though my dad's an architect, me going into graphic design, or writing, or journalism, or -god forbid- comic books (gasp!) is out of the question. tis what you get for having semi-traditional african parents i'm not impressed, but i do understand why. i mean, my brother's a genius who's going to college in September *sob* and probably find a cure for cancer, or something amazing like that. but still that's his dream, not mine. who'd want a lawyer who knows next to nothing about the law and draws cartoons when she's bored? not me

so i'm on a mission to prove that doing something art/writing related is not a complete waste of time. which means i have to take art more seriously, like i do with comic books. and improve shizz-loads, or argue with my parents 24/7. yeah.

and whilst i've discovered america is a lot like the movies, i do realise the media exaggerates a few things. Fopr example, not all americans are stupid. in fact, a huge majority of them are friendly, intelligent, very thoughtful, and aren't fixiated with shoes or bad music. well most of them anyways