My Life

When I was seven years old, my father took me to go see Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace. Even though at this moment in time, I know the movie sucks, I came out of that theater amazed. I wanted to make movies.

I was in second grade. But then, throughout all my years through elementary and middle school, people made me think I would never be able to make it. I gave up on my dream. They made me think it was an impossible dream. I didn't want to make movies.

Yet, I had a talent. I was able to draw. I rarely shared what I drew for fear that people would once again make fun of me and taunt me. That changed in sophomore year when I met the Moon. I joined the anime club and she proposed to make a magazine featuring people's drawings and comics. The next day I asked my best friend to join me in making a comic and it exploded from there. When our story came out the Moon had loved it. She loved my drawings. For the first time I could remember, I was being truly and honestly praised. My parents didn't think much of my drawing nor did they think I had any big dreams because I never talked to them about it. But I drew more and more. Then everyone noticed what I could do.

Still, I didn't know what I wanted to do with my life. Until Mystery Girl, a person I'd already knew for a while, started to read my stuff. After that, I want to impress her and show her what I could do. It dawned on me that the only way to truly show her what I dreamt about or what could imagine was to make it visual, and breathing, and there. In other words... to make a movie. It was the first time in probably 8-9 years that I thought about making a movie. I decided to make it come true. To keep that promise. To reach for that goal.

Movies are more than just an interest.. they are a way of life for me. Just like comic books or anime/manga. Anyway, I'm preaching/babbling. My point is... There is something I'm going after. Boy... is a lot of work ahead of me. But.. hey, that's been my life.