I've finally decided that it isn't worth staying in ohio. I'm unhappy here, all my close freinds have officially moved away, I work a dead end job that doesn't pay nearly as much as I need, and there are pretty much zero oppurtunities out here for an aspiring 3D animator with no connections. Nothing is anchering me here so I've decided it was time for a change.

I started looking at a college called Full Sail (http://www.fullsail.com/index.cfm/fa/splash.main/full-sail-real-world-education) seriously about a year ago. Back then, I was pretty naive about what I was doing so I decided to go down to Orland Florida and take Full Sail's "Behind the scenes tour". It was very impressive, better than the website made it seem (after all, you can't take anything in at face value anymore). They had everything, the tech was top notch, they had an actual backlot,  an arcade for the game designer "research" (no joke), serveral monterous studios, theaters, even a live performance in the recording studio. What really won me over was seeing student demos of their work in the Computer Animation Degree. They were good, scary good, and we were allowed to see every step in every to see how they did it all from start to finish. And to top it all off, do you know what the final assignment is for the animators and game designers? We make a game from start to finish in a structured team just like the proffessional no deviation in steps. 

 I took it all in and started looking for apartments (and, unfortunatly, I'll probably have to find a room mate soon as well) . I'm offically enrolled at Full Sail for a Computer Animation Degree and I'm going to be starting by November. Of course, I'm in the hole for roughly 64,000 plus living expenses and debt, but you know what? I don't care. I'm finally on my way to doing what makes me happy for a living and I'm not going back.