This last weekend I had some personal issues that came up out of nowhere, literally.  While there are many things that I will keep personal, there are a few things that I feel I can express with you guys.

I have been a gamer almost my entire life.  I was 4 years old when I got my first game console, the NES.  I actually have the same NES I recieved when I was 4!  I played that machine for hours.  I remember getting up when I was little and silently playing it because I could not sleep. 

Anyways, I have been going to college for Digital Entertainment and Game Design for almost a year now.  I figured if I could take what I love and make a GOOD living out of it, then why not go for it!  Well, I have some backwoods rednecks in my family that have not done anything with there lives.  My Aunt has not had a decent job in god knows when, and her daughter (my female cousin) is jobless, and her stupid husband is a jobless idiot also.  My cousin, her brother, is a drug abusing punk who had never done anything with his life.  He dropped out of school in the 9th grade!!!

I tell you this to let you know how pissed the made me.  My mom was talking to my grandpa the other day, telling him how happy they were for me because I have done so much with my life.  I have a family (wife), a home, a great job, and going to school to have a career.  Well, I guess my good for nothing Aunt got pretty jelous and went off on both my grandpa and mom, telling them that I have just skimmed by in life and that now I am doind nothing more than wasting my education to play video games!!!!

Needless to say, I went off, I said to my grandpa;

WHAT!  WHO IS SHE TO EVEN SAY ANYTHING ABOUT ME!!  FOR ONE, I AM GOING TO LEARN TO CREATE VIDEO GAMES, I MEAN ITS ONLY THE FASTEST GROWING INDUSTRY IN THE PLANET!  ALSO, I HAVE ALWAYS HAD GOOD GRADES, AND I NEVER SKIMMED BY IN SCHOOL!  AT LEAST I GRADUATED AND AM DOING SOMETHING WITH MY LIFE, HELL SHE FAILED TO PASS ONLINE CLASSES TO BE A MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTIONIST, ITS ONLY THE EASIEST THING TO PASS!!

Well, even though I know that she just said that because she is just jelous that her sisters one son is doing better than her whole family, it still hit me pretty hard.  I thought'"am I just doing this because I am an immature adult?"  "what if no-one takes me seriously when I graduate?"

I couldnt keep these thoughts out of my head, then I realized, "dude!  I am living the dream I always wanted!  I must be crazy!"

Anyways, I snapped out of it and am now on the right track to greatness once again. Just a little bump in the road.