Ever since I can remember I've wanted to make people laugh. Coming from a house where my parents' marriage has been less than ideal more often than not, laughter is something I've always taken solace in. No arguments can happen if everyone is busy laughing. I started watching Saturday Night Live and other sketch comedy shows in grade four, I'd sneak out into the living room after lights out and turn the volume on the television down as low as it could go in order to avoid being caught. Soon after that I moved on to stand-up; watching stand-up comedy for me felt very much like riding my bike without training wheels for the first time. That sense of excitement and wonder; to think that people could actually make a career out of making others laugh. I went through stages of obsession with different comedians, jumping from one to another; trying to learn as much as I could from each one as I went along. Eventually reality set in and I realized that my inability to speak in front of both small and large groups could become a problem in my ideal career choice. It was right around that time when I decided I wanted to be a writer. I've never had a passion for reading, although I do tend to get caught up in books and will not put them down until I have finished reading the entire thing. I wanted to be a writer because I wanted to paint pictures for people using nothing but my words. I wanted to create something beautiful to share with others, so I started incorporating story telling into all of my writing. I used stories about myself to draw together the commonalities between the fantastic and the everyday. It was the love of story telling that eventually lead me to enroll in English Studies at university. English Studies would allow me to learn about the greats of literature, all the while expanding my vocabulary enough to make me sound smart. It seemed like the perfect plan. So now I have realized that, though I may love to write, I more than likely will never become a writer. I "blog" as an outlet. It is a way to express myself through my words. It is kind of an idealistic situation, I write what I want to and don't need to fear criticism. If people like what I write, they leave comments.. if they don't they say nothing at all.