There’s the me that wants to do nothing more than get an art degree and create the rest of my life and live a quiet existence. Then there’s the me that wants to be all ambitious and work my way towards a PhD/Doctorate and publish academic journals, go to conferences, etc. And then there’s the third me who’s like I don’t know what I want to do career-wise, I’ll just live in dreamland all the time.

Oh the trials and trivializations of growing up.

So my coworkers have given me a list of movies I have to watch, anyone have any suggestions on must sees from this list? I’ve crossed off what I’ve watched already this weekend:

• Born Into Brothels
• The Five Obstructions
• Two for the See Saw
• Amadeus
• 3:10 to Yuma
• Burden of Dreams
• Son of Rambow
• Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus
• Akira
• Seven Samurai
• Rashomon
• Steamboat Bill
• 2001: A Space Odyssey
• Bronson
• The Royal Tenembaums
• Exiled
• The Darjeeling Limited
• A Clockwork Orange
• American Psycho
• The Life Aquatic With Steve Zisson
• 28 Days Later
• Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
• Reservoir Dogs
• The Big Lebowski
• The Shining
• One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s nest
• Mars Attacks!
• The Departed
• Easy Rider

28 Days Later is also on the list of to-watch for today.

Some days I just want to rip the skin off my face.

Anyone still in high school seeing this who is deciding whether to do two years of community college before going to art school, just go to art school. Quite possibly the worst decision of my life.

The reality is bittersweet.