When I grow up, I wanna be…
I’ve always loved the performing arts, but not once did the thought of becoming an actress come into my mind.
When I was younger, my career of choice was more on the other end of the spectrum. More left brained, and probably more stable. I wanted to be a meteorologist. Why? I seriously have no idea. I started watching The Weather Channel for that reason when I was 6. Anytime anyone wanted to know what the weather’s gonna be like, I can tell them. I even did a science project on weather when I was in junior high school. On my own. Remember, I didn’t have friends then. I lived and breathed it. And I still do, actually.
The thought of acting came about when I was about 9. I would go in front of the mirror and recite original “monologues”. I would also sing in front of it as well. I wasn’t really exposed to anything theatrical until high school though. In terms of acting, I was in a high school musical, and decided that I loved it so much, that my passion exploded for it, and I went from left-brain career path to right-brain career path almost overnight.
I was in a school where there were mini-schools within it. I started off in a pre-med mini-school. Normal enough, lots of science and math. Yeah, after the first high school musical, I thought that it would be a great time to switch gears; not only to explore my passion further, but also to avoid the shit out of pre-calculus and physics. So I went into the theater mini-school, and graduated from it. So I have a high school diploma with a theater mini-school and Regents sticker on it. Oh, and I started college as an intended theater and media major. While it isn’t the world’s most stable career, I want to actually go back to college and major in theater, namely acting and musical theater, and minor in creative writing, concentrating on playwriting of course.1
So what ever happened to the meteorology thing? I love it still. In fact, there is only one other thing I would major in–meteorology. The Weather Channel is on my TV when I turn my TV on, when I turn it off, and I find myself surfing weather.com sometimes. So yeah, I’m still a weatherhead. I have strong passions on both extremes of the spectrum. It’s rather cool. I made a joke saying that the perfect movie role for me would be a meteorologist juggling work and romance. Yes, sad, I know.
1That reminds me, it’s not my strongest form of writing, but The Writer inspired me to at least try novel writing. I need to generate ideas for it…
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Julie - URL
Well the cool thing about being a weather girl on the news is you can act (you’re in front of the camera right?) and tell the weather at the same time. Perhaps that’s a good job to combine your interests.
