And What Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up Elle?

Remember when your teachers would ask you that question and you reached for the stars and said something along the lines of "I want to be a (insert job title here)!" and the job titles you used were something like 'super hero, fireman, doctor, veterinarian, author, barbie doll, marshmallow, batman, a teenage mutant ninja turtle, etc.'
Yeah, I went above and beyond as a kid.
When I was five, I decided to be a marine biologist.
Yeah.
I knew so much about marine life, I was a swimming, talking encyclopedia of all things wet.
I went on like that for a few years.
I still can tell you a lot about beluga whales (They were my favorite. Still are.).
After I stopped wanting to be a marine biologist, I wanted to be an actress. I guess that I'm OK at acting, and anyone in my family will give testament to the fact that I am often seen having conversations with myself quite often.
The problem with acting is that, while I love doing it, at my school they only do musicals. And my singing abilities are mediocre at best.
You don't want to hear me sing.
Ever.
So I have forsaken being an actress for a career that accepts my weirdness and will totally allow me to stay locked in my room muttering to myself and call it OK.
Writing.
I have, I guess, always wanted to be a writer. I've been writing stories since I was very little, and have been talking to myself for as long as I can remember, creating characters and worlds and talking to them.
My mom once told me that I used to go around telling people stories in a different language when I was little.
I must have been an awesome kid.
So while becoming a marine biologist is on the back burner, and being an actress a tempting possibility, but not one I am quite cut out for, I go off to my room to talk to myself.
Again.
The voices are protesting and I think I should go yell at them.
Till next time,
ELLE