After pursuing a degree in computer engineering at Lehigh University for 2 years, and failing a number of classes, I have decided to become a graphic designer instead.
I believe my poor performance in engineering was due in a large part to a lack of passion for my classes. And what is the reason for this lack? I believe it is because I want to express myself through creative work. Work where I can feel the answer instead of having to memorize some nasty equation to figure it out.
I find myself absorbed in photoshop and 3dsm for hours, refining and experimenting.
I genuinely enjoy that.
I could never get myself to sit down and do engineering-related work for more than an hour without wanting to do something else, practically anything, to avoid the work.
I love technology and computers, but I realize now that going into the depth required for real engineering work, takes the fun out of it for me.
I taught myself everything I already know about computers, I think I can teach myself whatever else I really want to know.

After making the decision, a lot of my friends and family say that they saw it coming.
I suppose in a way I've been stubborn in holding myself to a standard of "if you have the intelligence, you must use it for the hardest thing possible"
It's time to focus my mind on something more personally fulfilling to me.

These days it's everyone's favorite thing to talk about how they hate the current state of DA. I could go on about the wealth of random crappy "art" i see every day and how i feel put off by it. One of the reasons i havent done much work here lately. But there's little point in me ranting about it. Not gonna change anything.

well...how about that, passed 10000 pageviews

Honestly, how many of you just type "sdflsjakh" for the "keyword" part of the submission process??
I sure as hell do.