Words and Pie

It's natural to not know what the heck you are doing.


If you are a college student, you could probably pay off your student loans if you had a nickel for every time someone asked you the infamous question,


"What's your major?"


My major is currently English.  I definitely get mixed reactions when I tell people that.  Some say things like "Good, good. That's great! I love literature." or "Oh, cool! So could you write my next paper for me?" What do people expect me to say to that? Yes, of course I will, I've been waiting for you to ask?


Others ask me, quite snidely,  "English, huh? What are you going to do with that?"


Don't think I don't see past your thinly veiled insult, you practical ninny.


What I really want to say is, "Um, I don't know, what are YOU going to do with your political science degree? Become the president? Do you know the percentage of people that actually BECOME president? Like, less than a tenth of a percent, kay?"

I don't actually say that though, because that is a tad cheeky and that percentage makes no sense.  I smile and tell them that I aspire to be a writer.  If I could get paid to write about funny and occasionally serious things and also bake pies, that would be ideal.  Practical? No. Awesome? Yes. An artist of words and pastries, if you will. People like Mark Twain and J.K. Rowling did okay for themselves, but they are apart of a very small club. And I'm sure J.K. Rowling bakes a mean English muffin.


There are many things I wish to do with my life, but if I had to condense it down to two main things, I would have to say I want to:


1) Have kids
2) change the world


First I need to find a husband (not anytime soon of course), which shouldn't be so hard, right? Like Tom Hanks says in You've Got Mail, "Oh right, yeah, a snap to find the one single person in the world who fills your heart with joy."
After that it's just science.


As far as changing the world goes, I'm still brainstorming on that one. 
 But hopefully it will involve words and pie.
Stay tuned.