I am Alan Hull, student, father, boyfriend, and all around brain. I have been a father since August 14th, 2001, and a Kansan since birth, February 20th, 1983. I am far more proud of the father thing. Although, fathering a child when you are a teen ager leads to some potentially bad things. 1 of which is the crazy-baby-momma syndrome. Most of that, I will leave for another blog. Another one of those things is child support. And lastly mentioned in this blog will be attorneys. My son is Dante Quidachay. He wants to be a race car driver when he's all grown up. I am guessing because I, his father, took him to the import drag races, and have shown him videos of myself racing my old Civic down the lanes. I was without contact of my son for about a 6 month or so period due to some apparent misunderstandings between his mom and myself. that being my girlfriend, Jessica, is real. Now things are back on track, and I get to see him every weekend.
Enough of being a parent, onto my next self-indulged dribble!
I'm a student of pretty much everything but useful stuff. I have been taking Japanese. There is a very small population of Japanese in Kansas, and an even smaller amount of those actually speak Japanese. I suppose I chalk that up to my inherent white-male disposition to liking Japanese things (stereotypically women, but I prefer the spicier Mexican lady I have now). I love Japanese culture. The eastern philosophy, pop culture, automotive culture, the cartoons, and the crazy-ass game shows. So, I took up the language.
I spent a semester as a music education major, also. I have a new found respect, and distaste for music majors now. You are expected to practice your instrument 3 hours a day, everyday. I, as a self sufficient person who pays child support and rent, could not find the time to do that. So, I was mediocre at that major.
I spent a semester as an elementary education major. I found that to be extremely easy. Well, isn't that good, you ask yourself. No. Not to me it is not. I have to pay back the government for all this education, so I need for it to be worth my money. If I am not getting collegiate level classes, I should not have to pay that kind of money. So, I am not going to continue that path either.
So now, I am stuck with 84 college credits (89 at the end of this semester) and no decided path to put them into. I am thinking of becoming a licensed substance abuse counselor. I already have enough credits for an Associates in Psychology, and it would only take a couple semesters to complete the rest of the program. Also, social work is a possibility. However, I also love technology, so I'm also thinking about programming. But, I fear that working at the computer would make me hate playing computer games. And I like playing those. Ideally, I would major in philosophy. Unfortunately, that leaves me with very little employment opportunities. So, I am a student with no plan.
Now then... why does this dude continue to refer to Kansas? Well, mostly because I feel so out of place here. Ever since I've been able to try to figure out who I am, I have not liked where I was. It started in my early teens, and ever since then, I've only felt comfortable in places I've visited. I hope you all look forward to a future blog about Nickerson Rural High School. It's coming soon, I can feel it. Even though I have an utter distain for this place, I still live here. Mostly because I cannot afford to go anywhere else and keep in contact with my son. I would love to live in a place like my cousins Missy and David. Between mountains and an ocean, inside a culturally diverse community with very good public transportation. Also, the food is rather nice in the DC area. So maybe, you'll be reading a blog about me moving to Washington state or Oregon, or someplace less expensive on the East Coast, or even in Boulder, CO or something. Only time will tell, and it's getting late.
Enjoy my thoughts, and have a wonderful day/evening/morning!
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