I FOUND THE PERFECT COLLEGE FOR ME!!!!!!!!!

Yes, that's right...I actually found a college that is perfect to me and it's NOT ECC!!!!!! Or even NIU, it's called Moorpark College in Moorpark, California. It has EATM (Exotic Animal Training and Management Program.) which means that I would learn to train and work with wild/exotic animals like I've ALWAYS wanted to do!! Everyone who knows me knows tha this is what I've wanted to do forever, but I never knew what to do to do it.

Today before Thanksgiving dinner, I was talking to Shelly (My mom's cousin) who works at Lamb's Farm, and we got on the subject my my school and what I wanted to do after I graduate. I said probably just ECC, and she asked me what I wanted to do with my life and I told her that I really wanted to work with animals like Animal Control or wildlife triner, and she told me about Moorpark College. She says that I'd get hands on experience with a whole bunch of different animals, and I'd learn how to train them, and then she told me that they also had aprogram there that helps with writting, and since I really enjoy writting screenplays, she told me this place would be perfect for me!! The thing they do with animals is that you train animals for movies, tv, ect...so that would be a perfect perfession for me.....getting to work with animals and write movies at the same time (But if I had to choose between them, I'd DEFINITELY choose animals first!!!!)

But the thing is is that it requires pretty much ALL your time...no family no, no personal time, no relationship time, and that's the only bad thing cause everyone knows I LOVE to be around my family, expecially at parties, and I'm bummed about that, but this is what I've always wanted to do!!!!

So Shell is gonna send me some information on it, but after she told me about it, I've already started doing research on it. Here's the site....http://www.moorpark.cc.ca.us/~eatm/index.html. The thing is, I have to take alot of science classes before I go, and I'd need to get some training here in Illinois, maybe at the local vetenary office or maybe some volunteer work at Brookfield zoo...either way, I'm damned sure this is what I wanna do, and I'm going to do eveyrthing I can to try and go there!!! Tuition isn't really that bad, but they don't have dormitories so I'd have to get my own apartment, and they said that it's REALLY hard to hold down a job while you're there, cause all your spare time is taken by working at their zoo. So I'd have to be financially stable to do that, but I don't think I'd be able to go right away, cause I don't have the required classes to apply. So I'd get my classes done at ECC, then try to get in.

Now it's not a sure thing, and Shell said she'd try to help me find some other colleges like it that are a little closer to here, but I finally found a college that I'm excited to hear about. While Shelly was explaining it to me, I was so into it and I wanted to know ALL I could about it!!! I think I finally found a way to do what I wanna do, and it feels so good!!! Like I said, it's not a sure thing, but I'm gonna do whatever the hell I have to to do it!!!!

So as you can probably tell, I'm absolutely ESTATIC to hear about this!! Anyways, I'm gonna go, and do a little more research on this. I'll talk to you guys later.

~Wolf


Ok, so here's the update as of Saturday....my mom took a look at the Moorpark College wesite, and she says it sounds like a good idea!!! I know, I can't believe it. She says that all the costs it would be isn't that much cause it includes what it would cost for me to get an apartment, food, ect...and she says it sounds like a good school!!! I know, I can't believe it. Like I said before though, I probably won't be able to go until another 2 or 3 years after I graduate, but hell, it's not that far away. And the other thing is that it only take about 50-55 people a year, and about 100-110 people apply every year. So I hope that when I do apply, I'll be able to get in. OMG, I can't wait!!!

~Wolf