I really like the idea of posting our dreams. My dreams tend to be heavily planned out and streamlined for optimal goal achievment. I'm kidding, but I have a plan to at least shove myself in the direction that I want to go which right now involves more college than anyone should want to attend. =P

My dream, my hopefully obtainable dream, is to work for a game development company as a programmer. I'll have my developer associate's degree this coming May, along with an associate's in General Science so I can transfer to UMBC to get a Bachelor's/Masters in Info Systems. I've seen glimpses of my dream already though, which makes me want it more. Mr. Mike McDonald has come to talk to my little community college as a lecturer (where I totally got my picture taken with him since I'm such a nerd) and recently he showed up again at an important meeting for my school's technology department which I happened to be assigned student representative to. Our paths have now crossed twice and he has an interest in my community college, and I will be moving closer to his game studio after May since UMBC is in Baltimore. I will probably see him again in the Spring and hope to arrange some face time with him formally during his visit. I doubt many of you will recognize him by name or even by the development studio, Day 1 Studios; but I'm sure someone played the Mechwarrior games that were released with Xbox's launch, Fracture, or F.E.A.R. I'm just hoping somehow the stars and planets align and he'll actually give me an opportunity sometime to interview for a position with his studio someday when I have a few more languages and syntax under my belt. I don't even want to be a huge awesome everything programmer, I'd be happy making a menu system or something to that effect. Either way, I'm hoping the opportunity will afford itself someday and maybe he'll even remember me from the meetings.

I want to finish school with a 3.0 GPA or better (I have a 2.24 right now…) with a Bachelor's in Music Education and a minor in French and to get my certification for Colorado AND California… if not just a national certification to teach middle school music. I want to get married and have children, but not until after I've graduated. I want to find a job that fits my skills with people.

For more short-term, I want to break 7000 gamerscore by the end of the year on xbox live! That and finish all of my Magic: the Gathering books I've been meaning to read.

Also, I want to wish everyone the best of luck on their goals… and their chasing of their dreams.

Thank you for all the wonderful suggestions! (And sorry for the delayed response been sick and college is killing me slowly) I'll certainly look into these during my break between semesters so I can devote some time to them and really read what they're about. Once again thank you.