I have an older sibling who’s seven years older than me and she was a teen when MTV  still had music videos, not the junk they have now LOL  And that meant she took over the remote so we watched a lot of MTV and whatever was the ‘it’ movie at the time” She was into alternative music ( its now Modern rock )

Kind of off topic.. but …Empire records were one of those movies. We watched it A LOT. But of all the stuff this movie said or did .. it made me question some stuff

the line that made me go ” I’M NEVER GOING TO A FOUR YEAR COLLEGE ”  WAS

Now let me explain that four-year college deal because I know you’re confused.

I knew early on that going to a four-year college was in many ways  WAS going to really stop me from being an artist.

Now I know there are four-year art schools but I was kind of pushed into going to a junior college right after high school and by the fall of 2002 I was sick of school.

Can you blame a girl? Here the link to the part  https://youtu.be/_pAII6UO810 I’m referring to … in case you somehow never saw “Empire records”. Heres me 11-12 little

gabbie totally loving this

That right there made a light bulb start flickering. I knew I didn’t want to work for someone else after I fished  High school

I knew I wanted to make my craft part of my living.o here I’m at

  and I’m selling my web design services..