The Real Me

I turn 30 in April. It shouldn't be too hard. The best part is I'll be sharing it, literally, with my best friend. My wife's birthday is the same day. She was born the same day, the same year, the same city, the same hospital, an hour and a half after me. No she's not my sister. It's just kismet, a sychronicity, a coincidence or what ever else you want to call it.
Turning 30, and getting older, is getting easier for me. Just recently I was promoted to a salaried position at my job. I know that sounds probably crazy to be almost 30 and still making $XXX/hour. Well it's true. I'm proud of my recent accomplishments too. I never finished college and I'm making a good living. I also feel like I'm a good husband and good dad. I'm not necessarily doing exactly what I'd like to do with my life, but it's still cool. If I had it my way I'd be an cartoon animator. Doing stuff like "Finding Nemo", "Robots" or "Ice Age", just to name a few. Now that would be awesome. I love that kind of stuff. I have so many ideas in my head that are bursting to come out, but you never seem to have enough time. I've been, been through the last couple years, trying to teach myself Flash, but it's hard when some of the only time you get, your daughter is standing next to you at the computer, looking up at you saying, "Dada", in the most adorable way, that either means "Get off the computer and play with me." or "Let me up on your lap so I can see what you're doing that you must think is so neat, or otherwise you wouldn't be ignoring me."
I'm a total geek when it comes to computers and any kind of animation. I just melt when I watch cool animation. I'm not in to "Star Wars" type stuff, but more cool animation that is probably aimed more at people 15-20 years younger than me. I do like special effects too, but cartoons are awesome. That's what's cool about having a daughter. I can watch different cartoons and not feel so guilty and childish. My wife is very understanding about my cartoon fetish. She actually watch most of them with me. When it comes to computers, I love them too. I'm not as good as I'd like to be, but I just love what they can do. I'm sure I'll talk about these subjects in the future.