What do Bill Gates, Kanye West, and I all have in common? We all dropped out of college.

Ok, I didn’t drop out of college yet, but it definitely crossed my mind today as I struggled to get through the day. My classes this semester are anything but challenging, and I’m ready to be done with college. First, I reviewed basic unix commands in a 400 level informatics class. Then, I had to take oral roll call and notes over a poorly done PBS documentary. Finally, I sat for 3 hrs in a computer lab watching weird japanese movies that were supposed to inspire me to produce digital art? I should have saved my tuition money and just googled “perl search engine”, “japanese internment”, and “photoshop tutorials” instead of enrolling in classes this semester.

Then my day turned around. I watched the Daily Show’s Inauguration coverage, LOST premiered, and then Gary Vaynerchuk made a timely, inspiring post entitled Stop crying, think, wipe your tear and crush it!. I’d received Twitter replies from both my roommates saying I’ve been complaining a lot lately, and they were right.

@maxbeatty you are complaining a lot these days. (tweet)

@maxbeatty i’m going to stop following you if you don’t stop complaining about your stupid classes and then posting links that i don’t click (tweet)

I’ve decided I’m going to roll with my high school level courses, stop obsessing about how ignorant I think some of my teachers are, and find something I’m passionate about to “crush” in Gary’s words. I know I hate being bored and having nothing to do. Most people are surprised when they hear how soon I’m starting my job after graduation, but I know if I sit around I’ll be miserable. I haven’t done anything productive in over a month and I’m going crazy!

I’ve started revamping my site and from there I’m going to start tackling my long tech-related to-do list. I may not have a Facebook up my sleeve like Mark Zuckerberg or even a TwitPic like Noah Everett, but I’m going to work it to keep a leg up on the competition!