Sometimes you need a good friend to tell you that its okay to pursue a dream, that you only have one life and that you shouldn't live it under anyone else's terms.  In the back of my mind I knew this but sometimes the world puts pressures on you and you feel that you should be doing something else when the one thing you love to do is pushed aside.  Fuck it.  I'm not going to live my life wishing I had purued my true passion.  There may be consequences but I'd rather live with those than regret...