When I was in grade school I wanted to be a pediatrician. After a few more years, I realized that I hated kids, so I scratched that and decided on pharmacist. High school came and went and by the last year I chucked out pharmacist and narrowed it down to microbiologist.

You see, I am a science nerd. Biology, chemistry, physics, I took them all.

I was originally going to apply to the University of Toronto in their Life Science program but after a year of constant, painstaking studying and horror stories I heard about the first year U of T program, I decided it was a no-go for me. Maybe I could just draw the cells instead? Illustrate science textbooks for high school kids? Do something like this?:

(white blood cell landscape and illustrated process of phagocytosis done for last semester’s Anatomy class)

If one of my high school friends hadn’t mentioned OCAD, I probably would’ve been a full fledged hermitting nerd by now (not saying I’m still not). I love the fast-pace, dizzying lifestyle of the contemporary illustration scene despite the pretentious hipsters. But, if I wasn’t studying what I was studying I think I’d still want to go into biology.

Or be a person organizer.

Have you seen my room?

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