Rhythm-a-ning
10.20.05 - 12:56 a.m.
It is a bad time when my sleep schedule is this out of whack- I know I'll be hurting around Friday or Saturday, because I just haven't slept much the last couple of nights. Today was all about me being hyper, Hurryupfinishup homework in the morning then class and class and lumberjack, then work for so long because
This is important- I am currently iPod-free. That is right, my iPod broke and I got the box to ship it back today, and shipped my precious little iHog to them today and hopefully they'll have pity and upgrade me (5 months come on apple come on). But the main take-away is that work is forever long without the amusement of my iPod. I also went and picked out stuff at Wild Oats, ready-to-go meals for nights like this when I get back after the caf is closed. Tonight I had Linda McCartney's Cheese pizza and it wasn't bad, I mean it wasn't amazing but a little better than I expected from box pizza, I guess. It has just been a busy day, I feel all moderately off-kilter and am READY to be done with classes after tomorrow, even though my Friday and Saturday days are double-booked already.
Here is something I would like everyone's input on, especially if you're a lady. I'm trying to sort of flesh out a day camp type thing for 6th grade to about 11th grade girls, re:technology, and what I need to know is what got you interested in what you're doing now, why are you doing what you're doing, at what point in your life were you inspired, at what point did you look back and realize that inspiration. I know that commenting is frustrating, so feel free to drop me an email.
I'll go first: I started programming BASIC in 4th or 5th grade, the first program I copied out of (Discover? Observer? something like that, I seem to remember it starting with an O) magazine, it was an Iditarod race simulator. You picked the number of dogs and the pounds of food. I hacked it- there was no cap on the number of dogs, so if I plugged in 75 dogs and 0 lbs of food, I'd finish in a day and win! I don't think I really thought of technology as anything I'd go in to for real, though- my "when I grow up" answers had gone from Fire Truck in preschool to President in 4th grade to Teacher/Writer/Bum through junior high when I scribbled in journals how tortured my life could have been, and then major crisis in about 11th grade when I realized I still didn't know what I wanted to do... but oh wait, I like computers and boy can I program them fast, look at me go, and since then I think it's been a commitment but more than that, I'm not really sure but I think I'm in the right field.
Do girls/boys get told they can't do things because of who they are? I don't really remember this, I remember feeling invincible in elementary school, I knew I was smart. I don't remember ever being told that boys were doctors more than girls, that girls were nurses more, or anything like that. What happens, though?
