Technology and Toby of All Boys?

I’ve gotta stop putting my feet on my desk, this is the fourth time I practically snapped my keyboard in half…

Anyway since I didn’t post about my weekend, I’ll use a little blurb. I actually almost collapsed at work on Saturday since I had forgotten to eat that day and had to stand up for 5 hours straight. And the next day at work I was clawed by an old lady who didn’t want me to tip her pie when I slipped it in a bag (and I wasn’t she was just being an anal bitch, pardon my French…) And I had to go to a party afterward but since work wiped me out I took a nap on my little cousins bed. When he found me he threw a boot at me and told me to get out. So I chatted with my dad, brother, and cousin about business and technology. To be honest that was the most intelligent conversation I ever had.

We came to the conclusion that anything is really possible to make the world better, it’s just that nobody wants to take the time and money to change things. Hydrogen cars have been made, but we can’t just have everyone get rid of their gas powered cars, or shut down every gas station in America. And that it’s also possible for cars to be made to last forever, but it won’t happen because problems make money. No problems, no money. So the world sucks. and until it goes bankrupt nothing will change.

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Now about today…

If I made a guess, I’d say most of the people who read this blog are teenagers/young adults. And it seems that since advanced technology has been invented like computers, cell phones, an iPod that is way too small to enjoy, we are able to master these things in a very short time. I would guess most of your parents aren’t very fond of technology besides the television, and couldn’t type 50 words per minute at our age.

But us. We grew up with all this technology, so being able to work with modern technology is embedded in our minds like being able to talk, walk, and insult people. I don’t know why I posted it, but I just found it interesting when we discussed it in class today.

My school doesn’t teach in the standard way most other public schools do. We have a week of academic learning, and then a week to study a technology major. It’s one of the most genius things I ever saw actually. Because normally you go into college knowing what you want to get a degree in. This basically helps you figure out what you want to major in. It basically covers all aspects of employment from working with computers, to cosmetics, to carpentry, to graphic design, to medicine, to utilities.

Right now I’m working in Computer Technology, which is what I mostly wanted to do here. It was mostly an introduction to the exploratory program. We received a sleek black binder containing information on every shop class the school has to offer. We take 2 days to learn about every shop in the school and at the beginning of November, we will decide on which major we want to study. The only thing is our major counts for half of our college credits, so if we don’t do well we may flunk the year.

After the introduction the instructor let the students use the computers freely until noon. I spent the whole time on Reddit like I always do when I get the chance. I had this boy leaning over my shoulder constantly to watch what I do. But I didn’t mind, he got a kick out of some of the things I found.

At lunch Rita told me that there was a boy from our English class who asked her if she knew of anyone who was gay… Totally an average thing to ask someone you hardly know. But since the subject of gay teen boys is one of my main focuses in life I asked who it was. One of her friends spoke up and said,

“It was that Toby kid with the messy hair.”

White Toby? Didn’t seem like the kind of question he, or anyone, would ask. Not to mention I don’t recall them ever talking to each other, and I’m in almost all of Rita’s classes. But it’s always the unexpected one’s. Must be pretty hard for him since he’s fairly socially awkward and people don’t talk to him much. If he is actually gay, I’ll be sure to help him if he needs it. It’s why I was put on this planet (among other reasons.)

Alice. No, it’s no girl, but a Sims-like computer program. It’s actually a free program you can download online. But I wouldn’t recommend it. It’s too basic to be used for anything major. We were supposed to use it to get a basic knowledge of animation programming. We had to use preset characters and an environment we make ourselves out of pre-made scenery to make a simple animation. Something totally useless like someone walking through a door or waving hello.

I actually spent the whole 2 hours just positioning a man in a magicians suit and formal hat on top of a gravestone. I decided to really milk the detail and position every joint perfectly. Right down to the fingertips. I fiddled around with the color scheme, camera angle, and background to where it looked really cool and dramatic. I was proud. Maybe graphic design is my thing. since I only had a few minutes left so I used a simple effect to make his head disappear.

I am completely wiped from the heat and I have a searing headache to top it off… It’s a tumor at this point. I’m gonna go and pop a couple migraine pills. That ought to numb my brain for the night.

Love ;)