Blogging Melodrama

Unless you have a rich Uncle, Aunt, or soft Grandparents, Mother or Father (divorced naturally trying to buy your affection), you had to buy your first computer yourself. Probably could only afford a cheep assed piece of shit (like most people without credit cards). You would be forced to learn how to tweak it and install stuff, rip and tear and rearrange through trial and error until you found what worked. You've begged guidance from everyone you could ask either in person, over the phone, online or even taking classes.
So the only reason, I believe, anyone becomes a computer technician is we get tired of all the crap we have to go through to make our puny computers work properly. But true, like in all things, there is always the exception. There are a few out there that actually like becoming a computer nerd and developing bad eyes and poor circulation, no muscles or muscle tone and only virtual friends. It is either that or they were in this condition before ever learning anything about a computer. This individual would have to be pushing 90 now or has lived in a box for the past fifty years.
A perfectly normal individual makes the transition slowly enough; because, it's like the old story about boiling a frog.
Over time, remaining inside, the unsuspecting future technition begins to turn a faded color from lack of sunlight. Then the metamorphism continues: ruining eyes from too many hours staring at a screen, loosing good circulation and muscle tone in the legs from not enough movement. Carpel tunnel starts in the wrists and hands; arms begin loosing tone and strength. During this time the body begins to puddle and take on a pear shape while thickening from all the munchies and drinks eaten instead of going to the table and eating like a normal person. By the time this poor individual realizes what is happening, it's too late. They have become hooked; line and sinker. Every waking minute becomes filled with input until when asked what is wanted for any gift occasion the inquirer is deluged with information while trying to interpret the nerd speak.
Especially around the Holiday Season they begin seeing visions of new computers dancing in their heads in sweet dreams of software and hardware all top of the line. Bright and shiny new out of the box with mega processors faster and faster; with storage galore and happy ever after's. Oh the array of new gadgets and gismo's, magazines and web sites devoted to their surfing habits. It makes a heart twitter in an ecstasy of expectation.
There are even jobs to be had in this fast developing ever changing field. It has to be fate that has lead them down this road.
Yep! I'm convinced, because it only took me four years to take the bate. Four years ago, like Snow White, I was given an apple. I learned to do lots of things with it and then decided to take a few classes. OMG, I need an IBM compatible! So I gave the entire thing to a unsuspecting computer virgin friend, like I used to be, and bought a brand new bastard make; which I promptly returned. I then got a rebuilt Dell OptiPlex GXa 233M; Intel Pentium II with Windows 98. And just two short years later, after installing more drive and upgrading to 98SE and many other changes, my system just doesn't hack it any more.
Oh Santa! Guide me to a place that will teach me how to build my own "Super Computer" and get me a job online so I can work from home.
Someday, when I grow up; I want to be a Computer Technician.