Posts Tagged ‘serious business’

Commissions

Thanks to the actions of a few morally bankrupt investors, my family, the same one who were anal about saving and buying cheap even at the top of the market, has now officially hit hard times. Since I can’t get a real job until I turn 16 (in which I will be applying for an [...]

Fun with Gender Identity

Wikipedia is, next to the Wheel, one of man’s greatest inventions. There are a few people who disagree, claiming it’s “imperfect” and the information contained therein is “inaccurate”, but you know what? I don’t cite Wikipedia when writing an in-depth essay. That’s not the point, either. The point is, there is a wealth of mankind’s [...]

Trendy Tech, or Why Not Everyone Needs a Mac

Did you hear? Apple computers have hit the mainsteam. Yes, the dreaded word for indie scenesters such as myself. Just as the iPhone, once a coveted alpha-geek-exemplifying gadget of choice, has now become a status symbol of the quasi-rich (along with SUVs, flat-panel TVs, and massive, gaudy houses), OS X has become the system of [...]

An Extended Explanation on Why I Don’t Attend High School

If you were to meet me on the street, one of the first things you’d learn about me is that I don’t go to school. At all. I haven’t been in traditional/public school in 5 years. And everyone I meet always tells me about great schools that would be “PERFECT!” for me. Montessori, Accelerated Learning [...]