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First Exposure to Technology
My mother had an old Royal Typewriter that, at five years old, she sat me in front of and said, "Home keys are ASDF-JKL:, now learn to type". I spent many hours tapping away on that old machine, and it was there, behind that typewriter, that I developed my love of composing literature. (Photo courtesy of Google) -
An Apple a Day...
My dad bought one of the first consumer-available Apple computers in 1984, the Apple Macintosh. I remember playing games, writing stories and drawing pictures with the little machine parked in the guest bedroom. We had a printer, too, an I produced many book reports using our state-of-the-art computer. (Photo courtesy of Google) -
This is great, but...
...I'd rather be gaming! During my first college experience I was introduced to online gaming; a program called a Multi-User Dungeon (MUD). It had everything I ever wanted! I could play as a fantasy creature in a fantasy world, and live out the stories I had only read in fantasy novels before. Of course, what I SHOULD have been doing was learning BASIC... -
It's a whole new World...of Warcraft!
My interest in online gaming only grew, and I started playing Everquest, one of the first Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games. In 2004 Blizzard released World of Warcraft, and within months I started playing and was hooked. Fifteen years later, I still play, and I still play the same "toon" (character) I created fifteen years ago. (Image Source: Google) -
The First Achievement of Many
In January 2014 I was awarded an Associate's Degree by the Board of Governors at Southern WV Community and Technical College. I had attended classes between 1993 and 1995, but after an email exchange with the school's registrar, my records were reviewed and the degree was awarded. Little did I know, this degree would change my life forever. (Image Source: Google) -
An Education Like No Other
In January 2017, after a long search for just the right program, I began studies with the University of Illinois Springfield in their Online Bachelor of Arts in English program. After many late nights, a few tears and a lot of hard work, I graduated Cum Laude in December of 2018. As a high school student in the early '90's such a program of study was a fantasy; because of technology and the Internet, I am now a 4-year college graduate. (Image source: Google)
