Talk:The Girl and the Deceitful One/@comment-25464062-20141001061952/@comment-24040907-20141002070502

Challenge accepted! I was going to simply say "You" but then I reconsidered. I guess you're right, one must shed the veil of normalcy before they can become truly remarkable. The question is, in a world where everyone is unique and special, wouldn't that make a completely normal person just the strangest thing anyone's ever seen?

It's the reason why everyone laughs when Steven King says "I'm the most normal guy on Earth!"

I, for one, regard marine biology as one of the most fascinating of sciences. Some folks say that space isn't the final frontier; the ocean is. There is more life teeming under there than there is anywhere else in the known universe!

A 20 year internship? By the Outsider, not even doctors have to study that long! And the work you described sounds grueling, but I can imagine it's rewarding. Tell me, what's your favorite part about the job? What's the most magnificent thing underwater, in your opinion? And what do you mean by "fix the field"?

I liked your comment about pacing. I can oftentimes be found in my lair, walking in lose circles, babbling incoherent gibberish while holding my forehead in my hand like Dr. Bones from Star Trek.

You see, I find my calling to be in computers. I love computers. I always have, ever since my grandmother let me play MS Paint on her computer to keep me busy as a kid. On my free time I design games and 3D models, and I generally have a lot of fun.

But it's a lot of work, too. Sometimes, when I run into a snag in the code, and something simply won't work, I feel like I'm the last man on earth. Everyone just sort of fades away because they cannot even understand my problem let alone help me fix it. One time I was stuck for almost a week!

But when I finally did figure it out, I discovered that the reward is worth the wait. I had to create a new type of Variable (which I got to name and everything) to get an animation to run on an outdated engine. An impossible task, but when it worked...it was like my own personal Moon Landing.

You know, whenever they show Mission Control and all of the people stand up from their computers and start clapping and jumping up and down? I was doing that. I knew right then and there that this is what I want to do for the rest of my life.

I thank you for your compliments and I'm glad you like talking to me. You may realize that my formal speech has softened up a bit. I feel like I'm learning from you, and I hope to learn more, such as...wait a minute, I have flaws? Lordie, I certainly hope I'm spelling everything correctly!