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[bzarcher]

This is a meme taken from kobold and indigoskynet.

Basically, things that your 10-year old self would say to you today, if he (or she) could.

"What happened to getting a place where we could build robots?"
"Wait. We get to work with computers /all/ the time? And Dad can't stop us if we want to open it up and make it work better?!"
"You sure wear a lot of black."
"We own HOW many shelves of books, now? *Insert glee*"
"And we've read ALL of them? At least Twice? *More Glee!*"
"And there are MORE at the house?"
"Wait. We still live with Mom and Dad?" *Pause* "Oh. Just so long as we're out on our own next."
"I can't believe Frisky and Rusty got old and died."
"...wow. She's pale. And you've been dating? And she's not an alien or a robot or mutant or anything?"
"Are you sure she's not an alien or something? All the books have the girls who like people like me turn out to be aliens. And if her skin turned blue, that'd be cool."
"We talk to other girls, too? And they aren't aliens, either? Wow."
"....History?"
"Wow. This game is /so/ much better looking than M1 Tank Platoon or Mario."
"They make Star Wars Legos? How long until I can get some?"
"....HISTORY?! I was gonna go be an engineer or a scientist or a genius! History!?! Stop trying to distract me and answer this!"
"*Grabs 20th anniversary Prime* I'm taking him back with me. He said it's okay, and you don't get to vote!"

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[blackpaladin.livejournal.com]

> *Grabs 20th anniversary Prime*

DUDE! Can you bring that with you this weekend? I've been aching to check it out up close 'n' personal...

[bzarcher.livejournal.com]

Sure. :D I wanted to show him off to Lisa, too.

[snowspinner.livejournal.com]

Which begs the question...

Why history, techboy?

[bzarcher.livejournal.com]

I'd always been good at it, and with a few exceptions (for some reason, the French and Indian war bores the hell out of me, as does the Manifest Destiny period with a few points that stand out), I've always been fascinated by it. I had just planned to make it a hobby rather than a vocation, until I got to High School and had a really excellent History/U.S. Government teacher for my basic history and the follow-up AP classes that I took.

(You actually met him, I think, though not sure you'd remember: Dr. Tom Peet, who came up and did a couple talks our freshman year.)

Dr. Peet really encouraged my interest in history, especially when I started applying research and working to address theories for things that I hadn't really seen answered. About halfway through my junior year of High School, he asked if I'd considered majoring when I went to College, and I told him no. He asked me why I hadn't, and when I couldn't give him a good answer, things really went on from there.

[dasubergeek.livejournal.com]

As I said to ardaniel, my 10-year-old self would have said:

"You're ME? You're a fucking YUPPIE! Where the FUCK is my baseball bat?!"

...and that would have been the end of that.

[bzarcher.livejournal.com]

Sounds like another one I saw where the guy mentioned his 10-year old self would have too much trouble talking through the broken teeth.