Assignment 8 - Ethan Scutchfield

 Fears:  spiders

Annoyances:  people

Accomplishments: not being dead

Confusions:  inequality

Sorrows:  anger

Dreams:  I don't have dreams

Idiosyncrasies:  video game nerd and video game historian

Risks:  traveling

Beloved Possessions, Now and Then:  video games

Problems:  procrastination

I love playing video games.  I have played since I was young.  I started with CDs I played on my mom's computer and then they realized it was something I enjoyed. I wasn't really social, but it gave me an outlet and now that I can play with friends online, it is kind of my social existence.  When I play a particular video game, I like to learn about it's history and I like to be knowledgeable about why it operates the way it does and why.  I read articles about particular video games online to find out what the kinks might be as well as the tricks to do better.  My family likes to a Mario Kart challenge when we are all at home and I always know the secret passages and they get frustrated with me, but that is what I do. this has also lead into my want to understand how and why things work as they do in the world  Of course, I also get mad when I don't do well and know I need to work on that.  I have gotten better but sometimes I just get mad.