This was something I wrote last year (2002)…
This was ripped from a FBI interrogation:
Big Boss: Well Mr. Anderson…*cough* *cough*, sorry, I was reading from the wrong file. Let me start over again. Well, Mr. Huynh…aka. mikeXstudios, it’s fortunate for you to join us today for a little chat…heh, heh. Why not start this conversation by telling us about yourself.
mikeXstudios: Never! I already gave you my 2 cents. What else do you want? A dollar?
Big Boss: Hah, Hah. Nice joke. DO IT OR THIS PUPPY GOES! *holds up a puppy*
mikeXstudios: Hey, where did you get that? Oh nevermind. I’ll talk. I’ll talk. Just spare the puppy.
Big Boss: Ahem!
mikeXstudios: Let’s see, you already have my profile. I’ll start somewhere else.
mikeXstudios: It was a dark and stormy night. I am currently a sophomore in high school. I am taking Honors Alegbra 2, Honors English 10, Honors Physics, AP Government and Politics, Computer Programming 2, Honors French 3, Honors French 4, and Orchestra. You’re probably like, “This kid is nuts! There is no way someone can take that many classes!” However, this is true. By sacrficing my lunch and arranging my schedule in a special manner, I am able to fit all those classes in. One problem is that I can only have Orchestra for half a school year, but I am content with that.
Miss Hale: So your one of those crazy competitive students in school right?
mikeXstudios: Whoa! How did you get in here, Miss Hale? (By the way, she was my Honors Biology teacher) Oh nevermind. To answer your question, I am not, but I try to be. You see, I have no desire to compete against my fellow students. Rather than trying every little trick to have the highest grade in class, I would like to be helping people out instead. I don’t care about points or grades. I believe (along with Mr. Gali, the superintendent and former Middle School principal, and many others) that your grades do not determine how successful one can be in the future. It couldn’t find a word for it, but Mr Gali defined it beautifully when he grandly recited his speech for the graduating class of 2002. He stated that to be successful, one must have passion for what one does. It doesn’t matter if one is dirt poor or disgustingly rich. It takes passion to get places. It doesn’t matter if one fails school or passes it in flying colors. Without passion, one cannot succeed. So, to get back to the conversation, my mindset in school isn’t to beat and challenge everyone. I try hard in school, and good grades are sometimes the result of it, but I don’t gloat over it. (On the other hand, it could be that because I perform so poorly in school, I might be despising the people that always are ahead of me by 2 steps. I don’t know.) The ONLY reason why I even bother competing with anyone and trying to take as many classes as possible is because everyone is playing the competition game and the only way to win is to, well, play along. I know people that are crazy about points and college. It seems that the only thing it their lives is school. They don’t read for enjoyment anymore. They read to be better than you or me. I don’t approve of this.
Big Boss: What about your friends? Did you scare them all off when you were small?
mikeXstudios: Ha, ha, very funny, but I actually have friends. Two of my best friends are Mike F. (Fez or Fed) and Eugene M. Other friends include: Franco G., Victor W., Steve M., Dave K., and Andy X. There are probably more names I have not mentioned, and I am sorry for that. Online buddies include Tweetle, Thrawn, scavimink, Snore, the people at Tenchi in Tokyo and the people at Lame Industries.
Big Boss: Interesting, interesting. Are you taking all of that down?
Office Drone: Yes, sir.
Big Boss: Now about your hobbies. What do you do all day? Stare at a computer screen with your mouth hanging down?
mikeXstudios: Well, uh, bascially yes. Come to think of it, I actually do other things. I hang out with my friends, I play video games, and I watch TV and movies too. One thing I am particually fond of is my martial art hobby. I used to train very frequently at MKA Karate in Drexelbrook, but now that I moved out of Drexelbrook, I train less frequently because no one wants to drive me there. I received my 1st dan Black Belt on June 22, 2002 from Master Terry in the style of Ryukyu Kempo which focuses on pressure point fighting. I have been training for a bit over 3 years now and I have no intention of stopping. On the computer, I work on my websites (this one and Tenchi in Tokyo), write scripts (Perl and soon PHP), surf the net, chat on IRC and AIM, and play games.
Big Boss: Are you a hacker?
mikeXstudios: No.
Big Boss: *Yells at the Office Drone* Damn you! We got the wrong person! He’s not the hacker Neo! I want that guy in this room by the end of tomorrow or your finished!
Office Drone: *Wails* Ok! Thank you very much for giving me a chance! I won’t fail you!
Big Boss: So Mike, do you want a bug?
mikeXstudios: A what?
Big Boss: A bug.
mikeXstudios: A real bug or a fake bug?
Big Boss: What do you mean by that? It’s a software bug (and partially mechanical)!
mikeXstudios: Whoa, your going to give me a free copy of Windows XP?
Big Boss: *Slaps himself on the forehead* Argh! Ack! Syn! Fin! Baf! Hogwash! Gak! Erg! No! I mean a bug that I can inject into you that can track your every movement! Murf, Nevermind! Just get out of this place!
mikeXstudios: What ever you say….. *leaves*