For the want of a nail...

[nockergeek]

Except this time, nothing was lost. Rather, I figured that I'd recount the strange thread that my life has followed because of choices made and events experienced. At the time, I didn't realize it, but looking back, there's a clear chain of events.

In 2nd grade, I took an IQ test. That test put me in the gifted program at school.
Because of that gifted program, I met my friend Matt in junior high, who got me collecting comics in high school.
Because I started collecting comics, I was frequenting the local comic store, where this new "Magic" game had just come out. I decided to play it (with rendertarget, who was also in the gifted program).
Because I was playing Magic when I went to college, I met evildennis, who promptly schooled me and my group of friends.

(On a side tangent, because I met evildennis and played cards with him, I met hidaman, and through him I met judge and a whole host of other people.)

Because I knew evildennis, I decided to go along with him to the vampire LARP that started up on campus.
Because I was LARPing, I met my future wife, tesstrosa.

(Another side tangent - through LARPing, I also met deramani, raenshadoe, and psychousagi.)

Because I was engaged to marry (and couldn't find a job in Warrensburg), I ended up bringing tesstrosa home with me over the summer to live with my parents, and then decided to commute 40 miles to campus.
Because I was commuting so much (and working a job in Lee's Summit, too), I burned out and lost my scholarship.
Because I lost my scholarship, I stopped going to college.
Because I stopped going to college, I started looking for a job in web development.

And from there, I got hired, got a home, got two corgis, and life is where it is now.

So, IQ test, comics, Magic, LARP, engagement, college dropout, web developer.

And all for the want of a horseshoe nail.

Comments

[evildennis.livejournal.com]

Heh... reading that makes me feel like I was a gateway to the future for you. *chuckle*

[nockergeek.livejournal.com]

Really, in a way, you were. Because you happened to walk past the 1st-floor Houts/Hosey lounge while we were playing Magic, the direction of my entire life changed, although I'd never have guessed it at the time.