Worlds Collide

So, I was over at Eliza’s place, checking out her thoughts. She’s doing this thing, 100 Facts in 100 Days. I figure, why not? What have I got to lose? (=

Hrmm. Let’s see. Fact #1

I was born in Washington, DC, but I was raised in a small town in the suburbs. I was, in fact, born in the ghetto. Greater Southeast Hospital is in the ghetto of DC. It is now, that is. I asked my mom if it was a ghetto when I was born. She affirmed, oh yes, it was. Perhaps not quite so bad, but – still. Interesting. I think it’s funny. (; But I’m weird like that.

My family home was in the suburbs and it was good. I really have no complaints about my childhood. I grew up with everything I needed, with extras. I had a dog and siblings and a gang of friends, vacant lots and woods and streets to run rampant upon. Really, what else does a kid really need? And, even better, computer grew up with me. I got to watch the home computer grow up. How fun is that? I started out on this machine that ran a word processing program – and that was it. The disk was an eight-inch square. HUGE. It was called a linolex. And then, we got an actual computer, with DOS. Oh, sure. Windows was available, but you had to start windows from DOS. If you wanted to run a game, exit to DOS. The C:/ prompt was my friend! Command line, baby!

I miss those days…