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diff --git a/md/09_Dans_Hobbies_in_High_School.md b/md/09_Dans_Hobbies_in_High_School.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6d42b22 --- /dev/null +++ b/md/09_Dans_Hobbies_in_High_School.md @@ -0,0 +1,45 @@ +--- +title: Dan's Hobbies in High School +moral: We all come from humble beginnings. Keep the humility throughout your life +--- + +Basically, I was the classical definition of a nerd. Judge for +yourself... + +{width="6.5in" +height="4.875in"} + +I had the second highest GPA in my class and the big glasses and social +awkwardness. Instead of being the sports jock with the big muscles, I +was a member of the chess club. Here we are at a chess match where I am +playing chess with a member of the club. It doesn't get much nerdier +than this... + +{width="6.5in" +height="4.875in"} + +Besides chess, I also dabbled in photography. I even had my own darkroom +for developing and printing my photos. I commandeered the downstairs +bathroom to set up my enlarger and developing trays. These were the days +before digital photography. Everything was done with chemicals and +emulsion films. After several years of training, I managed to create my +crowning achievement shown below. I combined a photo of our family cat +with a photo of Sandra Frost, one of my secret crushes from my high +school class. I thought I surely would score big points by making her +look like an evil cat woman. + +{width="6.5in" +height="8.208333333333334in"} + +This is "Kitty". She never had a real name. + +{width="6.5in" +height="6.1722222222222225in"} + +Sandra Frost. She was way out of my league. + +{width="6.5in" +height="7.122916666666667in"} + +Needless to say, Sandra was not impressed with my creation. The life of +a nerd is not easy, let me tell ya!!! |