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LJI Week 13: Open Topic
Jun. 30th, 2014 05:31 pmEveryone's been keeping up with the Supreme Court decision on major corporations not providing contraception as part of health care, yes?
And the one on unions that effectively guts the non-Koch Brothers fundraising of the Democratic Party's major financial backers?
Good, got that out of the way. On to important stuff. ;)
I've been talking a lot about my daughter and my grandson lately. It's been a pretty obvious subject of conversation, since there's been a lot going on. But I've barely mentioned my son.
On the surface, he's a pretty typical 13-year-old. He's quiet and introspective (hard not to be, growing up with a chatterbox as a big sister) and he loves his video games. Given a choice, he's connecting with his online friends in CoD or GTA V. For all that he seems like just another gamer kid, though, he's surprisingly quick on setting up alliances and friend partnerships.
He was explaining one of the GTA V missions to me today. Stealing a certain model car, repainting it to make it untraceable and delivering it to a buyer raises a large amount of cash quickly. Since other players also know this, a player seen driving this model of car is an easy target from other players in the game world. My son has a workaround for this. He teams up with three friends. One of the four drives the target car, two drive military grade vehicles and the fourth flies a military helicopter. By forming a caravan, the target car is safely delivered to the buyer and the payout can be divided evenly between the players. No player walks away with as much cash, but they are very unlikely to be attacked by other players because of the perceived strength.
Who expects a 13-year-old to come up with that kind of a cooperative plan?
Somewhere under that mop of hair is a kind, considerate young man with a quick wit and devious strategic thinking capability. He can plot out the way to reach an objective with a minimal loss to himself and those closest to him. He's likeable, funny, and more than happy to defend what he sees as right. Don't laugh, he's gotten two online girlfriends by standing up for them against the "girls can't be gamers" trolls. He's sweet, empathic and can swear better than his sailor father.
I'm so very proud of the person he's become.
My son, the brain-eating zombie kid.
This has been my entry for Week 13 of LJI. See Gary, you give me an option for schmaltzy topic and away I go...
And the one on unions that effectively guts the non-Koch Brothers fundraising of the Democratic Party's major financial backers?
Good, got that out of the way. On to important stuff. ;)
I've been talking a lot about my daughter and my grandson lately. It's been a pretty obvious subject of conversation, since there's been a lot going on. But I've barely mentioned my son.
On the surface, he's a pretty typical 13-year-old. He's quiet and introspective (hard not to be, growing up with a chatterbox as a big sister) and he loves his video games. Given a choice, he's connecting with his online friends in CoD or GTA V. For all that he seems like just another gamer kid, though, he's surprisingly quick on setting up alliances and friend partnerships.
He was explaining one of the GTA V missions to me today. Stealing a certain model car, repainting it to make it untraceable and delivering it to a buyer raises a large amount of cash quickly. Since other players also know this, a player seen driving this model of car is an easy target from other players in the game world. My son has a workaround for this. He teams up with three friends. One of the four drives the target car, two drive military grade vehicles and the fourth flies a military helicopter. By forming a caravan, the target car is safely delivered to the buyer and the payout can be divided evenly between the players. No player walks away with as much cash, but they are very unlikely to be attacked by other players because of the perceived strength.
Who expects a 13-year-old to come up with that kind of a cooperative plan?
Somewhere under that mop of hair is a kind, considerate young man with a quick wit and devious strategic thinking capability. He can plot out the way to reach an objective with a minimal loss to himself and those closest to him. He's likeable, funny, and more than happy to defend what he sees as right. Don't laugh, he's gotten two online girlfriends by standing up for them against the "girls can't be gamers" trolls. He's sweet, empathic and can swear better than his sailor father.
I'm so very proud of the person he's become.
My son, the brain-eating zombie kid.
This has been my entry for Week 13 of LJI. See Gary, you give me an option for schmaltzy topic and away I go...
