Robert Gaskin:  

Towards the end of my senior year in high school my Dad decided to take a new job in Northern California. This means that I left GHS in April of my senior year, much to my consternation. We moved to the San Jose area and I started attending De Anza College (best dang community college in the country). I totally loved it there, no more cliques to deal with, no more moronic jocks to deal with and not too many egotistical English teachers to get past. Being somewhat of a dithering individual I eventually transferred to San Jose State and dropped out after two semesters. A couple years later I enrolled at Cal Poly Pomona, and dropped out after 2 quarters. Having worn out my welcome at my best friend¿s parent¿s house, I moved back to San Jose only to be offered a job in Whittier at the Whittier Daily News a year later. While back in the SoCal area I enrolled at Cal State L.A. and this time I didn't wait two terms to drop out, I did it the same semester! After moving back to San Jose I knocked around for a lot of years in various jobs that I was not suited for. I've sold insurance, hardware, sporting goods etc. I've been a security guard, a freelance reporter, a warehouse worker, a pool hall bouncer/cashier and have been employed at numerous small time jobs that I can't even remember at the moment. In the early 90s I enrolled at San Francisco State University, and after a false start or two actually managed to stick with it, while working full time in San Francisco and living in San Jose. I finally graduated with a B.A. in International Relations. Naturally with a degree like that, the first thing I did was to enroll in grad school, and yes, dropped out after two semesters. I meant my now ex-wife at SF State, and lived in San Francisco for 4 years before moving to Sacramento. Having a college degree in something fairly useless, I wormed my way into a computer technical support job and I've been in the I.T. field ever since. While living in Sacrame...Expand for more