Gary McHugh:  

My first day of high school.. first period, intro to computers(AppleII's): I sat in the back row. Incredibly shy, at least feeling that way inside, I was shocked to find myself immediately in a conversation with the very pretty girl that happened to be sitting next to me, on my left. She may have been the only girl in that class. A girl that was into computers was a very rare thing back then. I found out that her dad had one at home and she already knew a lot about them. And since there were only half as many computers as students in the room, when it came time to partner up, I do believe I actually walked up to the one she had already chosen and boldly said, as cheesy as could be, "Is this seat taken?" We spoke almost every school day for the next four years - sharing joys and heart-aches. The last day of class our senior year: she was the last person I spoke with on school grounds. I talked her into letting me take a couple of pictures of her; but, I lost touch and she's never seen them. I took those negatives to a photo shop this afternoon to be scanned to disk so that I can post them here for her to see. :) I tried college a couple of times (I really loved St. John's College) but it didn't take.. I didn't know what I wanted and just wasn't willing to go through the motions for a piece of paper. I wanted inspiration.. and a clear vision.. and not so much debt without a definite way of paying it back. So, I ...Expand for more