Vipey's Den

Summer Tech...

I'm quite surpised by tech this year, actuallly. To begin with, my little sister is doing it. In the weeks before tech, I rather dreaded this event, as I thought it would severely limit the fun I could have. Don't wanna corrupt young minds, afterall. Despite these worries, after 2 days of tech there don't seem to be any real problems. Sure, its gonna be a pain driving home before and after tech to get her, but i can deal with that. Plus, it ensures my parents don't complain overly about how much time I spend away from the house.
Also, this year there are many more seniors (and juniors/sophs) that I know. And possibly even more younger kids that I don't know. This creates a rather different dynamic to the group, at least in my mind. Another huge change is scott and rachel being "in charge" on a par with rob and ryan and the four of them actuallly doing the unthinkable...placing a group of youngsters under my direction. Yeah, John is experienced now. I honestally never expected that...last year, I spent all my time trying to get into a good group where I could just work. Now, I have to actually THINK about what's going on and try and plan stuff out. We'll see what happens when it comes to actual building...hopefully I won't need to design anything without assistance. That would definately qualify as a scary prospect for me.
Also, the social dynamics of the tech group have changed again. Last year, we all hung as a rather large group most of the time. Some people were dating, but that didn't mess with things at all because they both had the same friends. Now, though, things seem almost weird...some of my friends will not hang out with others of my friends, though none of the parties involved seem to acknowledge this. And with dating, I doubt a friend will date a friend this year. Already its more pulling people away than pulling them together. Yeah, I'm a selfish *insert clever name here*. I like things to be all worked out with none of those icky social problems. Not very likely, though. I shall just deal, as always.
An example of the disunity this year is that there were something like three separate "post tech thing" parties last night (of course, they weren't all thrown for techies but there were several techies at each). Had I actually been able/up for attending any of them, I would have been extremely torn as to which to go to. These things are hard. Luckily for me, I was tired enough that I didn't argue when my mom asked that I stay home (it was already almost 9:30 anyways...2 hours isn't a ton of time). I think from now on I'll be planning everthing a hair more in advance to avoid difficult choices. That being said, I'm now busy both friday afternoon and next tuesday night. And you should never expect me to skip any of the volunteer sessions unless there's a hell of a good reason for it. And no, THAT reason doesn't count. ;D

I need to go lift...my wordiness is detracting from my time to grow stronger. I may post more tonight depending on how tired I am.