Who are You?
We all have moments in our lives that have helped to sculpt us to be the people we are now. Maybe it was opportunity that you took that changed your life, or maybe something you missed. Maybe it was an accomplishment that you achieved for yourself. I always find it interesting to look back and see those defining moments in our lives. We don’t always see them at the exact moment they happen, but they’re there. I think it’s important to reflect on these and see where we’ve been and maybe understand who we are.
Some moments in my life where meeting my wife back in high school. Little did I know I would spend the rest of my life with her and that she’d help me become a more rounded and confident person. Being a father showed me a new out look on life that I never could have imagined. Taking a job with a small time game studio right out of college started the ground work for my entire career. The passing of my first dog helped me understand life and death and my place in the world. If any of those things didn’t happen, who knows where I’d be or who I’d be today.
What do you think are some of the defining moments in your life thus far?
Play Asia
June 11th, 2012 at 12:31 am
freshmen year of highschool, the Halloween dance was coming up in a few days, and two girls were walking with me on the way home after school. they started argueing over who should go with me, in a joking manner. i said who i’d go with. four years and seven months later, we’re still dating, and i do plan on proposing when i can afford a ring. if they hadnt had that arguement i’m not sure we’d have started dating
June 11th, 2012 at 12:34 am
oh, and i forgot to mention, she’s perfect. she enjoys playing, and watching me play, video games. she’s into furries, animated movies, star trek, star wars, and basically everything else that you could possibly ask from a girl.
June 11th, 2012 at 8:45 am
Probably the most influential period of my life has already been mentioned elsewhere on this blog (living a lie). Next to that, I’d say the two most person-shaping events were meeting my wife and taking a class from the person who would become my undergraduate advisor, both of which were totally serendipitous. I’ll give an ‘honorable’ mention to the first girl to break my heart, since it helped put many of my flaws into perspective.
Of course, these are just in my adulthood. It is hard to understate the influence that our childhoods have on our entire lives. However, childhood is more of a life-stage than a determinate event (or series of).
June 11th, 2012 at 2:33 pm
Unfortunately , many of my defining moments were the bad times. Losing a loved one, getting beat up by a bully, being chewed out by my parents, being laughed at by a girl I wanted to impress, etc. Those all happened when I was younger and its depressing how they still grate at me. Using snark and cynicism has become a sort of defense mechanism for me now, especially when dealing with difficult people. I come off sounding rude, but understand, it comes from years of putting up with crap.
June 12th, 2012 at 9:55 pm
The blog seems to think my full post was spam, so here’s the very brief version:
TLDR version:
Childhood introduced drawing, programming, and 16-bit style games.
High school introduced all of the tools, skills, and sexual distractions.
And the result is simply the games I make now.
June 14th, 2012 at 8:32 pm
I wonder why the blog thinks your post was spam. Has it always been like that or just that one time?
June 14th, 2012 at 11:55 pm
Well, it was pretty long.
I’ve uploaded the full version on dropbox:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/43729227/misc/for_joeRandel/What_shaped_me.txt