Steam Punks

The steam punk aesthetic and culture has drawn my attention over the past few months. This is a culture inspired by science fiction writers and the timey Victorian era. Authors like H.G. Wells and K.W. Jeter have inspired the use of most technologies we have today in their own times. It is through the scenarios in their books the steam punk culture is born. The clothes, the technology, the music, and the fantasy mindset of re-writing the history of technology from a Neo-Victorian perspective are amazing to me. The style challenges individuals of this culture to manufacture technologies that are timeless and fashionable. A perfect blend of effort and delusion cultivates the mad scientist mentality of the steam punk culture. By rein visioning the past and including today’s technology into it, you can create the wares and wonders of a steam punk. Reinvention from the root of a product allows us not only to grovel over how awesome something appears, when it has an old-timey style, but also allows us to make improvements of our technology by editing the chronology of its existence. Inventing through a hypothetical time machine is what I will call it. My favorite invention of the steam punk culture is the analog desktop computer. As I look at this device I wonder what could have been and how far we can advance our technology if we put more focus on the impossible now. The Steam Punk fantasy world, that its creations inspire, pushes every person of this culture toward a magnificent tomorrow. I know that nothing is impossible thanks to the laws of physics, the science of experimentation and the steam punk culture.

Internship Readiness

There are many qualities to an internship ready student. The most important of these to me are dependability, consistency, obedience and open mindedness. The internship phase for a Year Up student comes with two objectives. The first is obtaining work experience and learning as much about an I.T. career as possible. The second is remaining professional to prove yourself as a worthy candidate and asset to a company. I believe that by combining all my effort into training these four qualities, I can make a great impression on the company I intern with and create opportunities for new Year Up students.
I plan to demonstrate my internship readiness by improving my dependability, keeping my opinion to myself, enhancing communication skills and remaining consistent. In order to improve my dependability, I will be establishing residence with family members, turn assignments in by the deadline and researching resources. I will review my time management daily to help counter unpredicted events that might hinder me from my responsibilities.
My attitude has a major effect on my performance and my work environment. For module 3 I plan to improve my attitude through taking advantage of my downtime. I am a person that chooses to stay busy and even though this can be a plus professionally, the long term effect can become negative. I, like most people, burn out through constant work and without using a break for what it is I can become crabby and openly express a negative attitude. This is why I must relax when I am supposed to.

Deep Rootz Tea House

My first and favorite job to date was working as a team member in a tea house. I got my job when the owner noticed that I was the only kid in my age group going there and she noticed I was doing homework every time I went. I would speak to the owner about how school was and herbalism.I was 15 when I got the job and I stuck with it a whole year. The business was sold a week before I finished working there. I loved my job because I had the freedom to do whatever I wanted in the tea house. This meant that I can hold any position at any moment and there was no reason for me not to be busy. When I felt social I would prepare and serve tea with food, cashier, and recite poetry for the customers. When I was feeling down I would occupy my time with duties that didn't require social interaction like cleaning the tea house property inside and out. It was a job that welcomed my personality and was a home away from home. I can't think of a single job out there that is 100% stress free other than this one. The only thing I didn't like about this job was losing it. When I found out that the business was sold I was highly upset for two reasons, the tea house lost all of their customers due to new policies from the new owner and I was robbed of my sanctuary. I am still friends with the owner and we still have our tea and art. I learned from working in this tea house that some work environments value their employees as much as their customers. Work doesn't have to be a dread if you like what you are doing as work. Working in the tea house has given me the drive to move forward to pursue my passion. The wisest thing I have ever heard in my life came from that tea house "work in something you enjoy and you will never work a day in your life".