Sunday, May 3, 2015

Coding and Blue Hair?

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Salutations fellow internet people!
Holy moley it's been a while o_O (Sorry about that). So as it may (or may not) have been previously stated in some of my earlier posts, but I want to go into coding and/or programming when I get into college. This makes sense, but at the same time it doesn't. I'm CONSTANTLY online, playing around with HTML, sometimes customizing my tumblr, so it would make sense that I would go into Computers as a major, right? My dad has been pushing and prodding me into registering for this competition for students ages 9-18 called Break Into Code. Basically, you're given a basic game concept and it's your job to customize and renovate it to your liking and make it enjoyable/fun to play, regardless of your level of coding. It's like you're creating your own game. The first place winner gets $3,000. It seems like a fun contest, but when I followed the steps to start, it was as confusing as trying to escape the Labyrinth. It's possible, but it just takes some time. The layout of the customizer for beginners and the tutorial given was not helpful at all (it confused me even more) and it would've been easier if I could just play around and figure it all out on my own. **please note that this is just my personal opinion** If this is how coding and programming works, then I don't think I want to pursue it as a career, but then again it could just be the way that it's set up that I'm not appreciative of. When I use General Assembly, I have a blast learning and I actually retain some information on how to build and design websites! I decided not to continue on in the competition because it doesn't seem very appealing to me and if I'm going to put that much effort into something, I want it to be enjoyable. My father fails to see that, but I just gotta Keep Moving Forward. (Meet the Robinsons reference ;) )
I was also thinking about tinting my hair blue. I've been wanting to dye my hair an unnatural color for as long as I could remember, but I could never do it because I have to look "professional" for theater performances and dance competitions. Now that I'm not as involved and summer is coming up soon, I think I'm just going to keep it black, but tint it so that it looks dark blue in the sun☺☼ Then again, I'm not so sure because I'm afraid the dye will rub off EVERYWHERE. Well, I have some time to figure things out....

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