Narcissism 101

Don't push the big red button!

There is that old cliche in cartoons where there is a really big button and they characters are told not to push it! And what do they do? Yeah you guessed it, they push it. I can relate so well to this concept of being told not to do something and then fight the inner voices telling me why not? Let’s watch what happens.

Perfect example is this very moment right now! I am sitting at my tafe learning hub (or to those less educated people the library) don’t ask me why they went all fancy with its new title, I don’t care honestly.

Now ever since high school I’ve always been one to push the boundaries. In year 10 some friends of mine and I found away to get into a teachers account, after logging in under their name we were able to retrieve some pretty cool stuff, like every students ID photo and other interesting bits and pieces! We then also found ways to store computer games onto the computer not the system and not have your account being watched constantly scanned through for prohibited files by that creepy admin bloke in the science bloke.



It was the thrill of doing something I wasn’t suppose to just to prove I can and because I’ve been told not to. Whilst I was in the army the computer systems there had similar parameters which restricted its workers once again from enjoying a bit of down time! Whilst in Iraq they disabled all forms instant messenger for some stupid reason, thank you (web) messenger for picking up the ball on that one!

Now I am studying at the Brisbane Institute of Tafe I have found there computers to be heavily blocked from allowing the use of social networking sites like Facebook and Myspace. Or even been able to enjoy a few comical flicks on Youtube! Now reasonably this is why I come to tafe several hours before class, to get away from such distractions.

Unfortunately due to my primal instincts the man is telling me no and I’m saying “damn the man”. Thank goodness Snarkhunters has not yet been blocked, but I’m sure it is only a matter of time! So for now instead of doing what work is needed to be done, I will continue in my efforts to figuratively push that big red button…

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