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Gaming Fingers

Gaming Fingers. "But what is it?" You may be asking. I play computer video games often. And what do a lot of them have in common? WASD. Yes. WASD. A lot of games have the same keyboard moves. For example: A lot of games use the keys WASD for moving, and the space bar for jumping. Pretty basic and very common. It wasn't until recently that I noticed that whenever I reach a keyboard, (computer keyboard not piano, of course) my left hand automatically assumes the formation of resting on WASD . It's as if my hand is ready at any moment to play some Minecraft or Overwatch. So how did this happen? Did I game too much during the ages where most kids would learn proper keyboarding techniques? Have my fingers gotten so used to the gaming format that anything else is considered subconsciously uncomfortable? I still type at an accurate and quick pace. I still make mistakes while typing, but no more than some other people. Gaming Fingers™ doesn't really affect my no...

Where it begins...

This is it then, I suppose: My first steps into blog-making.   Where does one begin? On the wide spectrum of first posts, how do I fit in? I could, of course, choose the most basic of introductory posts and introduce myself. I could just jump right in and talk about my life. I could go off on a rant about my hatred for a certain thing/person/idea.  But alas, since I am but a boring person, I shall do the very basic introduction of myself.  Ahem.   My name is Charlotte. (Could you have guessed that?) This is my blog.  Well, that was exciting.  Why am I starting this blog?  There are a variety of reasons. I hope that this blog would give me something to work on. I haven't been writing as much as I should, and I hope this blog would give me inspiration. Another reason (I'm not sure if this factor is greater or less than the previously mentioned factors) is that I am bored, and a blog may be a lot of fun. I've also always been interested in st...