The lights are on
Greetings to everybody here in GameInformer Online Community! First of all, I would like to begin by telling you how it all started for me, how I became a gamer. Back in 1994, our family first got a Dingo. This console, that was using yellow cartridges, was a NES-clone, originating from Russia. Anyway I really got into playing all those fun classic games like Battle City, Super Mario, Contra, TMNT etc. And that was until 1998, when we got out first personal computer. Now this was a major breakthrough in my gaming history. Although the PC was like crap, I was still playing games like GTA1 and Age Of Empires 2 on it. And that was until I got a second, far better PC in 2003. That computer made me into a full-time gamer :P Around 2005, things started to look grim...
My family grew ill of financial problems and the situation hasn't become any better. From year to year, the way to actually manage became harder and harder. And now, the bad part of the situation is currently at it's peak. My mom has to feed alone 4 people and 2 pets. The pay she gets from her job is pretty good, but since the conditions are so horrible, it doesn't seem so big at all. Meanwhile, my step-father is in Russia(We live in Estonia) and is constructing a house there. No money has come to our doorstep for 2 months now. Now, you would think that even things are pretty bad, one, like me, should go to work somewhere. But this is where things get much worse.
I am a disabled person, been such for my whole life, since birth. I have a mediocre muscular and bone disability, resulting in bad physical condition, low strength, low endurance, low cardio and becoming fatigued really fast. Well this is my current condition. My childhood(which was going to doctors for like 17 years in a row) was much worse than my current situation. It even makes me wanna cry, if I remember what's happened in the past.(I am 20 years old and male) This disability removes my options to find a job, because there aren't any where I could last for a long time. Even just cleaning would probably be a suicide mission. So all I have left is my brain and my fingers. I am studying very hard in a vocational educational school in my hometown to become a Database and Software Specialist. I've even got an acknowledgment diploma. But now to the good part ---->
Thank you for this blog mate, it provides perspective. I try hard not to take foregranted all I have...