I Wrote A Memoir! (About WicketPixie…)

As a class assignment in English we were all suppose to write a memoir about some important event in our life.  I am not one to be able to think of important events off the top of my head, so I picked the most recent event that brought me excitement.  That was joining the official development team of WicketPixie, everyones’ favorite WordPress theme.

Without further ado, here it is:

    How do you think you would react to being 14 and getting a job doing something you actually enjoy doing? Well, I think I reacted pretty darn well. When you are a geek like me, you’ll take any opportunity to work with someone that could get the word out that you exist. For me, that someone is Chris Pirillo. When my chance came, I grabbed hold of it and knew I was in for something big.
    Around June of 2008, Chris had released a free theme for people that used a blogging software called WordPress. The theme had been named WicketPixie, and it was adored by hundreds of bloggers. A long time passed, and when I started using WicketPixie for my blog, I started to ask more from it. I also discovered a few bugs and glitches. I knew the scripting language WicketPixie was written in pretty well, so I tried my hand at adding on to the theme. When everything was to my liking, I decided to send my changes in to Chris Pirillo, thinking that others may enjoy what I have done.
    A few days later when I had came home from school, I went to check my email. Chris had responded asking if I would like to join his other developer working on the project. I would have been a fool to turn something like that down. I responded and waited for more details on the project. While I waited I was a bit nervous, seeing that now I have this project on top of school and homework. I did not let that end my excitement however, and waited anxiously for the next email.
    As the excitement cooled off, I took the opportunity to just relax. After telling my parents the news, they asked me a bunch of questions which I happily answered. Afterwards I simply sat down and relaxed. The day had been a long one, and it was not even over yet. I decided from that point to get some root beer, turn on the television, and allow my heart to return to it’s regular rate.
    Throughout the whole experience I have learned that you are never too young to get a position doing something you really love. You also should not think that just because you are young it means that your talents can not be recognized and appreciated by a relatively wide audience. I was lucky to have been given this chance and because I took it, my name is out and I have one more thing to put down in my resume. I am really grateful to those who made this opportunity possible, and I am going to end this memoir now, before the writing turns into an Academy Awards script.