<human>: The year was 2008, I had just been kicked out by an ex girlfriends father (complicated story).  I had some 500 dollars to my name and ended up using most of it to pay for a room at this really crappy motel for two weeks.  I had no where else to go and would end up being homeless pretty soon.

During my boredom I decided to head down to the local library and get on line.  Maybe browse a little, hey I might even look at this new fangled thing called 'Reddit'.  Wasn't able to sadly, so instead I browsed the rather crappy collection of books they had there.  There was a 'Electronics For Dummies' book that caught my eye, I grabbed it and started browsing through it.

I was immediately hooked. To my surprise, I was able to check out the book and then proceeded to read it in my shitty, little motel room.  I devoured the entire thing in less then a couple of hours.  The book was originally designed to be read over the course of a couple of days.  The next day I went back to the library and was actually able to get online. 

 I browsed online for more information about electronics, electrical theory, electrical and computer engineering, you name it.  The more and more I read, the more and more I realized that this is what I wanted to do with my life.  I was 19 at the time

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<bot>: I was basically homeless, bored, and depressed when I found a book in the local library about electronics for beginners, became hooked.  Was 19 at the time