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That's my kid.  From the time she was able to hold her head upright, she zoned in on a computer and mind-melded with it.  At first I thought it was cute.  Now it's intimidating and a shade creepy.  Because her father and I have NEVER EVER NEVER not even ONCE showed her what to do on a computer.  When she was around 2 years old she started cruising around on the laptop, opening programs and practically studying them.  She's 9  now and has announced that she will be attending the Savannah School of Art and Design, majoring in graphic animation.  About 2 years ago she adopted the name "Joykat" as her techno alias and began making stop action movies.  Here's her most recent trailer; the movie is still currently in "Production".

In the same breath, she said she'd also be hacking.  I was like, "Coughing?  You'll be coughing at college?"

"No, maternal one.  I'll be finding the holes in technology."

I briefly informed her that one man's hero is another man's villain....so she'd better think carefully before barging into a worm hole without thinking of the consequences.  It was obvious that my sage advice fell on deaf ears.  I shouldn't be surprised.  This is the same kid who got mad at me and texted me this smart alec video about the cruelty of homework:

Maybe I'll bring up the hacking subject again in a few months.  I'm just hoping she listens.  Because I have this nightmare of her falling in with a group of hacker kids who are linked with wires and spend their days spray painting underpasses.