So, what if nobody showed up?

Really, that should read- so WHAT if nobody showed up?!

It's 7pm, and the first night of the tech and lit discussion is here. I am sitting here with a teacher, and she is reading my copy of the book. Well, she stopped by because she is my mother-in-law, and wanted a ride home from Pam and couldn't get a hold of her.

Yet, she is sitting here, reading, laughing, commenting on the book...and that is why I am really here. I figure I reached out to one person, got them reading Little Brother, and my day is good.

As for the Little Brother Sessions, I had a feeling they are important, but I realized WHY they are important after preparing the first presentation. It gives a starting point for other people to create their own presentations, especially if they don't have a lot of experience with technology. I know that doesn't sound like much, but I felt that Tor's teacher guide didn't really do enough for people who might not be up for going down to the command line.

So, I don't care if anybody shows up. I don't care how embarrassed I get by the silence. I don't care if my friends flake on presentation work days, or don't show up for the big night. I don't care if the rest of the friends are too busy with their own things to be there, even if they told me it was a "great idea". Eventually, some teacher somewhere is going to get a hold of these, or maybe someone in a school computer club, and they will have a blueprint for every chapter that will be useful to people who don't have two decades of computer experience.

And someone else just showed up! Wait, three others are here!