I'm hypoglycemic as well, but my diet doesn't seem to affect me. I could eat sweets all day and sugar galore, and only feel slightly nauseous. Its only when I don't eat that I get dizzy, faint, blurry vision, etc. My doctor says its because I have a high metabolism, and when my metabolism slows down, my hypoglycemic issues may disappear also. I literally have to eat like, 5-6 times a day, constantly snacking, or else I feel I sick. I don't get the jacked up sugar rushes, the caffeine buzzes either. I don't drink a lot of caffeine. I've drank regular soda (20 oz or so) maybe twice in the last two months. It seems to be a monthly thing with me and soda, but it mostly has to do with the carbonation more than the caffeine. I feel like I can't breathe when I drink soda, thanks to chronic allergies.

I eat carbs all the time. Complex carbs mostly, and I have a steady easily maintainable weight, unless I have an episode where I faint, get dizzy, etc, and then I can lose like, 10-15 pounds in a matter of days. I'm 5'4"ish and usually no more than 125lbs soaking wet and fully clothed, 2000-2500 calories daily, 50/40/10 c/p/f ratio for the most part. I'm also anemic and have low blood pressure also. Luckily, I like red meat and raw spinach and iron-rich foods, so its not too bad.

I lived in DE when started working. I was 14. All I had to do was getting a work permit, my school signed it, my parents signed it, and my employer signed it. That was it.
I don't remember all the stipulations though.

I worked for a cable company owned studio. They had two crews - one for the smaller studio, one for the larger studio. I started with smaller studio. At first, I answered phones for the daily live show we produced. 330pm to 600pm Monday-Thursday, the show ran from 430-530. Then I got trained on cameras, teleprompter, the multiline phone operation (putting the callers on air and whatnot), graphics, audio engineering, floor directing, hosting, and switching (technical director, operating the switcher for multicamera operations). We also did pre-recorded shows on Saturdays, and we worked from 8am to 6pm. 10 hour day. And e got paid $10/hr. That was pretty awesome for a 14-year-old. With that crew, I was making $200/wk working 20 hrs a week before taxes. At 14 years old.

I ended up getting recruited for the bigger studio once I turned 16. I could work more hours and stuff. I still did all the small studio stuff, because the big studio did stuff every day except Saturdays, Fridays during basketball seasons, and Sundays during football.

At 16, my average work week was something like this:
Monday: Live show, 330-600, $25. City council, 630 to usually 930,10pm. $65 set rate.
Tuesday: Live show, 330-600, $25. CNN Local Edition Headline News, 630 to usually 930 (or whenver we got finished). $60 set rate.
Wednesday: Live show, 330-600, $25. Levy/county court, 630 to 10pm. $65 set rate.
Thursday: Live show, 330-600, $25. Con Sabor OR Haitian Delmarva Focus OR 888 Employee Network OR some random field event, 630 to about 1030 (or whenever finished), $60 for shows, $80 for event set rates.
Friday: High school football, 430-1030, $85 set rate OR OFF
Saturday: Pre-recorded shows, 800-600, $100.
Sunday: College basketball, various times usually about 6 hours, $85 set rate OR OFF.

So at 16 years old, I was working an average of 35-40 hours a week on top of high school, making around $535 before taxes. I think because I went to a vocational high school where I was earning a technical degree in broadcasting, the company had a partnership and I was allowed to work full-time.

But during the summer, we didn't have football or basketball seasons, but a few more events. We also didn't have the Saturday shoots because that was a school related thing (academic competitions between school teams). We covered baseball and stuff during the summer, also our big production in the summer was this all-star football game where each player sponsors a mentally handicapped kid and stuff. Its a 17 hour work day in the summer for us. In the summer also, we'd go to another studio and do their CNN Local Edition Headline News (because the company thought it'd be cheaper to transport our team down there instead making a new crew for that studio). Less going on in the summer, December is usually dead, but from September to May, we're packed. I'd like to continue doing it, but I don't live in the area anymore. I did that for a total of 5.5 years.

The only time I drink coffee is when I've got like, $6 and up all night studying at the diner. I don't mind it black, but I like one cream, one sugar in mine. Bottomless coffee after eating some sandwich with my laptop and books at the corner booth. I'm not addicted though. I don't make coffee at home, I don't order coffee at breakfast, I don't drink it with family, etc. I get the coffee because its hot and bottomless. I could get water, but its cold. I could get soda, but its cold and I don't like a lot of soda. The coffee is the only thing left.

I don't drink a lot of tea either. I live in the southeast US, and when I say tea, I mean iced black tea. And sweet. I use 3 family sized tea bags and 3 cups of sugar for a gallon of iced (sweet) tea, and everyone loves it - except diabetics and my mother. I have to make about 2-3 gallons a day.

But I find caffeine doesn't really keep me awake. I have no trouble going to sleep after downing a can of soda or glass after glass of tea, or coffee. I don't get sugar rushes either. Energy drinks do nothing for me. I can understand the crash, I just don't get the high :[

I feel gyped.

What's the pdf.php thing?

I think its up to $500/mo plus the bonuses.

I'm soooo hoping I get that media job, I'm fairly certain this company will be covering, or at least talking about the Creator's Camp. And I'd would love to put some serious pressure on EA from a legit gamer's magazine regarding paysites. I'm pretty excited about this job opportunity.

http://www.escapistmagazine.com

Very safe to assume to.

Though it would be hilarious to this pay creators utterly FAIL at the camps without a free creator to rip off, I do hope the purpose of the creator camp is teach sucky pay creators (the ones are getting invited) how to make MOAR BETTUR stuff. Not thinking about the money motivation for a second and speaking strictly from a talent point of view, why else are they inviting poor (no pun intended) creators over the awesome creators?

The most likely motivation is a mixture of the two: teach the EA dick suckers how to make MOAR BETTUR stuff so people will give EA MOAR MONIES to get the stuff that they create. Free creators wouldn't allow their stuff to be sold, even if they get a commission from it, so don't even bother inviting most of them, just the ones you can convince otherwise, and invite just enough so it won't look suspicious.

I'm up for camp crashing.

Fake ETA: Actually, its possible that I will be attending as a press representative if I get a particular job. Playing interview tag with a media company that owns and operates two video gaming online magazines, and they go to all the conferences and stuff - the video producers (which I will be) and the journalists. So hmm..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VgGslQx408

YOU LOSE! YOU GET NOTHING! GOOD DAY, SIR!

Probably because your shit is so hideous, even pirates don't want to download it.

Wow, simply wow.

I am by no means a prude, but half of that stuff I wouldn't even wear, let alone my future children.