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Permanent Account Created on 11 July 2002 (#627106) Last updated on 14 March 2011
Name:
TheFinn
Location:
Schools:
- Laverna Evans School - O'Fallon, IL (1977 - 1981)
- Bell Manor Elementary School - Bedford, TX (1981 - 1983)
- Spring Garden Elementary School - Bedford, TX (1983 - 1984)
- Harwood Junior High School - Bedford, TX (1984 - 1987)
- Tarrent County College - Arlington, TX (1987 - 1988)
- Trinity High School - Euless, TX (1987 - 1989)
- Moorpark Community College - Moorpark, CA (1989 - 1990)
- Royal High School - Simi Valley, CA (1989 - 1990)
- California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo, CA (1990 - 1997)
- Cuesta College - San Luis Obispo, CA (1993 - 1994)
- University of California - Davis - Davis, CA (1996 - 1997)
I am a software architect living in the highly pleasant locale of Seattle. I have lived in MO, IL, TX, CA, and WA. I have also visited 21 others. I have been over both US-bordering oceans at least twice.
My todo list (in the next 5ish years) for countries: Ireland, Scotland, Italy, Greece, Spain, Iceland, Egypt, Mexico, Romania, Czech Republic, New Zealand, Cambodia (plus Russia and Japan again).
I have been to (in order) Taiwan, England, China, S. Korea, Germany, Russia, Canada, Japan, Netherlands, the UAE (Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah), and France.
I listen to a wide range of music (from Mozart to Megadeath, and much in between). I am learning Japanese and eventually, Russian. I've been deemed a Japanophile by friends, and freely admit being a bit of an Anime addict, and try to keep up on series that are still airing in Japan.
I both tabletop game, and computer game.
I started using a sketchbook, since I realized that I didn't totally suck at drawing.
I am doing a history of history survey to determine how facts change as the years elapse.
I was an avid reader (mostly sci-fi & fantasy), and am working to return to that title.
I ride a 1991 Suzuki GS500E.
I have a daughter that is brilliant and trying.
I have friends that are loving and wonderful.
My Credo:
I will teach where I have knowledge, and I will learn where I do not.
I will crush mediocrity, for it benefits no one. I will lead by example.
I will give a hand up to those not as far as I.
I will give a shoulder to stand for those ahead of me with eyes fixed skyward to see what is ahead.
I will not go quietly into the night, beaten down by my demons and decisions.
The world moves on, and I move with it.
An act of compassion is easier than an act of contrition.
There is always time enough for love, and patience gives you time, use it wisely.
Joule from LJNifty
Forum reference links:
Due toTheNewEvilEmpireGoogle's indexing, I am altering these to require removal of a space in the URLs:
Live Space
Facebook
OKCupid
MySpace
Twitter
Steam
Favourite Quotes:
Music is art, audio is engineering. --Unknown
There are only two kinds of artists -- revolutionaries and plagiarists. -- Paul Gauguin
Computer Science is no more about computers as Astronomy is about telescopes --Dijkstra
It's at times like these when I am reminded of the immortal words of Socrates, who said "... I drank what?" -- Chris Knight in _Real Genius_
"You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them." -- Ray Bradbury
"Religion might have been the opiate for the masses, but TV is the ketamine for American culture." -- mleska
"Evil is the product of the ability of humans to make abstract that which is concrete" -- Sartre
My todo list (in the next 5ish years) for countries: Ireland, Scotland, Italy, Greece, Spain, Iceland, Egypt, Mexico, Romania, Czech Republic, New Zealand, Cambodia (plus Russia and Japan again).
I have been to (in order) Taiwan, England, China, S. Korea, Germany, Russia, Canada, Japan, Netherlands, the UAE (Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah), and France.
I listen to a wide range of music (from Mozart to Megadeath, and much in between). I am learning Japanese and eventually, Russian. I've been deemed a Japanophile by friends, and freely admit being a bit of an Anime addict, and try to keep up on series that are still airing in Japan.
I both tabletop game, and computer game.
I started using a sketchbook, since I realized that I didn't totally suck at drawing.
I am doing a history of history survey to determine how facts change as the years elapse.
I was an avid reader (mostly sci-fi & fantasy), and am working to return to that title.
I ride a 1991 Suzuki GS500E.
I have a daughter that is brilliant and trying.
I have friends that are loving and wonderful.
My Credo:
I will teach where I have knowledge, and I will learn where I do not.
I will crush mediocrity, for it benefits no one. I will lead by example.
I will give a hand up to those not as far as I.
I will give a shoulder to stand for those ahead of me with eyes fixed skyward to see what is ahead.
I will not go quietly into the night, beaten down by my demons and decisions.
The world moves on, and I move with it.
An act of compassion is easier than an act of contrition.
There is always time enough for love, and patience gives you time, use it wisely.
Joule from LJNifty
Forum reference links:
Due to
Live Space
OKCupid
MySpace
Steam
Favourite Quotes:
Music is art, audio is engineering. --Unknown
There are only two kinds of artists -- revolutionaries and plagiarists. -- Paul Gauguin
Computer Science is no more about computers as Astronomy is about telescopes --Dijkstra
It's at times like these when I am reminded of the immortal words of Socrates, who said "... I drank what?" -- Chris Knight in _Real Genius_
"You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them." -- Ray Bradbury
"Religion might have been the opiate for the masses, but TV is the ketamine for American culture." -- mleska
"Evil is the product of the ability of humans to make abstract that which is concrete" -- Sartre
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