AMAZING

"All that is gold does not glitter;
not all those who wander are lost;
the old that is strong does not wither;
deep roots are not reached by the frost."
~ J.R.R. Tolkien
Fellowship of the Ring

There are few things in life more satisfying than a nice, hot cup of cocoa by the hearth, more invigorating than galloping through the ocean surf on a tall horse, more electrifying than leaping from a plane at 13500 ft to hover for a few timeless moments between the earth and sky... and the more I get, the more I crave. So. You wanna know the real me? How I got to be so crazy, so talented, so modest, so... unique? I could tell ya bit, I suppose. Here's a profile first, or you can just jump down to the bio. Happy reading.

Well, it all started in Los Angeles, Hollywood division, where I was born. I lived there with my parents for a year and a half, but they hated it, and then they found jobs here in CS. I went to St. Michael's Academy for the loooongest time, and the chapel really didn't agree with me. But we had some brilliant May Day festivals, dances from British Isles, plays (I played Puck!!!), and even the curious cuisine from far-away lands bit. Then I made a switch to public school, met some new faces, made some friends, and found myself at A&M Consolidated for 4 long, TIGER-filled years of spirit, tradition, theatrical triumphs, and... yeah, education. My first two years of college were spent finding out I do not after all wish to be a veteranarian, as I had thought (science and medicine run in the family, so they ran with me for a while too). I have always been a designer with a love and knack for creating things, and I am miserable in a laboratory. So, while taking a summer class to get ahead, I also took beginning design for fun. It clicked. WOW!! This is what I want to do! I left my first college and came to TAMU. I still love animals, wonderful creatures, but my way of helping them shall be different. Anyhoo, that's why I am where I am now, at TAMU, studying to be a Landscape Architect, to create picturesqe, natural-looking areas for houses, businesses, zoos, wildlife sanctuaries, who knows. I am infuenced by the principles Feng Shui, the Chinese art of "Wind and Water" and by Japanese garden design. I've just started my 4th year in the program. For a while I considered minoring in Linguistics, because of my knack for and love of languages. So far, I've studied several in school and several more on my own, have a great ear, and grammar is (usually) no problem. Irish, though, is the most difficult I have undertaken, as it sounds nothing like it's spelled, and there are only a few folk in the country (all remote from me), who are also trying to learn it, so I can't practice with anyone. Still, it's fun! :^} I identify a lot with Data on Star Trek. He's always exploring different facets of human nature. He strives to be better than he is. That's my whole philosopy on life, to constantly challenge myself, and leave the world a better place because I was in it. That's success to me. That's living.