1. I am a 24 year old, 6'3", college student at
the University of Florida,
majoring in Nuclear Engineering. I graduate in December 2006.
Sadly I have not gotten any taller since 9th grade, when I hit 6'3".
2. I can either be a day person or a night
person. It takes me about three days if I want to switch.
3. I have difficulty sleeping when wearing
socks. They make me feel hot.
4. I wear my watch all the time. I wear it when
I am at school, when I am running, and when I am in bed. I never
take it off.
5. I cannot stand ads in programs on my
computer, and will go to great lengths to find programs that can hack
those programs to remove the ads.
6. I like food from all around the world except
for India.
7. My favorite type of food is Chinese (followed
by Mexican and Norwegian).
8. I like to eat all types of sushi.
9. I have only been to one nation outside the
United States and that nation is Ireland.
10. I hate wasting space on CD-R's and will
fill up that space with programs or mp3's or movie files just to fill it
up.
11. I spent the summer of 2004 in Baton Rouge doing an
internship at a nuclear power plant in St. Francisville.
12. I am a strong supporter of nuclear power
and I hate the fact that it has become a political issue.
13. I have not updated my website since 2004
with the sole exception being my blog.
14. When confronted with buying the same movie
on DVD, but one has special features and the other does not, I will
always buy the one with special features, even if it means I have to
wait several months (even years with LOTR).
15. My favorite number is 7. This is due to
Florida Football between 1992 and 1996. My favorite number was 2 when I
was little.
16. I moved from Palm Beach to Orlando when I
was two. The oldest memory I have is of a col-de-sac in Palm Beach and
some type of fruit bearing tree. There was some type of a party at a
house on the col-de-sac.
17. The first real food I ate was a strawberry.
18. I tried out to be Goofy at Disney, but
didn't make the dance cuts, so I became a Jungle Cruise Skipper at Magic
Kingdom. It is now hard for me to recite my 10 minute speech, but I can
remember many parts. "Anyone want to trade with Cheif Nambe? Today he's
offering a special two of his heads for one of yours, any takers? [Does
auctioneer thing, few people actually volunteer] C'mon, any way you look
at it, you'll come out a-head."
19. I ran track in high school and had a 59.2
second 400 meter.
20. Playing a sport for UF is near impossible,
since high school I run much slower.
21. I don't like having hard copies of
information. I prefer digital much more as I am much less likely to lose
it.
22. I have 3 friends that I met online, only
one I have met. Of the ones I have not met, one goes to UCF, the other
goes to UF.
23. I like Star Trek, Warcraft, Family Guy,
Knights of the Old Republic, the Simpsons, Command & Conquer, Lord of
the Rings, Anime, and Harry Potter. Who loves a nerd?
24. I obsess over having the most recent
version of everything on my computer.
25. In high school I had a really cool
signature. In college the classes used to be so huge I had to write my
name more clearly and the quality of my signature has been greatly
reduced.
26. I use FrontPage for maintaining my webpage,
but I tried switching to Dreamweaver. I like Dreamweaver MX better than
FrontPage 2002, but I like FrontPage 2003 more than Dreamweaver MX.
27. Everything that can be done in html I have
found a way to do with FrontPage, but that usually requires manually
inserted html, which I use often.
28. I don't believe in horoscopes.
29. The first words I could read were "Hess"
after the gas station. One of my relatives bought me a mini Hess Truck
for Christmas.
30. I see no problem with downloading music and
videos for free off the internet. However, this does not necessarily
mean I do it. My reasoning is that it is exactly like copying a movie
off of your TV. Your internet service provider grants you access to the
internet just like you cable company grants you access to many networks.
You can copy information off the television networks for free, so why
not information off the internet?
31. I don't watch sitcoms. I think they are
pointless.
32. I played in the 2000 St. Patrick's day
parade in Dublin, Ireland when I was a junior in high school. We spend a
week traveling from the western coast of Ireland before we arrived in
Dublin.
33. I don't see why people don't eat more sheep
legs. Isn't it cool to have this huge leg for dinner? It's like King
Henry.
34. I wanted to be a pilot when I was a little
kid. After growing up I realized it's not practical and I would be much
better off in engineering, it's one of the best fields to raise a family
and make good money.
35. I am a Republican and have never missed
voting in an election. I have voted for Democrats on occasion though. I
think the best Presidents were Washington, Lincoln, and Reagan.
36. I used to be able to run 10 miles a day, 5
days a week when I ran to Allison Kreiger's house and back when I was
training for cross country. I got a stress fracture in my fibula and was
on crutches for two weeks. Now I can barely run a mile.
37. I can tell the what episode of The Next
Generation and Family Guy is on just by watching a minute of it. I don't
know how useful that is, but I wish it wasn't true so I could enjoy them
more.
38. I no longer go to Toyota of Orlando
because of crappy service, instead I go to Central Florida Toyota, which
has incredible service and a much friendlier atmosphere with free food.
39. I drive a '96 Toyota Avalon XLS. Incredible
reliable car.
40. I rarely watch TV.
41. I like Coke better than Pepsi.
42. I have no living grandparents.
43. I like to grill things, esp. chicken.
44. I use a radar detector while driving. It is
like a warm blanket protecting you.
45. I respect cops that go after murderers,
robbers, and rapists, but have little respect for traffic cops.
46. I like board games, esp. Risk and Monopoly.
47. I know the story behind the number 47's
involvement in Star Trek.
48. I got a INTJ on the Myers Briggs. They call
that "mastermind". I was close all the other categories though but "T"
(in other words almost ESTP)
49. I believe global warming is a natural
phenomenon. I have yet to hear someone explain why it was much warmer in
the 1400's even though they did not have automobiles and factories.
50. I sometimes become aware that I am dreaming
when I am asleep.
51. I started school at age two. It was
something called "Co-op". I remember the grade levels were distinguished
by different colored birds.
52. I have dreamt that I was in a fantasy world
that I have read about. Some days I really wish I was in that world.
53. At UF, I am the representative for the
American Nuclear Society in the Benton Engineering Council, a member of
the Inter-Residential Housing Association, and Vice-President of the
Keys Governing Body.
54. I have no problem with the relationship
between science and religion. I do not think that religion has to be
separate from science in order for it to work.
55. i used to think that if I could live in any
time period, I would pick the middle ages. However, after all the
hurricanes coming through Florida I have realized a world without
electricity sucks.
56. I like video games. My current favorite video
game is Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, but I am sure once World
of Warcraft is released in Npv 2004 that will be my favorite game.
(Update: World of Warcraft has been released and I am addicted)
57. Most people know many more Hollywood stars
than me, but I can list almost all the US presidents and what they did.
I usually do not care about whatever Hollywood does or who does it.
58. My favorite author is J. R. R. Tolkien.
59. I liked high school more than college and
college more than middle/grade school. I attended catholic high school
and middle/grade school.
60. I think wearing sandals with socks is
strange. I associate it with hippies.
61. I think it would be cool to have one of
those home's of tomorrow that they were raving about in the 50's. I wish
Disney's Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow really was what he
intended it to be.
62. My favorite Disney theme park is Epcot,
followed by Magic Kingdom, and then MGM Studios. I think Animal Kingdom
is way too big, boring, and lacking the Disney "magic".
63. I took 2 years of French in high school.
The only time it was actually useful to me was in JFK Airport. An
attendant wanted me to tell a woman from Paris where her luggage was.
64. The first DVD I bought was "The Matrix".
65. I am sorry for having Java Script on my
main page, I bet it caused you some delay time.
66. I know how to SCRAM a nuclear reactor. It's
actually quite easy since so many features lead to auto-SCRAM's. A SCRAM
is when all the control rods are inserted into a reactor and resulting
in shutting it down.
67. I want to get a .com address someday.
68. My favorite sushi restaurant is an all you
can eat sushi only restaurant near Pier 66 in Ft. Lauderdale. I have
only been there twice.
69. I am 6'3" but I wish I was even taller.
70. I have been to every "Southern State" but
Kentucky. I can see myself living anywhere in the eastern United States
later on in my life. I really don't care where on the east coast of the
US, as long as I am either near the Atlantic or the Gulf of Mexico.
71. My hair went from bright blond to a very
dirty blonde almost brown now that I am no longer a kid.
72. I have never smoked and never will. As a
nuclear engineering student I feel it is my duty to explain what happens
when you smoke. Alpha particles are normally harmless and can be blocked
by something as thin as paper. However, when you smoke, alpha particles
are inhaled and left in your lungs. From here serious damage is caused,
which leads to cancer.
73. I sleep naked and I can't sleep without a
heavy blanket or comforter.
74. I generally eat all of one food on my plate
before starting more.
75. I don't give a crap about spelling and
grammar except in places where it matters. I care about the logical flow
of ideas, mathematical support, and evidence.
76. I would enjoy living in Orlando, Miami,
Washington DC, Austin, and costal New England.
77. I use some shareware without paying for it,
and have looked up serial numbers online to gain full access. More
recently I've just purchased software I really like.
78. I'm sure I would be happy if I just had
More Things. I wish I were independently wealthy!
79. I'm terrible at bowling, but I enjoy it
anyway. I don’t go to get a high score, I go to be goofy and have fun.
80. I think school uniforms may not be a bad
idea, but wearing school IDs around your neck is one step too far.
81. I helped retarded children in high school
through Peer Ministry.
82. I think nerd conventions like MegaCon (Star
Trek, Comics, and Anime) are fun.
83. In college I was part of the Keys Governing
Body, Benton Engineering Council, American Nuclear Society, and the
College Republicans.
84. I like my peanut butter extra crunchy.
85. I like both light and dark chicken meat.
86. I'd like to design a nuclear space
propulsion system that can take us to Mars someday. I'd also like to go
to Mars, but I am sure that will never happen.
87. I am good at math, but I consider myself
average at science. I have to work hard to get good grades, and often my
grades don't turn out so good, but in engineering, C's are common. My
favorite subject has always been History. I did not become a history
major because it is practically useless.
88. I want to become a SCUBA diver
89. I want to marry someone who can challenge
me.
90. I was read to as a child. One of the few
stories I remember was Arabian Nights (the real story of the lamp, not
Disney).
91. I’m a "left brain" person… analytical, and
not very good at English.
92. I am good with my hands and working in
small places.
93. My right hand and bicep are slightly
thicker than my left.
94. I have broken two appendages. A finger when
I was at Disney when I was about 5 years old and my fibula when I was
training for cross country by running over to one of my best friend's
house, who is actually Miss Florida right now and is going to be
competing for Miss America is January 2007.
95. I've been working on these 100 things on an
off for over a year.
96. I've played on a baseball team, a
basketball team, a soccer team, and a track team. I never made cross
country because of my broken fibula.
97. I got a 1270 SAT. I did not care to try to
get any higher because its all that was needed for the 100% Bright
Future's Scholarship at UF.
98. My UF vs UCF page amuses me.
99. I have had 3 jobs so far: Jungle Cruise
Skipper at Disney, Reactor Engineering Intern at Entergy Corp, and a
Residence Hall Assistant (RA) at UF. The Reactor Engineering Intern I
found most enjoyable. The RA job was the most pointless, and Disney was
the most rewarding (I truly learned the value of money and the hard work
it takes to earn it)
100. I am happy to of finally finished. I'll
probably change a few in the future as time passes.
