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Um. . .hi?

I'm a rather different person from California (where different people are a dime a dozen! (just kidding, guys!)). I grew up in Northern California (well, the central valley), but am now going to college in Southern California, so there's quite a contrast.

In general I like to think of myself as a nice person. While I do have a mean sarcastic streak, I assure you it's all in good fun and in reality I just want to be friends (or at least civil) with everyone. I really enjoy just hanging out with a few friends and just doing whatever, or even nothing at all. (I've spend hours with friends wandering around a mostly-closed downtown district at night, for example). I love good conversation, even if I'm not the best at maintaining/starting it myself. I'll at least try to talk with people about anything they're interested in, and if they happen to hit one of the topics I'm into, they might drown in the flood of information I may just cough up on them as soon as I start talking.

I like doing a lot of things, including but not limited to: playing/working on/trying to un-brick computers, reading webcomics, playing video/computer games with people, roofing, exercising (when I can get myself to do it and have the time), procrastinating, and listening to loads and loads of music. I'm also known to hike and go backpacking from time to time, although that probably won't happen around Southern California too often. (Unless you want to take me? Otherwise, I'm pretty much stuck, as I have no car and all of my gear is up at my parent's house in Northern California). Despite any complaining that might occur on my behalf on any given outdoor trip, I really do enjoy them, especially when they're with good company.

I'm currently going to college at UCI, with a Computer Science major (although that may change in the future to an Information and Computer science major; we'll see). After I finish up with college (I'm a freshman now, so it'll be a while), I want to design/make video and computer games.

Dancing, surprisingly enough. I did tap for about 10 years, took a few years of ballet, and recently learned (and taught) ballroom, latin, and swing dance. (Swing is my favorite, because it is super-fun and has incredible music). Sadly, however, I'm a mediocre salsa dancer at best. But I would be willing to learn!

I'm also pretty okay with computers. I enjoy tinkering with them and building them and just using them in general. Which I guess partially explains why I'm here. : ) However, sometimes my upgrading experiences just remind me of this: http://xkcd.com/349/ .

My hair. It's rather long.

And I guess my odd/quirky/insane personality, but that can largely depend on how tired I am when I first meet them. The better I know you the more I tend towards insane, though. Just though I should warn you.

1. Friends
2. My Computers (various and nefarious)
3. Music of all sorts
4. Dance
5. Webcomics (I'll admit it, I'm addicted)
6. The Internet

I also need water, being carbon-based and all that, but I sort of figured that was assumed.

How to make virtual reality input actually work (more like Otherland than Tron, and I realize and am sorry that that's not a helpful comparison for most people), how tired I am, if I remember various ballroom dance steps, my friends that are far away and how they're doing, video games, and my characters in my various stories (fiction that I write, not soap operas) and what to do with them.

Usually in, chilling out on my computer or hanging out with dormmates. I'd love to go out somewhere if given the opportunity, though.

In an ideal world, I'd be out swing dancing at a club where I knew everybody, but that's probably a pipe dream for at least right now.

You want a date or a friend. I'm up for either!

I'll admit a preference for proper spelling and grammar, but I'll have you know I don't have any length requirements. If you send me an essay, I'll still read it, so don't be afraid to write me a long message if you feel like it.