I am rock, paper, and scissors.
My Self-Summary
My name's Ronnie. I was born and raised in Jacksonville, but I've
been all over the US and western Canada a few times and would like
to move out west some day. I really enjoy using my hands to make
things, and spend what is probably too much time worrying about the
really big questions in life. Being outside or in the woods tends
to calm those thoughts down some, or at least let me run them
through their course. I've been around and in with rednecks,
hunters, mudders, computer geeks, philosophers, scientists,
teachers, musicians, Anime geeks, and plenty of other "groups" of
people. I've never entirely felt at home with any one group though,
I'd rather be a Jack-of-all-trades than a master of one. I'm an
INTP according to Briggs-Myers tests, meaning I'm part of 1-3% of
the US population. I'm not sure how that happened but it sounds
about right.
What I’m doing with my life
*working at a painfully slow pace toward my AA (paying out of
pocket sucks) and hopefully my bachelors some day.
*working at Batteries Plus. It beats the hell out of my last job.
Physical labor in 120 degree ear-piercing conditions taken out of
pure necessity will at least trim your body fat down.
*pretty much always working on some project, and occasionally
posting about it on my weboblag. thestuffimade.blogspot.com
*recently I've been surfing and trying to build a motorcycle from
an old scooter and a dirt bike.
*killing time on reddit
I’m really good at
Walking and climbing barefoot. Taking things apart and putting them
back together, not always in the way they went originally. Fixing
pretty much anything electronic or mechanical. Waxing poetic and
troubling myself with the questions that plagued ancient Greek
philosophers and the tokers behind the cafeteria (minus the
toking). Worrying about life's brevity. "Nuking" whatever I'm
thinking about, "thing" climbing (be it rocks, buildings, trees,
piles of scrap) pulling vehicles through really tight spaces
without hitting anything, making analogies that use wildly
different concepts, and explaining simple things in too much
detail.
The first things people usually notice about me
Sometimes I bump into things without noticing and if I wing my head
while I'm busy I don't usually notice until someone asks if it
hurt. Aside from that I'm not sure.
My favorite books, movies, music, and food
Books/Publications:
The Ender's game series, the detailed family albums my mom made
years ago, Learnt, The Hitchhiker's Guide series, a hand bound
collection of old electronics magazines handed down to me by my 9th
grade electronics teacher, A walk in the woods, Nat. Geo., Make:,
anything about space, Books that teach you how to do something,
books full of pretty pictures, army survival handbooks, old sci-fi,
1984, Animal Farm, a hardbound leather journal. Did you know that
most people read fewer than 2 books a year in the US? That scares
the crap out of me.
Movies:
Fight Club, A knight's tale, V for Vendetta, Crash, Office Space,
The Butterfly Effect, anything Miyazaki, and older Disney,
Brazil.
Music:
Any genre, country(not usually the pop sort), progressive, Johnny
Cash, Hendrix, FICK, Incubus, Jimmy Eat World, Korn, RATM, 3 Doors
Down, Audioslave, Goo Goo Dolls, Dethklok, Abbey Park
TV: Revision3.com, Heroes, Firefly, documentaries, Mythbusters
The six things I could never do without
pocket knife, pen, paper, towel(you always have to know where it
is), water, air
I spend a lot of time thinking about
Religion, technology, the enormity of the universe, robot/zombie
invasion, how the human race can go about not becoming an
evolutionary dead end, and how they manage to get string cheese to
be stringy.
On a typical Friday night I am
my free time I'm probably tinkering with my latest project, on the
web, hanging out with friends, or out people-watching.
The most private thing I’m willing to admit here
I'd like to build a log cabin deep in the woods some day with as
little modern materials as possible. I'd also like for this cabin's
woods to be not too far from a junkyard that I can freely obtain
parts for making odd sculptures and machines from, similar to the
dad from "Fly Away Home".
You should message me if
you know where your towel is. If know the direction of the enemy's
gate by chance. If you've had your interest piqued.