I got peer-pressured by the other students to share with the class, so here goes:
1. I’ve always been into computers. My Dad brought home our first computer when I was three and apparently my parents said I thanked my Dad for “buying me a computer.”
2. I used to think the age of three was the normal age for people to learn how to read, since that was when I learned how to read. When I was in 8th grade my English teacher made a big deal about Michael London learning how to read when he was only five. I didn’t know what the big deal was.
3. I was born with my ears sticking out, kind of like Dumbo or Dopey from Snow White and the Seven Dwarves. I chose to have the surgery when I was five to remove the excess cartilage. I still have scars behind my ears.
4. I have perfect pitch. That means I can identify any note without a reference. While it let me skip most of Ear Training I in college, I don’t use it as a crutch. It’s just helpful for me to hear things.
5. I was born in New Hampshire and lived there until I was 23. Then I moved to Minneapolis, MN and went to grad school there. I moved to Ann Arbor Michigan for six months and then to Los Angeles, CA. I like to call myself a New Englander who lives in Cali. I will never call myself a Californian. Needless to say, I’m sick of moving, and I want to settle in SoCal. Winter is overrated.
6. A lot of my friends from high school grew up to become artists and musicians. It’s one of my fantasies to do some sort of collaborative project with them for the fun of it. It will most likely never happen because they are scattered all over the United States, but it’s part of why I always like the idea of friends working together on projects. I want to extend that same love with other DToiders.
7. I worry a lot, about everything. I’ve had problems with anxiety ever since I was a kid, in a medical sort of way. I got officially diagnosed when I was 22 after trying to ignore it. I have it under control now, but I still find myself getting nervous over the stupidest of things, like get-togethers with friends.
8. I get attached to things and people. If I call you a friend, I mean it. If it’s a hobby I enjoy, I’m passionate about it. It’s probably why I play so many video games.
9. I don’t know why, but I feel like I’m meant to make the world a better place. I don’t mean becoming a famous person or anything like that, but I feel like my purpose in life is important, and when I’m not contributing (like my current state of unemployment), I feel like I’m not living up to my potential.
10. DToid has been one of the best things to happen to me in the last year. I didn’t know anybody when I moved to Los Angeles, and I didn’t get out much. When I discovered all the amazing people from the community lived so close by and started hanging out, it was the first time in years I felt like I had friends again. I think it’s been the constant moving but I haven’t been in one place long enough to get to know a lot of people. Then thanks to IRC and PAX I met more nice people. I love Zero with all my heart, but he knows how much I value friendship. I think some married people put too much stock in their spouses and forget that they need other people.
Alright, that was a bit schmoopy. I’m going to go sit back at my desk now.
It wasnt schmoopy, it was awesome!
schmoopy
Thanks for sharing, Naia. I can't wait to meet you at PAX!
Winter is overrated.
I can't wait to try Summer out though!
I hope to meet you in PAX. Our birthdays are on the same day, we must drink to this.
Naia, you're awsome!
I WISH I had perfect pitch! I'm close-ish, but not natural perfect.
I love it when a plan comes together, or when everybody puts in their skills toward a big outcome. I think that's part of why I like MMO's and JRPGs.
I get alot of 9. myself. It makes me worry about spending so much time playing games. But only sometimes. :)
I too have unusual ears, I can hear dog whistles.
WOOOO NEW HAMPSHIRE
Great list naia! Just like Tubatic, I also wish I had perfect pitch like you! :-)
AMAZING! And who's that sexy guy in that pic next to you? :P
You lived in A2! That's awesome. If you huys ever end up back in town on a visit, look me up. I'm always up for some Pinball Pete's and pizza at the Brown Jug.
You have perfect pitch!? FFFFFF >.< I'm so jealous.
i think you've already made a huge impact and i have been blessed to have met you! also look forward to many rape traps in the near future.
As if Naia wasn't amazing enough, don't forget, she watches Arrested Development!
"There are dozens of us who read this blog, dozens!"
I am jealous of numba 4
wow I've never met anyone with the perfect pitch! That's so cool.
Thanks again for letting me be part of your wedding even though I was awkward as fuck, hha
Great stuff Naia! And thanks again for letting me crash at your place and play some awesomesauce Dokapon Kingdom with you and Zero. That ruled (except for the part where I screwed you over and then immediatly got bitch slapped by karma) ;)
You have perfect pitch? That's amazing, naia :D
4 - sweet! I'm on the other end of the spectrum, practically tone deaf. My wife was a music major so she's confirmed this :)
I wish I had perfect pitch. I have what (I think) is called "relative pitch." Like, I'll often hear a note and be able to say, "Oh, that's a C," or "Yep, that's a G," etc. -- but usually, I'll have to figure it out in my head (i.e., "Okay, that's a major third above C, so it's an E" -- that kinda thing).
haha schmoopy, you're allright
Great List.
You're awesome.
I don't know why but I really want to hug you.