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| User: | dragonvpm (364768)  Dragon V's Ramblings
Compulsive, Neurotic, Anti-Social, Paranoid but basically Happy. |
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| Name: | Dragon -V- | |||||
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| Website: | The Arcade | |||||
| Location: | El Paso, Texas, United States | |||||
| Birthdate: | 1976-08-19 | |||||
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| Bio: | Well, let's see. My name is Victor... I build stuff for a living and for fun. I watch lots of movies (some good, some not-so-good, some so bad they're good), I read just about anything I can get my hands on, and I listen to way too much music (of all kinds). When I'm not being a movie/music dork or geek of all trades, I also enjoy the great outdoors (anything from snowbaording or mountain biking to napping out on the hammock in the backyard) I'm originally from TX. I hung out in Boston/Cambridge MA for several years and occasionally went to classes at MIT. Eventually MIT gave me a diploma. I suspect they did this in order to get rid of me before I ended up living in their basements. Once I graduated I found myself wondering what to do and I ended up back in TX. Originally I came back to help my folks with their construction company and somehwere along the line I ended up owning it and running it and they're in the process of retiring. When I'm not dealing with work I find myself busy with one of my 1,001 projects or hanging out with friends and family. I have a large, somewhat quirky, occasionally frustrating, frequently entertaining, and rather large family of which I am the youngest (well not counting my siblings' kids or their kids kids etc...). I'm usually on good terms with them (they're the main reason I came back to EP after MIT) but as with all families we do have our tiffs. Somehow though we always manage to get through them and I'm usually glad that I didn't run away to join the circus. Oh, last but not least, I have two black labs (Zhaan and Sakura) and two former pound kitties (Pixel and Morticia) and I'm quite fond of them as well. Not so long ago I bought a house and I have proceeded to fill it with random (cool) stuff. I have yet to determine if that was a brilliant idea or a terrible mistake. However, if nothing else it has made life substantially more complicated and interesting and it has made it easier for me to indulge in my many hobbies. So who/what am I? I'm three parts wickedly kinky dragon, four parts hardcore geek, two part old-fashioned knight in shining armor, two parts hopeless romantic, and three parts eccentric genius with a dash of goofball and a pinch of mad scientist thrown in to make things interesting. Generally, I'd like to think that I'm fairly amusing, I know for a fact that I can be occasionally angsty, but for the most part I'm mostly harmless and I don't bite (unless asked nicely). This journal is rated:  Some quotes that appeal to me: "A Gentleman is one who never inflicts pain." -Cardinal Newman "Unintentionally." -Oscar Wilde "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." -Dr.Suess "When the ship lifts, all bills are paid. No regrets." -R.A.Heinlein "Nobody even came close to my idea, which makes me either a total loon or a diabolical genius. Truth be told, I'm probably more of a diabolical loon." -R.Cringely "I have no particular talent. I am merely inquisitive." -A.Einstein "If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country." -E.M.Forster Those who claim to have never made a mistake have never tried anything new. -A.Einstein A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects. -R.A.Heinlein "The goal of engineering is to build better mousetraps. The goal of nature is to build better mice." -Unknown "What a wonderful world it is that has girls in it!" -R.A.Heinlein "Some people say that I must be a horrible person, but that's not true. I have the heart of a young boy -- in a jar on my desk." -S.King "Sometimes you just have to take the leap, and build your wings on the way down." -K.Yamada "The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it." -O.Wilde "Diplomacy is the art of saying 'nice doggy' until you can find a rock." -Unknown "The Kobayashi Maru scenario freqeuntly wreaks havoc with students and equipment" -Spock:ST2TWoK. "Efficiency is Intelligent Laziness!!" -Unknown "I've got a plan so cunning you could put a tail on it and call it a weasel." -Blackadder "Changing the world is good for those who want their names in books. But being happy, that is for those who write their names in the lives of others, and hold the hearts of others as the treasure most dear." -R.A.Heinlein "It's a magical world, Hobbes ol' buddy.... let's go exploring" -Waterson Adminis-Trivia: I occasionally get the urge to find new people to read about so if you suddenly find me on your friends list it's because I found your journal either interesting, thought-provoking, or highly amusing (in a good way ;). So, hi. I tend to not comment in other people's journals unless I think I have something useful and/or interesting to say, but I read all the journals on my friend's list regularly. Thank you, The Management | |||||
| Memories: | 33 entries | |||||
| Pictures: | over 80 public | |||||
| Interests: | 150: alice in wonderland, anime, attention deficit disorder, backrubs, bdsm, biking, billiards, billie holiday, bisexual, black adder, body modification, bondage, bonsai, books, boots, business owner, car repair, cats, classic cars, comic books, computers, cooking, craps, cuddling, dancing, design, dogs, dragons, driving, dungeons, eastern philosophy, eddie izzard, edward gorey, el paso, elvis presley, engineering, español, etta james, farscape, fetish, fire, fixing stuff, gadgets, gargoyles, gay, gay rights, ghost towns, ghosts, good eats, h.r. giger, halloween, haunted places, henry rollins, hiking, home decorating, home improvement, horror, hot rods, humor, indy films, interior design, ironwork, jazz, joss whedon, kendo, kenshin, kevin smith, kmfdm, knives, kung fu movies, las vegas, law, leather, legos, lesbian, linux, m. c. escher, making stuff, martial arts, mechanical engineering, medieval weapons, metal, miles davis, mit, moby, monsters, monty python, motorcycles, mountain biking, movies, music, neil gaiman, nerds, oscar wilde, penguins, penn & teller, people watching, philosophy, photography, pinball, politics, power tools, purple, reading, reverend horton heat, road trips, rob zombie, rockabilly, rocky horror picture show, roller coasters, romance, rugby, s&m, sandman, sarcasm, science, science fiction, scrabble, sewing, sex, sharks, snowboarding, snuggling, stained glass, star trek, sushi, swimming, swiss army knives, swords, tattoos, the muppets, theatre, they might be giants, thunderstorms, tools, toys, traveling, useless trivia, vampires, video games, wallace and gromit, weapon making, weapons, welding, werewolves, women, working on cars, working out, writing, zombies | |||||
| Schools: | Capistrano Elementary School - El Paso, TX (1981 - 1988) Ysleta Middle School - El Paso, TX (1988 - 1990) Ysleta High School - El Paso, TX (1990 - 1994) Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Cambridge, MA (1994 - 1999) University of Texas - El Paso - El Paso, TX (2005 - present) | |||||
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