Despite what you may have read elsewhere I hardly ever remodel train stations on my lunch break. The truth is I am a student and aspiring computer geek, and I rarely even visit train stations (or remodel anything).

Anyway, if you are still reading this then I will further entertain you with a brief version of my life story (with a focus on education since this is my university web site)...

I was born in Chico California in 1980 at Enloe Hospital. I continued to live in Chico until I was about 8 years old when I moved a whopping 10 miles away to Durham, which as of the 2000 census hosts 5,220 residents. The Durham schools are reported to be very good but with the small population class selection was limited. I made do with a bunch of Math classes, some Spanish classes, a couple computer classes and Physics in addition to the regularly required courses. I also participated in three sports (wrestling, football, and track) and played saxophone in the High School band (which in some strange Durham anomaly included over a third of the school).

Upon graduating High School I attended Butte Community College, which is technically in Oroville but is actually closer to Durham (supposedly it is equal-distance between Chico and Oroville). Not knowing what subject I wanted to focus my studies on I took a variety of classes, including more Math, a web-design class, and some other random classes in addition to the General Education requirements that junior colleges are ideal for. At this point I was considering majoring in Math, Computer Science, or Engineering.

After two years I was ready to escape Butte College. I moved all the way back to Chico and began taking courses at Chico State, majoring in Computer Science. In addition to classes in Computer Science and a couple more General Education classes I also dabbled in classes from other departments. I took some classes from the Business department...and disliked them. I took some web design courses from the Communications Design department...and liked them quite a bit! So, after a year or two at CSUC I changed my major to Communications Design (information and communications systems option) and reduced my major in Computer Science to a minor. It was also at this time that I chose the Minds, Brains & Machines option for my upper division theme (a requirement at CSUC).

So, as of this writing (June 2004) I am 3 units away from completing my university education and on the brink of beginning my real-world education. I will be taking Computer Architecture this coming semester, studying for the CCNA exam, and looking for a job to begin my career (if you know of such a job check out my resume and let me know).

Along the way I have worked a number of jobs. Outside of CSUC these include soccer referee, wrestling coach, courtesy clerk at a grocery store, salesman at a furniture store, and some random web design gigs. Within CSUC I worked as support tech at User Services, a server administrator for a foundation research project, and a technology consultant/analyst at Network Operations.