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Vitamin B

Bringing Good Grammar to the Internet Since 1997.

About Me

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www.catatronic.net
MySpace Music
Flickr

Well, it looks like you know all my vital stats already. I'm a student of Computer Science at UCSD. Armed with my degree, I plan to join the console game industry as a programmer of some description. I've loved video games essentially since I was born, and I also enjoy programming, so console development is the perfect fusion of those passions.

I DJ drum & bass as a hobby, and I really enjoy it. I don't plan on making any money from it, but it wouldn't hurt if the opportunity arose. Although spinning for a large group of people has been added to my List of Things to do Before I Die... I also make electronic music . I think I'm finally getting the hang of it, too!

I am a fairly reserved, introspective person, one who likes to think before speaking or acting. I'm not usually one to start a conversation; I like to listen more than I like talking. Additionally, I prefer writing to speaking because writing allows more time to organize my thoughts, which tend to be a bit too nonlinear to satisfy my perfectionism.

I take a lot of pride in my writing ability, and I seem to be quite the grammar snob. I find language in general very interesting. While I attended community college, I worked as a tutor for English, Japanese, Java, and C++ students, which I enjoyed greatly and miss as much. Becoming a polyglot is another long-term goal of mine. Having suitably mastered English (at least as compared to much of the public), I plan to pursue fluency in Japanese (I'd also like to learn Russian, Korean, and Hebrew at some point as well). Since transferring to UCSD, however, my progress has slowed dramatically, as I don't have time for more classes and I don't have any Japanese friends to learn from or practice with. :-/

Musicians may notice that I have friend requests from bands automatically blocked. The reason is that I'm trying to keep this profile personal since my music account is now set up. So if you really really need to be my friend, send me a message and I'll check out your stuff. :) But I'll add pretty much anybody to the music account, so that's your best bet.

My profile claims that I'm only taking one class; but that's not really the case. I didn't list the other one because there's no Cognitive Science department in MySpace's list. I'm also taking Cog Sci 120, "Human Computer Interaction." Should be interesting.

Anyway, I think that's a good start. Revisions expected.


You are a
Social Liberal
(70% permissive)

and an...
Economic Liberal
(16% permissive)

You are best described as a:
Socialist
You exhibit a very well-developed
sense of Right and Wrong and
believe in economic fairness.
Link: The Politics Test on OkCupid

My Interests

Music, Programming, DJing, Photography, Japanese, Scrabble (so?), Video Games, Game Development, Cooking (just getting back into this)

I'd like to meet:

People who don't like the same music as everyone else (i.e., popular crap). People into the same things as I am. People who think for themselves. People who speak Japanese. And probably other people, too.

Music:

Drum & Bass, Rhythmic Noise, IDM, various other stuff. Amon Tobin, Aphex Twin, Autechre, Bad Company UK, BASIC, Black Sun Empire, Blame, Boards of Canada, Ch District, Converter, Depeche Mode, Dieselboy, DJ Fresh, Ed Rush & Optical, The Filthy Liar, Front Line Assembly, Future Sound of London, Gein, KMFDM, Kontinuum, Medeski Martin & Wood, Mlada Fronta, Needle Sharing, Nine Inch Nails, Noisia, Orgy, Pendulum, Phace, Scorn, Somatic Responses, Sparkimus Prime, Spor, Tarmvred, Tech Itch, TeeBee, Universal Project

Movies:

The Big Lebowski, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Fight Club, Get Shorty, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Kung Pow, Pirates of the Caribbean, Pulp Fiction, Rush Hour, Saw, Snatch, The Usual Suspects, Wave Twisters, Zoolander, and lots more that I can't think of right now.

Television:

It's my opinion that most TV sucks, except for: Aqua Teen Hunger Force, CSI, Cowboy Bebop, Dirty Jobs, ER, Family Guy, Futurama, Ghost in the Shell, Huff, Law & Order/L&O: Criminal Intent, Lost, Mythbusters, Robot Chicken, The Sopranos.

Books:

George Orwell: 1984;
Neal Stephenson: Cryptonomicon;
William Gibson: Neuromancer, Idoru;
the dictionary.

Currently reading Failed States: The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy by Noam Chomsky.

My Blog

4,000,000 Kids Miss out on Health Care

NYT Story (free registration may be required).Well, more like get denied health care. Bush has vetoed a bill that would expand the SCHIP program to include as many as four million additional children,...
Posted by Vitamin B on Wed, 03 Oct 2007 12:56:00 PST

Don’t You DARE

According to Senator John McCain, "MoveOn.org ought to be thrown out of this country." This over an advertisement taken out in newspapers alerting readers that the official version of the "facts" in G...
Posted by Vitamin B on Fri, 21 Sep 2007 10:29:00 PST

Putting a Human Face on the War

Or, more accurately, taking it off. How many more people have to come home like this, American or otherwise?...
Posted by Vitamin B on Thu, 23 Aug 2007 07:37:00 PST

Guess they thought it was worth a lot more dead Americans this time...

Not to mention dead Iraqis as well. :-/...
Posted by Vitamin B on Thu, 16 Aug 2007 06:09:00 PST

Kucinich Wins Some Points

I honestly don't know much else about the guy, but he did earn some points yesterday by supporting gay marriage:Kucinich, a congressman from Ohio, criticized his opponents for ducking the issue. 'This...
Posted by Vitamin B on Fri, 10 Aug 2007 08:36:00 PST

Coincidence?

Maybe I'm a bit cynical, but do you think this might have something to do with the fact that News Corp. owns both Fox and MySpace?I love the Simpsons as much as the next guy, but... *points at ass* "s...
Posted by Vitamin B on Tue, 24 Jul 2007 06:35:00 PST

Dieting FTW!

Since I started dieting probably a month and a half ago, I've lost about 16 pounds - not too bad! According to my calculator, that's approximately 5.3% of my starting body weight. (Quick quiz for the ...
Posted by Vitamin B on Mon, 23 Jul 2007 06:12:00 PST

So Dark the Con of Comics

Comic-con starts on Thursday. w00t!Hopefully I won't have much homework so I'll actually get to enjoy it. :-/ GOD summer classes suck!
Posted by Vitamin B on Sun, 22 Jul 2007 07:08:00 PST

Song Lyric for Today

Or was that for this decade? :P Yeah, I've been pretty emo lately. Lots of changes going on, quickly, and I'm not a big fan of change. Much, much stress and many, many mood swings lately.Take away, ta...
Posted by Vitamin B on Sun, 15 Jul 2007 01:54:00 PST

Photography!

Just thought I'd let everyone know that I've recently created a Flickr account with some (really, a tiny fraction) of my photography on it.http://www.flickr.com/photos/catatronic....
Posted by Vitamin B on Sat, 09 Jun 2007 11:36:00 PST