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The Linguist

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About Me

Moi
... et seulement moi
Je suis français et je viens de France !I'm Andy. I love language acquisition, proverbs, texting, and putting in a hard day's work. I hate the cold, sarcasm, slow drivers, and straight vodka. I attend Wright State University as an undergrad TESOL (English Acquisition) major, minoring in both Spanish and French. I studied in France for awhile and it opened my eyes to cultural competence. I work at Barnes&Noble and I love it. I write almost everyday and I never watch television. I do, however, like to watch the news so I know exactly what kind of world I'm living in. The more I know about it, the more I can begin to understand it. The most important things in my life are my job, my education, my family, and my best friends.
My trait snapshots:
crave attention, messy, open, rash, irritable, like large parties, low self control, weird, fragile, do not like to be alone, emotionally sensitive, worrying, depressed, mind over heart, do not respect authority, dependent, not rule conscious, not good at saving money, more interested in intellectual pursuits than relationships, like to fit in, very social, frequently second guess self, phobic, suspicious, not careful, outgoing, vain, compassionate, aggressive, like to make fun, hate to lose
I'd like to go forward in time to see first hand futuristic cities soar into the skies, all crystalline and made of polished metal. Ideally, I'd wake up in a big city hotel somewhere and during the day I'd prepare myself mentally for my book signing at Barnes and Noble Corporate. If I thought about it, I really need the sea breeze running through our hair, both of our hair. And sometimes I wish numbers would add themselves up. I'd like to generate fire by the power of the mind alone. And it would be amazing to see planet Earth from somewhere else, perhaps hanging in the stars. You couldn't own a free spirit like a Beluga, but just by being near one must make you feel wiser. Finally, I'd like to throw a beach party where the limbo is optional, and maybe I'd invite a mermaid along, just to be different.
Your Political Profile:
Overall: 65% Conservative, 35% Liberal
Social Issues: 75% Conservative, 25% Liberal
Personal Responsibility: 75% Conservative, 25% Liberal
Fiscal Issues: 75% Conservative, 25% Liberal
Ethics: 25% Conservative, 75% Liberal
Defense and Crime: 75% Conservative, 25% Liberal How Liberal Or Conservative Are You?
You Are 44% Open Minded
You aren't exactly open minded, but you have been known to occasionally change your mind.
You're tolerant enough to get along with others who are very different...
But you may be quietly judgmental of things or people you think are wrong.
You take your own values pretty seriously, and it would take a lot to change them. How Open Minded Are You? myspace layouts for Get this layout for your myspace

My Interests

Language Short Stories Poetry Raquet sports Traveling - the spice of life Charity events Concerts Swimming

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Three Things
Three things that scare me:
1: Car accidents
2: Being alone
3: Ghosts
Three people who make me laugh:
1: Brian
2: Wanda Sykes
3: Lisa Lampaneli
Three Things I love:
1: My Car
2: My bed
3: My Parents
Three Things I hate:
1: Most ex boyfriends
2: Money
3: George W. Bush
Three things I don't understand:
1: Calculus
2: The United States Government
3: Boys
Three things on my desk:
1: My notebook
2: Dayton Daily News
3: A box of Calorie Snack Packs
Three things I'm doing right now:
1: Breathing
2: Listening to Alanis Morisette
3: This survey
Three things I want to do before I die:
1: Become trilingual
2: Teach at a University
3: Write for the New York Times
Three things I can do:
1: Whistle
2: Speak French
3: Write well
Three ways to describe my personality:
1: Fun
2: Concieted/ Vane
3: Loyal
Three things I can't do:
1: Save money
2: Get married
3: Sing
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Your Inner European is French!
Smart and sophisticated.
You have the best of everything - at least, *you* think so. Who's Your Inner European?

I'd like to meet:

Just looking for cool people in general. Just one thing, and let it be known that you were warned ... don't go fallin' in love!

Here in the dark
I stand before you


Music:

Frou Frou Coldplay Alanis Morisette ATB Linkin Park Counting Crows Nickelback Ryan Cabrera Evanescence Trading Yesterday Breaking Benjamin Imogen Heap Hikaru Utada DJ Colette RED Puddle of Mudd Moby

Movies:



You're Vlad! Everybody wants you, which is
something of a problem due to your obessive
need to please. Your flirtation sometimes gives
people false hopes.

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Books:

The Pillars of the Earth Fall of the House of Usher The Prince of Tides Misery The Doomsday Conspiracy Little Children Middlesex

My Blog

The United States of Spoiled Americans

As most of you know I am not a President Bush fan, nor have I ever been, but this is not about Bush, it is about us, as Americans, and it seems to hit the mark. The other day I was reading Newsweek m...
Posted by The Linguist on Thu, 19 Jun 2008 09:48:00 PST

Dyeing Scarlet

So, it's been a long time since I've been able to just sit down and write. So tonight, I thought, "fuck homework," I'm going to be poetic.This is a Shakesperian Sonnet, rhyme scheme abab cdcd efef gg....
Posted by The Linguist on Sat, 12 Apr 2008 08:51:00 PST

-->Insert clever, shnazy title HERE<--

Once you've been 'tagged', you have to write a blog of 10 weird / random facts/ habits / goals about yourself. At the end choose 10 people to be tagged, listing their names and WHY you chose them. Don...
Posted by The Linguist on Wed, 13 Feb 2008 12:15:00 PST

Losing Myself in the Stroboscope

Last night was the first night that I was surrounded by so many people and felt completely alone. Lindsey, Jo, Kris, Kate, Brandon, Jesse, and I drank, minus Kris because he doesn't drink, at Brandon'...
Posted by The Linguist on Mon, 28 Jan 2008 10:02:00 PST

Lindsey&Kent

Lindsey and Kent pretty much complete my life. <33
Posted by The Linguist on Fri, 03 Aug 2007 10:54:00 PST

The Angry Dragon

So Kent and I were over at Lindsey's and while she was in the shower, we decided to mess around a little. We didn't do THE DIRTY, but you know other stuff. Well I was doing my job, er well I guess it ...
Posted by The Linguist on Wed, 04 Jul 2007 01:51:00 PST

Because There's Beauty in the Breakdown.

I'm tired of playing a role and not being the person I really want to be. I hate how I psych myself out of things and I hate to pretend. Last night, I had a breakdown. My first actual mental breakdown...
Posted by The Linguist on Sun, 15 Apr 2007 04:31:00 PST

France, not Paris

Everyone keeps asking me, "How's Paris, Andy?" "Is studying in Paris going well?" "How are the boys in Paris?" "Do you like Paris?" Ok, guys, I'm in Pau, not pow, or pa, Pau as in Edgar Allen POE. It'...
Posted by The Linguist on Sat, 31 Mar 2007 02:36:00 PST

When I come Home to You

I just took 10 or 15 min break from studying and jotted down this poem. Hope you like it.Ah the things we'll do When I come home to you We'll make dinner every night, you and I Sitting by the fire...
Posted by The Linguist on Tue, 13 Mar 2007 04:34:00 PST

So that's where my internet has been, huh?

I had my computer completely redone, wiped out before I came here to France because it had a virus. Well, when I got my computer back, I realized that my Internet Explorer was missing Adobe Flash Play...
Posted by The Linguist on Fri, 09 Mar 2007 03:37:00 PST