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Joel

Aut vincere aut mori. ( Either conquer or die.)

About Me

College:
Grad student at UT Dallas studying computer engineering.
Done with classes, just writing my thesis.
Was paying my way through with a research assistantship which took up a LOT of time.
Now pretty much same thing, except I have a co-op at L3.
Campus Clubs/organizations:
FOCUS (Fellowship of Christian University Students)
The Dance Club
Got undergrad degree in computer engineering at Oral Roberts University (2004)
Went to Midland College freshman year(1999)
I spend my free time:
playing pool
playing racquetball
working out
putting puzzles together
swimming (in the summer)
dancing (a novice at: waltz, swing, salsa)
watching movies/Futurama/Lost/The Shield/The Office
watching Dallas Summer Musicals (Les Mis, Phantom of Opera, Bombay Dreams, etc. )
...and all sorts of other random stuff
TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF - The Survey
Name: Joel
Birthday: March
Birthplace: Austin
Current Location: Richardson. Soon Rockwall
Eye Color: Greenish
Hair Color: Brown
Height: 5'11''
Right Handed or Left Handed: Right
Your Heritage: French, English, Swedish
The Shoes You Wore Today: Shoelaceless shoes. I don't know what they're called
Your Weakness: That'll remain my secret
Your Fears: Never gaining or being worthy of respect
Your Perfect Pizza: Deep dish pepperoni and sausage
Goal You Would Like To Achieve This Year: I have about 9. Bench 200 is one of them...
Your Most Overused Phrase On an instant messenger: lol of course
Thoughts First Waking Up: What a weird dream...
Your Best Physical Feature: My noops! Hehehe..I don't know
Your Bedtime: 12:30ish
Your Most Missed Memory: A lot of good ones...
Pepsi or Coke: Coke
MacDonalds or Burger King: BK
Single or Group Dates: Single
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: I don't drink tea
Chocolate or Vanilla: Chocolate
Cappuccino or Coffee: I don't drink coffee
Do you Smoke: No
Do you Swear: No
Do you Sing: "I can see what's happening, (what?) and they don't have a clue (who?). They'll fall in love, and here's the bottom line: our trio's down to two!...."
Do you Shower Daily: Usually
Have you Been in Love: Depends on definition of "love"
Do you want to go to College: Finishing up right now
Do you want to get Married: Yep
Do you belive in yourself: Usually
Do you get Motion Sickness: No
Do you think you are Attractive: I'd say I'm about 6.9/10.0
Are you a Health Freak: Some have accused me. But not really.
Do you get along with your Parents: Yep
Do you like Thunderstorms: Usually. Unless it's 35 degrees and I have to run 1/2 mile to get to my apartment while not wearing a jacket.
Do you play an Instrument: Nope. Though one of the aforementioned goals is to take piano lessons
In the past month have you Drank Alcohol: No
In the past month have you Smoked: No
In the past month have you been on Drugs: No
In the past month have you gone on a Date: Yes
In the past month have you gone to a Mall: Yes
In the past month have you eaten a box of Oreos: No
In the past month have you eaten Sushi: No
In the past month have you been on Stage: Not acting or anything, just setting stuff up.
In the past month have you been Dumped: No
In the past month have you gone Skinny Dipping: No
In the past month have you Stolen Anything: No
Ever been Drunk: No
Ever been called a Tease: No
Ever been Beaten up: No
Ever Shoplifted: No
How do you want to Die: With my enemies strewn about me!
What do you want to be when you Grow Up: VLSI Engineer
What country would you most like to Visit: England for starters...
In a Boy/Girl..
Favourite Eye Color: Brown
Favourite Hair Color: Brown/black
Short or Long Hair: Not too long
Height: 5'0-5'11
Weight: I'm not a good guesser, so I don't know
Best Clothing Style: Simple. Like blue jeans and t-shirt, etc.
Number of Drugs I have taken: none
Number of CDs I own: 20ish physical + countless music files
Number of Piercings: none
Number of Tattoos: none
Number of things in my Past I Regret: 46.431
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My Interests

Dancing, computer games (mostly TBS or RTS), computers in general, weight lifting, history (especially military),

Music:

Country, Alt. rock, classical, pretty much anything actually...

Movies:

Gladiator, Braveheart, The Last of the Mohicans, Patton, LOTR trilogy, Star Wars movies, Indiana Jones, Phantom of the Opera, Office Space, Kelly's Heroes, A&E Horatio Hornblower movies, The Good the Bad and the Ugly, Where Eagles Dare, The Court Jester, Back to the Future, Pink Panther movies, Arsenic & Old Lace, Bringing Up Baby, Black Hawk Down, Chariots of Fire, Groundhog Day, El Dorado, Dune/Children of Dune, Matrix,... and many many more.

Television:

Futurama, Simpsons, The Shield, Hogan's Heroes, Get Smart, Stargate SG1, Stargate Atlantis, Arrested Development, Lost, The Office, and anything on the history channel.

Books:

LOTR, Horatio Hornblower series, Sherlock Holmes, ...probably many others that I can't think of off hand. I usually read non-fiction- (i.e. textbooks, reference manuals, etc... :P )