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Dietrich

I find it funny that people can blindly follow the light when they already burnt their retinas on it

About Me


I'm liberal. I live by a philosophy, not a religion. The most similar thing to my beliefs is Pantheism. I love to study religion because you can understand so much about anthropology thru it. I love intellectual discussions and debates on just about anything.
I'm a Biomedical Engineer at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology with a minor in Applied Biology. After i graduate I'm pondering Med School or a career in Genetics. I want to do something to help people and save lives. I would LIKE to be in politics, but the bureaucracy of it bothers me. I hate Bush with a passion. Very much against the war.
I love hiking. Nature in general is very serene to me, but I especially love the Smoky Mountains. Same to be said about the ocean. If you have not been to the Great Smoky Mountains or Lou Key in Florida you have not lived.
I've been a competitive swimmer since i was 7. I swim 50/100 Freestyle and Butterfly, though also swim the 200 IM. I've recently had to give it up because it was eating at my study time, but i hope to take it up again next year.
I'm the Personnel Director and Electronica Music Director at WMHD 90.7FM in Terre Haute, Indiana. My show "Remixed" plays a mixture of House, Trance, and Dance. Check out my show on Tuesday from 10-12 PM (EST). Listen to the web broadcast at our website: http://wmhd.rose-hulman.edu
Not a fan of Bush, country, rednecks, or people who don't question their own selves and surroundings.
If you want to talk, my AIM is notDietrich.

My Interests

Swimming, Hiking, Politics, Philosophy, Intellectual Discusions, Swing Dancing, Anime, DJ, Mixing

I'd like to meet:

Friends to network with. Illuminati to take over the world. You know, the usual.

And if you're a girl:
A girl who is beautiful inside and out. Who spends more time pondering the world and wanting to help others than on her make-up. A person who I can spend hours with in an intellectual conversation. A non-smoker who will laugh at my dumb jokes would be nice too.

Music:

Electronica: Banco de Gaia, BT, Tiesto, Delerium, Conjure One, Fischerspooner, The Chemical Brothers, The Crystal Method, The Prodigy, Daft Punk, Orbital, Hybrid, Slam, Juno Reactor, The Flashbulb, Ferry Corsten, Plaid, Joi
World Music: Cirque du Soleil, Budda Bar, Ikarus, E S Posthumus, Dead Can Dance, E Nomine, Coyote Oldman, EthnoPunk, Loituma
Rock/Punk/TripHop: System of a Down, KMFDM, Apocalyptica, Rhapsody, Rammstein, The Clash, Anti-Flag, Bad Religion, Soul Coughing, Cake, Modest Mouse, Gorillaz, Talking Heads, Hide, NIN
Ska: The Mighty Might Bostones, Link 80
Celtic: Lorena McKennit, Garmarna
Classical: Bach, Beethoven
Others: Depeche Mode, Enigma, Enya, Squirrel Nut Zippers, See Saw, Yuki Kajiura, Evening Ocean

Movies:

Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Dogma, Zoolander, Matrix, Zatoichi, Battle Royale, Army of Darkness, Donnie Darko, Equilibrium, Office Space, Lord of the Rings, Pi, Jurassic Park, Ringu, Clockwork Orange, Kill Bill, Dr. Strangelove, Moulin Rouge, Sci-fi's Dune series, Last Samurai, Sin City, Kung Fu Hustle, Napoleon Dynamite, Star Wars, Babylon 5, Shinobi, Snakes on a Plane, V for Vendetta

Television:

Robot Chicken, Battlestar Galactica, The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, Eureka, Dr Who, various anime

Books:

The Earthsea Cycle, The Hitchhiker's Trilogy, Brave New World, Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Slaughter House 5, Cat's Cradle, Dune, 1984, The DaVinci Code, Angels & Demons

Heroes:


"'I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use."
- Galileo Galilei

“Freedom of speech and freedom of action are meaningless without freedom to think. And there is no freedom of thought without doubt.”
~ Bergen Evans

"A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything."
~ Friedrich Nietzsche

My Blog

Life Update Patch v3.0

Hmm, it's been nearly a year. Wow. Well lets get to it: I'll be living in Terre Haute, IN over the summer while I work at Rose-Hulman Ventures along with Suros Surgical on a breast biopsy device and t...
Posted by Dietrich on Tue, 08 May 2007 06:37:00 PST

So long glasses...

Hello contacts!
Posted by Dietrich on Thu, 27 Jul 2006 01:06:00 PST

And I'm back in the USA

Jet-lag is evil and must be destroyed....with fire! After 24 hours of traveling (subway/layover/plane/layover/plane) I finally got back last night.I will miss Japan. It was an amazing adventure....
Posted by Dietrich on Tue, 25 Jul 2006 06:54:00 PST

Japan

Japan is freaking amazing.  I love it here. I'll post my whole story later (such a crazy story it is...)
Posted by Dietrich on Thu, 08 Jun 2006 09:25:00 PST

National Day of Silence

I did my share. Walking around for a whole day not speaking is actually pretty tough. I didnt get any negative reactions from people, but I know others participating did. Rose is such a conservative c...
Posted by Dietrich on Wed, 26 Apr 2006 03:15:00 PST

Spins like a cyclone, sounds like a car crash

So I finally started spinning records on the turntables last night for my World Beat show. I feel like a real DJ now. I had some good transitions, and some horrible ones. Still, I think I improved alo...
Posted by Dietrich on Sun, 19 Mar 2006 02:08:00 PST

All Hail Theta Xi (or how I went Greek)

I'm now officially a member of the Kappa chapter of Theta Xi. Its pretty awesome. I'm still the same guy I've always been, so dont worry about me being some asshole frat guy. Theta Xi is very differen...
Posted by Dietrich on Sun, 12 Mar 2006 12:23:00 PST

Winter Quarter End

Grades this quarter are ok, but I'm very much not happy about the Fluid's grade. It was actually a somewhat easy to me (I just had trouble taking the tests, and the final as messed up.) Grr @ Systems...
Posted by Dietrich on Tue, 28 Feb 2006 03:47:00 PST

I had a good night

I had a good night last night. ^_^ Well back to studying. Oh you know whats funny? Your roommate passing out in the shower and blocking the drain.
Posted by Dietrich on Sun, 05 Feb 2006 02:39:00 PST

Year End Analysis: Hmmmm....

And now I will sum up my year, in chronological order! -Got expelled from Rose Hulman. -Learned that the back of police cars have little leg room, and that they use crappy laptops. (long story over n...
Posted by Dietrich on Fri, 30 Dec 2005 08:48:00 PST