'About Me' in one picture... I'm a 23 year old Artistic Virgo from Tejas, who as the picture can attest, walks on fire. I spent five fun, blurry, and very much life experiencing years at a school called Texas A&M. I graduated from the Political Science school named after the 41st President, George H.W. Bush. His presidential library is right next to my school. I liked the fact that there were constantly dignitaries speaking at the school, leading to more exposure of global events to the students. Even though I did attend the namesake school, I do not hold the same views as his party nor even as his son, the current prez. My experience of post 9-11 America was one that mirrored the presidential agenda. When Americans were told to become very patriotic and support the war on terror, I did. The more time I spent at a school with the name of Bush, the more I began to become skeptical of politcal affairs. Currently, I am at a point where politics frustrates me. I have voted democrat in the past, but more than anything, I just want a leader who will do good for the country and not just help out old cronies, but that is just a pipe dream that I know will never be realised.
What I do enjoy more than anything is music. My life has a semi continuous soundtrack making the days more bearable. I am currently a waiter at a restaurant, I have done it before, but recently I spent some time as a paralegal in a law office to see if it was a profession I would someday like to get into, unfortunately it did not interest me much at this point in my life. I consider myself still very young and wanting to spend as much time living life to the fullest with great friends, two of whom I live with. I constantly consider going to graduate school, but I am not ready to commit to one field of study just yet. As I have previously mentioned, I am an artist at heart. I spent the majority of my high school years painting pictures in the art room. I continue to draw when I can, and have an extensive portfolio. I am a well traveled within the Northern Hemisphere, yet I still have yet to go to Europe and Asia, both of which I desperately want to go to. My favorite pastime aside from arts is attending concerts. It is where I feel most alive. If I had it my way, I would spend my days around bands and concerts traveling in the raucous circus that is a 'tour'.
I am from San Antonio and for all intents and purposes call it home. Though, to me, I like to consider that town to be the "biggest small town in America". This is to say that everyone who grew up in the heart San Antonio and remains in the city through the duration of their life, and is a second or third generation San Antonian, will at one point in their lives meet or recognize everyone else who also grew up in the barrio. I should add that this criteria would be true for most towns in America and most people would have similar experiences, mine is no different. Though, for people such as myself who'd rather get lost in the ocean of society and blaze their own trail, this can be a slight annoyance while at the same time be fun. I tend to go on the road of life that the wind blows, never in one particular direction, but in many different places. New experiences are something that I live for every single day.
One of the biggest parts of my life for thirteen years was religion. I went to Catholic school for thirteen years, and within that time, I grew numb to the religion. I consider several factors as to my turn of opinion on the faith. Within the years of my schooling, I did pursue, albeit briefly, becoming a priest. When I went to college, all I had wanted to do was to be a casual observer of the many branches that make up Christianity. When I would mention that to people, I would soon find out that I was being pressured into joining a certain branch or being recruited to go to Church for salvation. I did attend some services, but all in all I continued to remain an observer. I am a person who does not believe that there is one specific religion out there that is correct, rather, all major religions are derived from the one common shared belief that there is a god in the universe, but to try and descern it in specfic descriptions is only corrupting it for human use. People should live their lives in accordance with the guidlines of the major religions, taken in as whole instead of choosing one or the other. The guidelines that the religions set for themselves are helpful to making a well rounded individual, but, after learning and using those guidelines, people should not try and convert others to their cause, because in doing so, people loose all semblance of free will, and give themselves up willingly to be brainwashed into doing things they would not normally do, i.e. go to war with a faction religion, which goes against every major religious teachings. People should learn to be open and accepting of everyone around them. In doing so, a person can begin to make friends of every type of background, and in doing so, learn so much more about culture and human behavior than ever before. A person can become stronger, when working in tune with nature, and everything in it. If there is one thing that would sum up my feelings, it would be that having faith in something, no matter what it may be, is the most important thing in life. I love nature and try to spend as much time as possible taking it all in. I love to hike and ride my bike, you should try it, its fun. One of my favorite quotes is an excerpt from a letter to President Pierce in 1854 by Chief Seattle, whom the city in Washington is named after. In this era of global warming, it is a wise observance that is timeless.
How can you buy or sell the sky, the warmth of the land? The idea is strange to us. If we do not own the freshness of the air and the sparkle of the water, how can you buy them? Every part of the earth is sacred to my people. Every shining pine needle, every sandy shore, every mist in the dark woods, every clearing, and every humming insect is holy in the memory and experience of my people. The sap which courses through the trees carries the memories of the red man. Whatever befalls the earth befalls the sons of the earth. Man did not weave the web of life; he is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself. Tribes are made of men, nothing more. Men come and go, like the waves of the sea. Even the white man, whose God walks and talks with him as friend to friend, cannot be exempt from the common destiny. One thing we know, which the white man may one day discover is our God is the same God. You may think now that you own Him as you wish to own our land; but you cannot. He is the God of man; and his compassion is equal for the red man and the white. This earth is precious to him and to harm the earth is to heap contempt on its Creator. The whites too shall pass; perhaps sooner than all other tribes. Continue to contaminate your bed, and you will one night suffocate in your own waste
-- Chief Seattle in reply to President Franklin Pierce, 1854