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Jaime

Preparing for the Future

About Me

Yah so I got a lot of pics on yahoo, too lazy to upload them here, so if ur interested check it out...
http://photos.yahoo.com/cosmic777
http://profiles.yahoo.com/cosmic777

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My Brief Bio :
I am a man uncompromising with his personal wants.
I believe that good things should be earned not indiscriminately handed out.
I am a bioengineering undergrad refining his skills to one day specialize and make technological contributions to the field of biomedical imaging--likely concentration micro MRI. To this end I have devoted significant energy honing my critical thinking and independent problem solving skills so that when the time comes for me to work with currently known knowledge I may extend our civilization's knowledgebase to generate new findings and new creations.
I have a comforting hobby that is photography, its recently become a concentrated art that calls on my patience and attention to detail as I scan my eyes completely through the viewfinder.
I enjoy artistry, creativity, abstraction, and depth. To stimulate this I stroll through museums, engage in photography and drawing, create and improve things, and view my friend's artwork and converse with them about it.
I keep in shape with running, basketball, and biking (I even combine nice bike riding expeditions with photo hunts, a new favorite of mine since March 2006).
I love listening to music and have over 324 hours of music on my computer. I love live music and have been to a good number of concerts through the years.
I value integrity, honesty, hard work, responsibility, and passion.
I value clear and lucid communication, intelligence, and articulate expression.
I live a life of 'lifelong learning' achieved mostly by classes, independent studies consisting of thorough readings, thought journals capturing things I may wonder about, realize, or have thoughts and questions on, follow up journal entries to further examine and explore the above, also by devoted watching of The Newshour with Jim Lehrer, Frontline, and Nova. I am no stranger to the library and I enjoy intellectual conversation with people such as those listed below in the next section.
I try to live a life filled with purpose, intent, positive development, and overall growth.
I don't give MySpace adds indiscriminately: I should either know you or have some reason to be interested in knowing you---I like to meet new people so be sure to message/talk with me first and create a good first impression.

Admirable Quotes:
"Be curious always for knowledge will not acquire you you must acquire it"--- Sudie Back

Time will bring to light whatever is hidden; it will cover up and conceal what is now shining in splendor .--- Horace

"Teachers and authors of textbooks should not forget that the intelligent student and the intelligent reader are not satisfied by verifying that the steps of a reasoning are correct but also want to know the motive and the purpose of the various steps. The introduction of an auxiliary element is a conspicuous step. If a tricky auxiliary line appears abruptly in the figure, without any motivation, and solves the problem surprisingly, intelligent students and readers are disappointed; they feel that they are cheated. Mathematics is interesting in so far as it occupies our reasoning and inventive powers. But there is nothing to learn about reasoning and invention if the motive and purpose of the most conspicuous step remain incomprehensible. To make such steps comprehensible by suitable remarks or by carefully chosen questions and suggestions takes a lot of time and effort; but it may be worthwhile." articulation pg. 50 How To Solve It---George Polya

"I wish men in other fields would admit that their opinions were subject to error; but in fact people are most dogmatic where there is least reason for certainty."---Bertrand Russell

"In school, I like to say, I majored in golf. That's what I always say. But my goal, actually, by the time I got to college, was to figure out, especially business school, how to maximize grade point average per hour invested. I just figured--and, in fact, it's paid off pretty well--when the marginal rate of return of any particular activity starts to dip, move on to something else where you get a greater return. So, if you had to spend an extra 7x hours to get the A, that just doesn't make sense. You don't have time in real life to go do that. You don't have time in real life to do perfect at everything, and you'd better get a lot of things done." Scott McNealy

Even when the work of a genius is subjected to critical analysis and no errors are found, it is important to realize that everything he has discovered in a particular field is almost nothing in comparison to what remains to be discovered. Nature offers inexhaustible wealth to all. There is certainly no reason to envy our predecessors, or to exclaim with Alexander following the victories of Philip, "My father is going to leave me nothing to conquer!" Santiago Ramon Y Cajal

"So now I am giving you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you, you should love each other. Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples" John 13:34 ,35

"I command you to love each other in the same way that I love you. And here is how to measure it--the greatest love is shown when people lay down their lives for their friends." John 15:12 ,13

A King may move a man, a father may claim a son, but remember that even when those who move you be Kings, or men of power, your soul is in your keeping alone. When you stand before God, you cannot say, "But I was told by others to do thus." Or that, "Virtue was not convenient at the time." This will not suffice. Remember that. Baldwin IV to Balian ( Kingdom of Heaven )

Life passes most people by while they're making grand plans for it (the movie Blow)

Engineers designing airplanes or space vehicles use expensive wind tunnels in order to study the details of air flow around an airfoil or fuselage, even though the equations describing such flow have been known since the nineteenth century. John von Neumann realized in the 1940's that supercomputers solving these air flow equations should be able to give the same answers that wind tunnels do. "The purpose of the experiment is not to verify a proposed theorem but to replace computation of an unquestioned theory by direct measurement," von Neumann wrote. "The wind tunnels are used at present, at least in large part, as computing devices of the so-called analog type to integrate the nonlinear partial differential equations of fluid dynamics."
Chapter 6 Engineering Design and Analysis pg. 164,165

The quote below has been the most influential in my life, it motivated an intense effort to solve math problems that were totally not obvious to me and took considerable effort. I use mathematics as an inexpensive means to hone my critical thinking skills and to become fully acquainted with all the barriers to problem solving one will inevitably face the more problems they solve. Enjoy...
"I could cite dozens of Spaniards with minds finely suited to scientific investigation who retreat discouraged from a problem without seriously measuring their strength, perhaps at the moment when nature was about to reward their eagerness with the anxiously awaited revelation." Santiago Ramon Y Cajal

My Interests

biomedical imaging, image processing, mathematics, music, music, music, computers, software, drawing, epiphanies, photography, programming, problem solving, biking, basketball, learning, bioengineering, movies, abstractions, patterns, boxing, martial arts, art, chatting, ??, reading, writing in my journal, new experiences, books, MRI (especially micro), helping others, discovering, mastery.

I'd like to meet:

Intellectual Category :
Interesting
Deep thinkers
Observant
Wise
Insightful
Creative
With unique perspective on things
Learned & knowledgeable
Someone to bounce ideas off of and start a positive feedback cycle of tite exchanges
Able to suggest cool books

For 'Good Times' Category:
Humorous
Not crude
Not racist
Well tempered
Respectful at all times
Easy going
Not stuck up
Comfortable with diverse crowds
Calm
Energetic
Up for new things
Has no trouble overlooking nonideal inconveniences that inevitably poke up

Romantic Interest Category:
With integrity
Can rightfully be called virtuous
With laudable priorities in life
Easily granted respect from others
Works to improve herself
Is responsible
Can hold her own
Educated
Continues to become more educated
Puts energy into building up something larger than herself
Faithful
Loyal
Generally prefers quality over quantity
Is affable
Not sarcastic
Makes others feel loved
Is explicitly aware of her self worth and defends & cherishes it
Is not one to settle
Consistently willing to expend energy to set in place what it takes to build assuring signs for a positive return on her investments be them financial, spiritual, social, or romantic
A well rounded woman able to cite the worth of her overall package to several variegated areas and skills rather than just say strictly looks
Is doing something with herself, is going places, is not riding out the bulk of her life chasing fleeting pleasures and entertainment nor is idly standing by
Not a stranger to sacrifices and struggles
Realizes imperfections are inherent to the human experience and with that realization acts to bank in net positive benefits into her life and world
Is someone I can take pride in devoting myself to

Music:

Depeche Mode, The Cure, U2, The Smiths, Morrissey, Coldplay, Lenny Kravitz, Duran Duran, Stan Getz, Grover Washington Jr, Bill Evans Trio, Stone Temple Pilots, Smokey Robinson, Talking Heads, Antony and the Johnsons, Madonna, Engineers, Yo La Tengo, Dredg, Led Zepplin, Felix the Housecat, Pet Shop Boys, Gabriel Faure, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig Von Beethoven, Sergei Rachmoninov, INXS, Frederic Chopin, The Beatles, John Lennon, Air, Santana, Chicago, Chris Botti, Claude Debussy, The Cult, Thien Kim, The Doors, Dave Brubeck, Diana Krall, Elbow, Eldar, Erasure, Human League, Pink Floyd, John Coltrane, The Killers, Luther Vandross, New Order, No Doubt, Nirvanna, Moby, Michael Jackson, Maxwell, Lou Reed, Otis Redding, Teddy Pendergrass, Barry White, Stevie Wonder, Talk Talk, Telefon Tel Aviv, Weezer, Yo Yo Ma, Steely Dan, Tower of Power, Simple Minds, VHS or BETA, Ramsey Lewis, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Radiohead, Postal Service, The Police, Norah Jones, Joy Division, Interpol, Everything but the Girl, Count Bassie, The Cranberries, The Brother's Johnson, Sarah Vaughan, Al Green, REM, The Delfonics, Echo and the Bunnymen, Dionne Warwick, Erik Satie, Sade, The Isley Brothers, Johann Sebastian Bach, Louis Armstrong, Roberta Flack, The Smashing Pumpkins, Tears for Fears, Ulpio Minucci, The Thompson Twins, Yaz, Vince Guaraldi, Bob Marley, Antonin Dvorak, Camille Saint Saens, The Clash, James Horner, Joao Gilberto, Astrud Gilberto, Morcheeba, The Dining Rooms, The Flaming Lips, John Legend

Movies:

Les Miserables, The Passion of Christ, Akira Kurosawa's Dreams, A Beautiful Mind, Gladiator, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Napolean Dynamite, The Last Samurai, Pi, Enter The Dragon, Fists of Fury, Chinese Connection, Return of the Dragon, Life is Beautiful, Good Will Hunting, The Shawshank Redemption, Munich, The Green Mile, Akira

Television:

Robotech, Seinfeld, Law and Order, Nova, Frontline, Newshour with Jim Lehrer, ??????

Books:

How To Solve It, The Holy Bible, Advice for A Young Investigator, Betting it All: The Entrepreneurs of Technology, Mathematical People, Bertrand Russell--The Art of Philosophizing: and other essays, Mathematics--the science of patterns, Splendid Solution: Jonas Salk and the Conquest of Polio, Zen in the Art of Archery, Mans Search for Meaning, Digital Image Processing Using Matlab

Heroes:

Jesus Christ, St. Paul, Bruce Lee, Paul Lauterbur, Ghandi,

My Blog

Poem (My True State)

My True State   I have no soul without you Empty A cacophonous shell A discarded case No semblance left behind hinting of its original contents My function obscured by this vacuum I have no heart...
Posted by Jaime on Fri, 02 Feb 2007 03:02:00 PST

Poem (THE DRAGON IN MY SLEEP)

THE DRAGON IN MY SLEEP Oh dragon lay me back to sleep. For while you sit on my head your drowsiness I can't keep and I want to lay down forever.   Whenever unexpectedly foggy headed lost touch w...
Posted by Jaime on Wed, 11 Oct 2006 11:31:00 PST

Poem (Decaying Flesh)

DECAYING FLESH   rotting fleshdoesn't always smell putridmaybe something more subtlea damp heart left in the cold   decay doesn't always accelerate under youyou aren't death or even close to...
Posted by Jaime on Fri, 15 Sep 2006 02:32:00 PST

Poem (CRUMBLED STAR)

CRUMBLED STAR was I the only onecapable of accounting the vast reparationsthat I waded throughin collecting and piecingyour strewn fragmentsback into the whole they stemmed froma shiny perfect starbri...
Posted by Jaime on Fri, 15 Sep 2006 12:59:00 PST

On Closure

So closure, I think I understand much more what it means to me, and I'm able to further appreciate, or really to finally see the beauty in one example of a really good closure, and that is with Dung. ...
Posted by Jaime on Tue, 06 Jun 2006 03:13:00 PST

A new Study

LATEST NEWS: late last night I started a study for this drawing I titled "Caught and Torn", which basically has to do with the fact that when you become emotionally coupled to another it's analogous t...
Posted by Jaime on Tue, 16 May 2006 11:07:00 PST

Spiritual Dilemma

Silencing your conscience is a dangerous thing, for if you want to silence pain caused from one of your wrongs then you seem to open the door to committing so many others.
Posted by Jaime on Thu, 04 May 2006 11:16:00 PST