john

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Most people just call me, John

Male | Aged 24 years | Santa Clara, CA

I'm a recent graduate of Central Michigan University.
I have a degree in Photojournalism - but don't mistake me for some idiot with a camera. Unlike most of the people who say they're photographers, I actually know what I'm doing.

I upfront, honest, and come across as a very serious person. My self confidence comes across as arrogance to those who don't know me very well. And I view a lot of things as black and white, but do by my best to find grey.

I was born and raised here in California. However, after getting tired of my surroundings I left and took time to live in other states and travel other countries. Those experiences I value more than most anything else I've done.

Now that I'm done with college I have to start figuring out "real life". I'm pretty damn sure that I don't know what that means exactly. I hope to have some time and money to continue to travel and see new places with new people soon. However, I know it will be a while before I get that chance again.
I'd like to continue to do news photography out here on the west coast. It's going to take a while to build new connections though, so we'll see how things pan out.

I take advice everywhere I can get it, learn from my mistakes, and enjoy speaking to those with experience. I'm happy to help others with anything I can. And I openly admit that I have much to learn; and take ownership for my mistakes.

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If you're a friend of mine, and want your eyes below... send me a message

If you're not on my friends list, I won't add your eyes. Sorry, I don't list people as friends that I don't know.

Friends of mine, in no particular order... and because I think Top 8 drama is lame...

I love traveling, and will go somewhere new whenever the chance comes around. Unfortunately the last two years I spent at CMU have kept me from going very many places. To date I've only been to eight different countries - and no, none of those are Canada or Mexico. Haha, that'd be too easy.

I'm the first to admit that I'm a huge computer geek and photography nerd.While they're both big interests of mine, I tend to be more interested to hear your story, and what you've done in life. I ask a lot of questions when I first meet people.
But, as I said, I'm a bit of nerd. That said, I do maintain a website in my free time. However, over the last year I've had less and less time to maintain it. But if you want to check out some of my old stuff, you're welcome to do that here .

I've been accused of taking life too seriously. People tell me that I need to slow down and not rush all the time. I'll smile and tell them "Sure, Ok." knowing full well that that's just not me. There are too many things in life that I still want to do.

I explain myself as that "I plan for things that are months from now - but I always remember today."

I'm somewhat of a health freak... mostly from an exercise standpoint. As busy as I am with work and school, things like running or working out is definitely a release for me. It's the one time of the day that I leave my cell phone and camera at home. I love working, and photography is great. But I'm pretty sure that if I had to stop exercising I'd go crazy.
I don't drink and get trashed at parties, I'm fine drinking just a Coke or something. People find that part of me strange, I'm not really sure why.

Lastly, I'm not part of the MySpace popularity contest. If you have over 2,000 friends, then I probably don't want to be the 2,001st. If you want to add me to your collection, are just adding me cuz you like my profile, adding me because you think I'm decent looking, are one of those people that posts 60+ bulletins a day with crap like "new pics" "new blog" or "comment please", then I probably will decline your request.

I AM here to find new friends and reunite with old ones. If you're an interesting person or if we have actually met at some point in life, then by all means... add me . Oh, and message me to say hi or who you are so I don't delete your request.

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Interesting, fun-loving people. I once met a girl on a train in Italy who spoke four languages... and a guy in a hostel in Spain who was actually from the UK and there looking for an RV to buy. I know a lady who came to the US on a raft from Cuba to give her family a better life... stuff like that, those people are pretty amazing. But I'm still surprised by the everyday people I meet too. Like the guy who'd never left his town of a couple hundred people until he was 20 years old, and the guy that's been working in the same shop that his and grandfather did his whole life.

Lastly, about my profile...