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About Me

I am a patchwork of diverse interests and dreams. I am serious and funny, sometimes at the same time, and I can dance between those opposites with ease. I am dedicated to my friends and my interests, and I love making new friends and discovering new interests. I am intelligent and creative, which is a mix that is sometimes dangerous. I am open-minded but stubborn at times. I admit I do not always navigate those extremes very well. I am a dreamer and have no problems having many dreams; unlike many people, I pursue a great number of my dreams. I am ambitious and forever yearning to learn more about many topics. I face most obstacles with a sense of humor but with an equal sense of determination. I am quiet and laid back but I am always thinking or dreaming.
On to the tangibles. I work full-time in the psychology field. I have a career and have made several steps up the ladder already; I am looking for the next step. I am also a school junkie and have a number of degrees. I am presently in school pursuing a masters degree in Biology. After that, I will probably finish my Ph.D. in clinical psychology. Then it will be time to finish my pilot's license (15 hours of flight time as of right now). I spend most of my time working, researching, reading, taking care of my pets, and playing with my dogs.

My Interests

I am interested in all animals. I am particularly fond of reptiles and amphibians. I have a specialized interest in varanids. I have had a recently growing interest in insects , particularly beetles, and arachnids. I also like dogs, and I would love to someday learn a bit about horses.

I am also interested in psychology and biology. I have an interest (and degree) in philosophy but it has been some time since I pursued this interest. Foreign languages fascinate me and history intrigues me.Finally, a generalized list of other interests would include: aviation, travel, exercise, hiking, camping, fishing, dragons, chess, bowling, and a great many other interests that escape recall at the moment. I also like to add to my interests as new topics become appealing to me.

I'd like to meet:

I would like to meet a few people with whom to chat about common interests. I would also like to find a few chess players. It has been far too long since I last played. Ultimately, I would like to meet a few local people with whom to hang out, preferrably people willing to go see an occasional movie or go bowling. Bowling is another activity that has been absent far too long in my life. I should mention that although I listen to heavy metal, I do not seem to get along with too many other metal people. I am not sure why, but it is funny. I am actually eclectic in my music preferences and can listen to anything and everything, although you have to search my CD collection pretty thoroughly to realize that ability.

Music:

I listen to metal quite often. However, I am truly eclectic and can listen and enjoy almost anything when in the right mood. I have even been to a U2 concert, back in 1995 or so. lol

Movies:

I like monster movies. I also like scary movies, preferrably if they have monsters in them. I also like a great many cartoons and "children's" movies.

Television:

The Simpsons and The Family Guy

Books:

Cannery Row, The Red Pony, The Wayward Bus and anything else by Steinbeck. I also read school books for class. I love Fantasy books, and I miss having time to read The Wheel of Time Saga (I'm at least 2 books behind now... oh to be young and have no responsibilities again).

Heroes:

My mom. She taught me the meaning of dedication, determination, and love.

My Blog

Iced Earth

In scanning my friends list, I suspect only 2 of you actually know the band Iced Earth. A third one of you might know of them only because I talked about going to their concert for the past few months...
Posted by Paul on Mon, 05 May 2008 09:22:00 PST

WTF

I'm old; really old. I know that will come as a shock to many of you but I am old. I was at SuperSaver (grocery store) on Saturday. The under 21 cashier (she had to call a manager to ring up the alcoh...
Posted by Paul on Fri, 11 Apr 2008 07:34:00 PST

The good... the bad... and the potato who wanted to be a hot dog

The good: I'm still going to the gym.The bad: I'm going only once a week.The potato: not even a quarter as funny as I wanted it to be.I weighed in at 232 today. I hoped to be at 220 pounds by April 3r...
Posted by Paul on Tue, 11 Mar 2008 07:13:00 PST

myg

I made it to the gym today. It is about 5 weeks now. I have not been as faithful as I was the last time I blogged about working out in 2006. 2 or the 5 weeks have been going on Monday and not again un...
Posted by Paul on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 06:20:00 PST

Gym Week 3.5

I'm still going to the gym and it has been 3.5 weeks. I have been doing things a little differently than my last long stretch and I think it is working well. The last time I went, I was increasing my ...
Posted by Paul on Mon, 28 Jan 2008 07:52:00 PST

Jim

I'm still going. I had some struggles this past week but I made it on Monday and yesterday. I do not plan on skipping that many days in between. I wanted to go on Thursday, but I was exhausted. I need...
Posted by Paul on Mon, 21 Jan 2008 09:26:00 PST

New Year non-resolution Resolution

Happy New Year: 2008 in the Year of Your Lord (Me)A few long time friends may remember back in March of 2006 - September 2006 that I went to the gym 3 times a week and blogged about it regularly. At l...
Posted by Paul on Thu, 03 Jan 2008 09:19:00 PST

Nightmare

I have this recurring comical nightmare. This nightmare has plagued me for over a year and makes a fairly regular appearance in my dreams. It involves school. In my dream I am attending college. The c...
Posted by Paul on Tue, 27 Nov 2007 10:31:00 PST

I’m okey dokey

Surgery went well. It was even fun. Unfortunately, I did go to sleep so I did not get to watch. bummer. Now if I would just take it easy on my hand, it would not hurt as much. lol.
Posted by Paul on Thu, 22 Nov 2007 04:48:00 PST

Snip snip

I went to the doctor today and he agreed that I needed surgery. The doc's assistant asked me when I wanted to schedule the surgery. I jokingly said I was ready right then and he responded with telling...
Posted by Paul on Wed, 21 Nov 2007 09:58:00 PST