How does a person describe themselves? I don't know.
I am a human that loves the basic stuff about Earth, especially plants and animals (even the human animals.)
I think about the suffering of beings a lot and how I can act to change things for peace.
I make mistakes. I try to be good and sometimes I've been bad. I remember this when I feel an urge to judge others.
I carry multiple medical diagnoses that affect my ability to relate to others: Dissociative Identity Disorder, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Major Depressive Disorder, and Tourette's Syndrome.
I spend a lot of time reading peer-reviewed journal articles. I love science. My current favorite topic of study is canine behavior management.
I was born in 1977 in Wisconsin and moved to California in 1988, where I live today.
Mission
May I help all beings to coexist and flourish.
Vision
May all beings be safe, healthy, happy, and at peace.
Values
Compassion, Perseverance, Indominable Spirit
My past
I used to work a lot of construction jobs, then work for big companies as a computer programmer, ride dirt bikes, play musical instruments, read tons of books, watch tons of comedy videos, snowboard and ski, mountain bike, fish, disc golf, practice Tae Kwon Do, ponder existence, mix and master for a record label I co-founded, swim laps, dive into bodies of water from high places, bungee jump, skateboard (street and some ramps), shoot guns, pick up any animal I find and try to be friends, meditate, camp, study Taoism and Buddhism and Christianity, follow Bernie Sanders, work in a factory doing science stuff, drive taxi, work at a automotive transaxle shop, work in a VHS movie rental store, work at In-N-Out Burger, work as a barista, be married, be divorced, care for an elderly woman with dementia, work as an activities coordinator for autistic adults, run cross-country, surf (boards and body), sing solos in choir, tutor Trigonometry, beatbox, be bullied a lot, be a victim of attempted murder multiple times, almost die from Pneumonia from COVID, be on over twelve medications at once (now I take none), hide that I am transgender, let fear cloud my judgement and beliefs, not know anything about myself, cry a lot, scream a lot, laugh a lot, watch my roommate play a video game for hours, play video games myself for hours, read every Terry Goodkind fantasy book and thank him every day (RIP), read a lot of dystopian books (1984, Brave New World, We, etc.), use medical imaging software to visualize my brain, do 3D animation, code for the web since 1995, study at University of California Santa Barbara and a dozen other community colleges but graduate from none of them, take everything apart as a kid to find out how stuff works, get in trouble in elementary school more than any other kid, wake up grumpy every single day (still do), hang out at coffee shops, almost die while rock climbing on way too many occasions, make armpit fart noises, and other stuff and things and junk and whatnot and what have you.
