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Hi, I'm Robert McDaniel (Rob to my friends). I'm twenty-three years old, I'm a euphonium performance and music education major at the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas, and I love pretty much everything about music in general. My non-music interests include: reading Christian apologetics (especially C.S. Lewis), traveling/sightseeing, and linguistics and etymology.
Articles that I have edited extensively so far:
The Left Behind project has begun! Articles edited so far:
More to come!
Some facts about me:
- I'm a Christian, which means that I have accepted Jesus Christ as my Lord and savior, though for the purposes of Wikipedia, it means that I believe strongly in the principles of objective truth, moral right and wrong, courtesy, reason, and tolerance... yes that's right, I'm a Christian and I prize reason and tolerance.
- I'm socially and fiscally conservative and politically moderate, though this does not mean being a blind follower of the Republican Party. I believe strongly in environmentalism, in terms of non-littering, recycling, and clean energy sources.
- I come from an Air Force family, so traveling and moving around has always been part of my life. Places I have lived include:
- Valdosta, GA (Jun 83-Dec 84, my birthplace)
- Sumter, SC (Jun 85-Jun 86)
- Zaragoza, Spain (Jul 86-Apr 90)
- Heidelberg, Germany (Apr 90-Sept 92)
- Valdosta, GA again (Sept 92-Jul 96)
- Fairfax, VA (Aug 96-Jun 98, my favorite place)
- Rome, Italy (Jun 98-Jun 01, where I graduated from high school)
- Wassenaar, The Netherlands (Oct 01-Jun 03, where I got my username)
- Denton, TX (Aug 03-present, where I go to school now)
Overall, I've lived for eleven years in Europe.
- I am absolutely fascinated by the historical development of languages and the connections between them, especially in the many influences on the English language. I hope to be able to make some contributions to Wikipedia on this subject soon.
- I'm an Eagle Scout and believe strongly in the value of the Scouting program.
Some things I would like to do before I die:
- Get married and have a family.
- Become an awesome euphonium player.
- Read, if not speak, every Germanic and Romance language to a fairly good level... say level 2. That leaves German, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, and Icelandic, plus French, Portuguese, and Romanian! Good thing I'm still young!
- Travel to Australia and New Zealand.
- Spend at least a night and a day in all 50 states. I think I'm at 27 so far... again, good thing I'm young!
