User:Miggyb

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About me in Userbox Format:
Name
Name This user's name is Miguel.
Demographics
teen This user is a teenager, not a stereotype.
MX This user is of Mexican ancestry.
V This user is a vegetarian.
This user is left-handed.
hs This user is a high school student.
LC This user is a Liberal Roman Catholic.


Babel
en This user is a native speaker of English.
es-3 Este usuario puede contribuir con un nivel avanzado de español.
la-1 Hic usor simplici latinitate contribuere potest.
pig-0 Isthay ersonpay oesday otnay understandyay Igpay Atinlay.
SoE-4 This user has a near-native understanding of Southern English and has spent a lot of time in the South.
fgn-1 This user can scrape by in at least one dialect of foreign.
sar-5 This user is an expert at picking up on sarcasm, as well as making sarcastic remarks.
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IntS-5 Tihs tweedler's Internet slang can make a n00b go ZOMG!
BS-4 This user is able to contribute with a near-native level of Bullshit.
du-1 This user does not wish to speak or hear dumbass, but is resigned to the necessity of at least understanding it in an environment of massive collaboration.
... This user would like to be able to speak some more languages.
they This user considers singular they standard English usage.
by The passive voice may be used by this user.
man-
kind
Regarding gender, this user will use the vernacular, not what is "politically correct".
to / too
/ two
This user thinks that too many people have no idea how to use words that they should have learned in grade two.
their / there / they’re This user thinks that there are too many people who don’t know that they’re worse than their own children at spelling!
its & it’s This user understands the difference between its and it’s. So should you.
This user is addicted to ellipses and has been known to use them indiscriminately....
“…!” For quotation marks, this user would rather use “American punctuation.”
ANAL 4 This user advocates good grammar usage.
Computer
This user's AOL Instant Messenger screenname is miggyb89.
* This user can be found on most, if not all, IM networks!
Adium This user uses Adium to chat on various instant messaging networks.
php This user can program in PHP.
mysql This user writes programs that access MySQL.
<html> This user can write HTML.
.css This user can write Cascading Style Sheets.
This user runs Mac OS X.
G4 This user still uses a Power Mac G4.
This user contributes while using iTunes.
sfri This user contributes using Safari.
This user contributes using Blender for 3D modeling and animation.
This user uses BitTorrent
This user still uses
a Commodore 64.
This user plays Tetris.
PS
This user is a fan of the Phantasy Star series.
Misc
ALL This user is a fan of all kinds of comedy.
met? This user prefers metric units, but, having grown up in the U.S., cannot relate to them.
This user plays his or her music in the bass clef.
This user plays the cello.
This user enjoys electronic music.
This user enjoys computer and video game music outside gaming.
Image:User_audiophile.gif This user is an audiophile.
This user has an iPod.
abc This user may be a teenager, but he or she loves vinyl records.
This user supports sustainable living.
This user enjoys film.
NPR This user listens to NPR.
Webcomics This user reads webcomics.

About me in Paragraph Format:

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[edit] Early Life

Miguel was born in Mexico and moved to the United States when he was in second grade. Although some claim the culture shock for him was almost deadly, others think that he took the change quite well, picking up on the language and customs rather quickly. As a consequence of his quick learning of the language, though, he had to push "unimportant" memories of his childhood out, thus rendering his childhood as a vague fractalized blur, almost amnesia-like. When asked about his childhood, he often gives short, generic summaries of what he is mostly sure is true. This, however, does not bother him, as he mostly optimistic and future-oriented rather than focusing on the past that could have been.


[edit] Southern Culture

In 1998, he moved from Wisconsin to North Carolina where he has (unfortunately) been residing ever since. While he does admit that there could be worse places, he is often annoyed at the stereotypical "Southern Culture." Although southern people are often portrayed as "hospitable," there are a few caveats to be aware of with this portrayal.

Firstly, Caucasians are mostly only hospitable to other Caucasians. Although claims racism has "disappeared" from the southern United States are common, in practice, this is much less true. Although Jim Crow laws are illegal now, of course, racism is still deeply imbedded into the culture, although it is more "hidden" now. That is, a Caucasian is less likely to yell "Get off my property, dirty nigger!" But it is common to overhear things like "I don't trust dirty niggers..." in other people's casual conversations in public places such as restaurants and the like.


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