User:Wolf530
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My name is Jordan. I live in Los Angeles, California. I have a dog named Baxter.
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[edit] Who am I?
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I’m a gemini, so I’m always of two minds about everything. It’s hard to make generalizations about me. Most people would call me a radical liberal, with my ideals falling somewhere in the realm of utopian or democratic socialism. Though, I have some strange ideas about right-ish government ideals.
I graduated from Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas (”a surprisingly liberal college in the heart of Arkansas…”) but I also did time at SUNY Fredonia in Fredonia, New York, and Loyola University of Chicago.
I am the creator and "chairperson" of a Star Trek RPG that is celebrated it's 10th anniversary of creation in 2004. The name of the RPG is "UFOP: StarBase 118" and our homepage is at http://www.starbase118.net. I also run a blog called PandemicSoul, at http://www.pandemicsoul.com/blog.
I have an entrepreneurial spirit, but a career in the corporate world. I couldn’t live without my TiVo. I eat way too much junk food. I never work out (anymore). People who chew with their mouth open or make any kind of noise while eating make me homicidal. I will always tell you when you have something stuck to your face or hanging out of your nose.
[edit] How did I get here?
I don't remember! I think I read about Wikipedia somewhere on the net sometime in 2003, and have been using it for general reference ever since. In March of 2004, I started getting heavily into the process of editing/creation.
[edit] Interests
[edit] General Interests
- transhumanism, humanism, atheism, Pastafarianism, space, sustainability, parapsychology, wikis, evolution, community, barn raising, writing, reading, naps, music, travel, truth, freedom, direct experience, change, democracy, open source movement, idealism, tech, computers, singularity, web 2.0, internet, gadgets
[edit] Music
- 10000 Maniacs, A Perfect Circle, Alanis Morissette, Annie Lennox, Avril Lavigne, Bjork, Boozoo Bajou, Conjure One, Counting Crows, Cowboy Junkies, Cranberries, Deep Dish, Delerium, Dixie Chicks, Duncan Sheik, Emiliana Torrini, Enigma, Enya, Etta James, Evanescense, Fiona Apple, Jill Scott, Joan Osborne, Jose Gonzalez, Kelly Clarkson, Laura Nyro, Lisa Loeb, Loreena Mckennitt, Luscious Jackson, Madonna, Maria, Natalie Merchant, Nina Simone, Norah Jones, Patty Griffin, Pink Floyd, Poe, Pussycat Dolls, Rusted Root, Shirley Bassey, Stevie Nicks, Swayzak, Thievery Corporation, Tori Amos, Weekend Players
[edit] Movies
- The Day After, Terminator 3, X-Men, Lord of the Rings Trilogy, The Matrix Trilogy, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, The Village, Elizabeth, The Thomas Crown Affair, Moulin Rouge, 28 Days Later, Minority Report, Dangerous Liaisons, Speed, The Contender, Star Wars, Contact
[edit] Television
- Battlestar Galactica, The O.C., Commander in Chief, West Wing, The Real World, Road Rules, Real World/Road Rules Challenge, Desperate Housewives, The Office, Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List, Will & Grace, Sex and the City, Big Brother, Survivor, Lost, Project Runway, Heroes, Brothers & Sisters, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, The Nine, Hell’s Kitchen, Friends, Mad About You
[edit] Books
- The Age of Spiritual Machines, A Gift Upon the Shore, On the Beach, Alas Babylon, Ringworld Trilogy, Myst Trilogy, Harry Potter Series, The Vampire Chronicles, Dragonlance Chronicles, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
[edit] Heroes
[edit] What am I doing here?
Usually I'm wasting time.
I enjoy maintenance-type work, like adopting pages, merging pages, and un-deadending pages.
I'm also starting a write-up about a possible project to educate people in Academia about Wikipedia.
[edit] Pages I've Created
I tend to not create pages (as I enjoy maintaining more), but every now and again the fancy strikes me. Here's the list of pages I've created, with the newest at the top:
- The Dream is Alive: About the IMAX movie. A pretty good start, in my opinion.
- Actual cash value: Hey, I work in insurance!
- Nuvell Financial Services
- Jonathan Murray: Very basic stub.
- Pedro and Me: Very basic stub.
- Personal Egress Air Packs: Quite proud of this one. It's all technical and stuff.
- Shawn Colvin: It was on the list of "most linked to but missing" pages, so I created it :) Just a stub.
[edit] Categories I've created
- Category:Madonna movies
- Changed to: Category:Madonna_films
- Subsequently deleted.
- Changed to: Category:Madonna_films
- Category:Real World Cast Members
- Changed to: Category:The Real World cast members
- Category:Canadian car race tracks - apparently not too useful.
- Category:Schools in Canada
- Category:Employment law
- Category:Schools of Sioux Falls
[edit] My Favorite Quotes
- More inspiration on my Zaadz page.
- "As long as people believe in absurdities, they will continue to commit atrocities." ~ Voltaire
- "It is never too late to give up your prejudices." ~ from Walden by Henry David Thoreau
- "I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation, whose purposes are modeled after our own -- a God, in short, who is but a reflection of human frailty. Neither can I believe that the individual survives the death of his body, although feeble souls harbor such thoughts through fear or ridiculous egotisms." ~ Albert Einstein, obituary in New York Times, 19 April 1955.
- "Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things." ~ Peter Drucker
- "Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it." ~ Mahatma Gandhi
- "I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve." ~ J. R. R. Tolkien
- "Someday I want to be rich. Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity. That's how rich I want to be." ~ Rita Rudner
- "Reminds me of my safari in Africa. Somebody forgot the corkscrew and for several days we had to live on nothing but food and water." ~ W. C. Fields
[edit] Useful Links
- See my edit list.
- See my edit summary usage.
- Wikifriends
- Wikipedia:Vandalism in progress
- Wikipedia:Votes for deletion
- Wikipedia:Template_messages
- Welcome messages
- Alternative welcome message -- more colorful and in-depth.
- Copyright violations:
- Wikipedia:Copyright_problems - Instructions, and place to post violations in progress.
- Welcome message w/copyvio info - I use this for new users who've copied/pasted.
[edit] Credits and End-notes
- I "borrowed" this template for a userpage from user:Isomorphic -- the person who warmly welcomed me, even though I've been here for a little while :)
- Thanks to Titoxd for the userbox template.
That's all for now. --Wolf530 (talk) 20:11, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
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