My Interests

Writing is very important to me. I love to put pen to paper and see where the story will take me. I always carry a battered, old notebook where ever I am going just in case I find time to write. For the past year and a half I have spent much of my free time creating my longest work yet which can be found on my other website. You can also find a selection of the stories I wrote in the past on the Stories page of this site.

 

To be honest, I haven't been drawing for very long. Oh sure I've done the occasional scribbles most kids create when they are growing up but I never thought I had any talent for it (I'm not sure that I do now ^_^). But now it is one of my favorite past times and, although there are artists out there that put my work to shame, I am very happy with the pictures I create. If you would like to take a look at some of my drawings many of them are in the Art section of this site. More pictures are also up on my other website.

I love anime! Forget American cartoons, the Japanese ones are so much better! I've been a fan of Japanese animation for as long as I can remember. I grew up with shows like Robotech (Macross), Voltron (Golion), and the Mysterious Cities of Gold (Taiyo no ko Esteban). Eventually, I discovered newer shows like Dragon Ball Z, Sailor Moon, The Slayers, Fushigi Yuugi, Magic Knight Rayearth, and so on. For more on these shows, visit the Links page to go to some of my favorite fan sites about them.

Reading has always been my favorite past time as there is nothing like a good book to make time fly. I don't have a favorite book, I have favorite books and they come from many different genres. Here are a few of them: The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings Trilogy by J R R Tolkien; The King's Fifth, The Captive, The Feathered Serpent, The Amethyst Ring, The Island of the Blue Dolphins, etc. by Scott O'Dell; Born Free by Joy Adamson; The Harry Potter Books by J K Rowling; Inca Gold, Sahara, and Atlantis Found by Clive Cussler; and so on... For a more complete list of books, check out the About Me page.

Since I was little, my family and I have taken many vacations to places across the USA. The first one that I remember was our trip to California in 1984. I was almost seven at the time and it stands out in my memory as one of the best vacations ever. One thing that I can really appreciate now that I'm older is that my parents never made our trips all mindless entertainment. Sure we went to Disneyland on the 1984 trip but we also went to Seaworld, the Grand Canyon, the Queen Mary, the Spruce Goose, and even a ghost town. To see pictures of some of the places I have been, check out the Photos page.

In an old home movie we have, the start of my love of rocks and Geology can be seen. In the movie, my family and I are walking on the Limber Pine Nature Trail up in Logan Canyon, but every few steps you see me (I was only two or so at the time) bend over to touch the rocks that lined the path. I about broke my mother's back that day, or so she says, with my constant desire to look at rocks. I now can proudly say that I have quite a collection of different rocks, gems and minerals which can be seen poking out from places all over my room.

I love animals! At this moment, my family has four cats named Ebony, Tigre, Sugar, and Kimo (five if I count the stray Tom cat named Sylvester that has adopted us ^_^) and one dog called Butch. This is a fairly limited selection for us as we have, in the past, kept rabbits, guinea pigs, hamsters, rats, fish, and even a duck. This love of animals has helped generate a love of the environment and the species with which we share this planet. Visiting zoos, nature parks, and other conservation establishments has always been fascinating to me. For pics of our pets check out the Photos section of this site.

History is my passion. Most of the TV shows I watch and many of the books I read are about various topics in history. I even plan to make this passion my career and am studying history and anthropology at my university. My particular area of interest is pre-Colombian and Colombian meso American and South American history. I also love to study early Europe, PaleoIndians of the Americas, Asian history, and even the history of ancient Rome. Although these are my favorite areas in this field, all history is fascinating to me. As much as people think that humans have changed over the centuries, it never ceases to amaze me how much we are the same.