I've mentioned some things in higher levels of my page, but here are a few
more (hopefully) interesting facts.
I was born in Durham,
North Carolina, on
December 7, 1975, but I have lived in
NC, since December 6,
1989.
Hillsborough
is a quaint
little town, was founded in 1754 and is a little over 9 miles north-west
of Duke.
My non-artistic interests include, but are not limited to: developing software, blogging, reading, swimming, amateur radio and obfuscation. I don't read as much as I'd like and I haven't been swimming in years. In 2003 and the spring of 2004, I spent inordinate amounts of time designing and making plans for various details of my house, which was built by Kent Scott. I moved in on May 28th, 2004. I love it! I've been spending so much cooking in my wonderful kitchen, as well, of course, as washing dishes and doing laundry. Living by myself has been quite an adjustment, but I think it's been a good one.
I really enjoy going out to eat. Here's a list of my favorite restaurants.
If you missed it earlier, I paint and make jewelry. I have had a lot more time for making jewelry than painting these days, but I haven't had much time for that recently either. I do have a dedicated studio now and I'm hoping to get back into my artistic endeavours. I am a member of the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators (GNSI).
I have dog named FIFO. He's a Weimaraner. If you don't know what that is, imagine a grey, short haired, 85-90 lb, floppy eared, and hyper dog. FIFO weighs about 15 lbs. less than that. He's fairly small for a male Weimaraner. I used to have as many as four cats, but now I just have the one dog and he lives with my parents.
I was a member of Womancraft, an artists' cooperative between 1994 and 1998. It is now located in Meadowmount Shopping Center in Chapel Hill, NC. They sell crafts made by their ~56 members and approximately 15 consignors and have been in business for over twenty-five years. Members all work one shift per week as well as take care of duties such as cleaning, accounting, and display. There I sold my botanical paintings and my sterling silver and gold-filled beaded jewelry.
One of my hobbies is amateur radio. My callsign is KF4PAB. I'm a member of Orange County Radio Amateurs and the Durham FM Association. One of my favorite weekends of the year is the annual Field Day , which is the last weekend in June. Ham radio operators all over the nation camp out for 24 straight hours and try to contact as many other stations as possible.
In college I was a member of the Duke Chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). I was vice-president sophomore year and president the next. Senior year, I only wanted my involvement to consist of attending the meetings and eating pizza. I was an Undergraduate Teaching Assistant for several different computer science courses. It's a great experience and I highly recommend it. One summer I worked for IBM in their Global Services division, in an office located in northern Durham. I had a wonderful time! In summer of 1998, I worked for DROOL at Duke, writing a tool in java that parses and displays L-Systems.