Hello

I saw on a website that your blog should reflect who you really are, and what you are passionate about.  

So... I am a nerdy hippie.

I am a new Nerd.  I haven't always been this way.  I have recently discovered a hidden part of my personality that wants to attend Hogwarts, be an ambassador to Earth aboard Babylon 5, and walk to Mordor.  (I know, I know... "One does not simply walk into Mordor")

When I was young I did not like reading and I was not good at it.  I had terrible comprehension problems and never enjoyed reading for school or for pleasure.  Years passed, many of them filled with distractions, and a lack of direction at City College.  I finally got my brain out of the clouds and at the age of 26 I transfer to Fresno State, where I join the School of Engineering to study Construction Management.  This course of study is strangely the reason I found a love of reading.  Towards the end of my program, I interned at the City of Clovis in their Planning & Development division.  The office was located very close to the library.  I went in one day and checked out J.R. Tolkien's, The Hobbit.  I had never read a fantasy book before.  A few weeks later I was cruising through the Harry Potter books, and after that, the scientific genius of Michael Criton.  I guess I am a late bloomer.  (I must give credit to Stephanie A. for encouraging me to read the Harry Potter books.  She was right, they are fantastic.)

I am crazy about recycling.  Internally, I go a little 730 (hospital code used to describe mentally-insane patients, often used in rap songs) when I see things that have not been properly disposed of.  I honestly do not know why this happens to me.  While I retrieve cans or bottles thrown into the trash, I usually have a silent conversation with the perps in my head.  It typically starts with a reprimand, then turns into an emotional appeal to their soul to take part in caring for humankind and our planet.  There are a million other things that should annoy me... but don't.   (BTW - this is all inside my head, I would never actually confront someone out load)  

Styrofoam is not recyclable!!! 

I love to garden.  Growing vegetables at home is the best. 

I am a pesca-tarian.  I eat fish, but no other meat.  I do not have a good reason for this.  I know that I probably should, but I don't. 

I love to hike, bike and walk.  I love to take pictures of beautiful things.  

I am also a lover of rules!  (Perhaps makes me an anti-hippie)  

Rice Crispy Squares are my favorite dessert.  There are a plethora of delicious treats that I enjoy, but I never get tired of Rice Crispy Squares.  I make them with extra butter and some vanilla.  I do not have a favorite marshmallow, I just buy whichever is the cheapest.  I coat the pan with extra butter and then smash the crunchy goo into the pan with my bare (cleansed) hands.  Then, I eat the remnants from my fingers.  45 seconds later I have already served myself, and eaten, 2 big chunks.  So good.

Any day, in which I get to pet a cat, is a good day. 

German Potato soup... In Germany!