I was born in Sidney, Nebraska on August 16th, 1982 to two school teachers who soon moved to Chadron, Nebraska and made my little brother, Zak. We all then moved to Guernsey, Wyoming when I was about 5 years old. I can still remember learning how to ride my bike right around that time. Man, I biffed it hard on this dirt road outside our house... but that's another story.
I grew up in Guernsey and because it was a small town, even nerdy little me got to start on both the football and basketball teams. I Graduated from Guernsey-Sunrise High School in May of 2001 ranked 5th in a class of 19 people.
After high school, I attended the University of Wyoming and got a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Engineering. I was loving college so much (and miss it to this day), I decided to stay for more. In August of 2006, I received my Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering with one B away from a 4.0 GPA.
One time when I was younger, I was camping and I threw a rock up in a tree and it came back down and hit me in the forehead and I had to get stitches.
In June of 2006, I started working full-time for a company in Southern Colorado that designs robotic cnc plasma cutting machines.
In August of 2008, I moved back to Laramie, Wyoming to pursue freelance web/nerdo work.
I have a big list of things I want to accomplish in the next 15 years, but at the end of that list is getting my Ph.D. in Computer Engineering and retiring to a life of teaching.
For now, I'd like to work on a smaller list:
Be happy where I am right now.
Be excited about HR again.
Learn to cook more dishes.
Meet new friends.
Fall in Love.
Spend more time learning.
Be average at playing the drums!
Sleep in every day except the days I...
Work on finishing my Pilot's License.
Build a project with my brother. [DONE]
Attend SXSW. [FAIL]
Find a good colony for my ant farm.
Start a co-working group in Laramie.
Build a new fish feeder.
Fall in Love even more.
Understand/Hack my mind better.
Write a short story.
Build something that uses a microprocessor again!
Film a comedy.
Find a log and rocks at Vedauwoo for my fish tank.
Film a tragedy.
Use up all my frequent flier miles doing things I enjoy.
Paint something ridiculous. [DONE]
Make the world my children will grow up in better than it is for me.
Build a kick-ass sand castle.
FAIL at anything I can get my hands on...
And then, do it better.
Document my feelings, motivations, and outcomes in 2009 with more passion.
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