User:Garonyldas

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This is the Wikipedia User page for Garonyldas. Here you can find information about me, including my contributions, awards, current projects, affiliations, interests and topics I'm somewhat knowledgeable about. If you have a question for me or would simply like to share your thoughts and concerns, feel free to contact me through my talk page.

Contributions

Created:

• Gaius Baltar: Speculation Regarding His Affiliation and Motivations (Not the included sub-section)

Edits and Reverted Vandalism:

• Allegheny College
• Pirates of the Caribbean Online
• Go, Diego, Go!
• WKRZ
• Raven
• Zechs Merquise

Goals and Projects

• Expand Go, Diego, Go!
• Re-write Go, Diego, Go! to be consistent with Dora the Explorer
• Expand Pirates of the Caribbean Online
• Re-write WKRZ to remove promotional tone
• Help develop/edit articles relating to video games
• Patrol articles, watching for and reverting vandalism

Affiliations and Userboxes

(This section will undergo heavy editing over the next few days.)

Languages and Editing

ANAL 4This user advocates good grammar usage.

USThis user uses American English.

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A, B and CThis user prefers not to use the serial comma.

’sThi's user know's that not every word that end's with s need's an apostrophe and will remove misused apostrophe's from Wikipedia with extreme prejudice.

"..!"This user believes that punctuation should always come on the inside of quotation marks.

AIM-AbleThis user understands AIM talk perfectly well, but does not seriously use it. Ever.

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LE-1This user's been known to screw up the occasional sentence and make the occasional typo, but is otherwise pretty accurate with regards to English.

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"…"This user favours typewriter style quotation marks over typographic ones.

sar-NThis user is a native speaker of sarcasm. Isn't that just great?

This user is not British, but can speak with a British accent.

1337-XThis user has a good grasp of 1337 but prefers to contribute using proper words to bridge the gap between 1337 speakers and normal computer users.

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enThis user is a native speaker of the English language.

de-1Dieser Benutzer hat grundlegende Deutschkenntnisse.

es-1Este usuario puede contribuir con un nivel básico de español.

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Participating WikiProjects

tyop typo

This user is a member of the Wikipedia Typo Team.

This user participates in
WikiProject Ohio.

CUVThis user is dedicated to
cleaning up vandalism.

This user is a participant in WikiProject Anime and manga.

This user is a participant in WikiProject Video games.

This Wikipedian is a member of the
Sega Task Force.

This user is a participant in the
Square Enix WikiProject

This user is a member of the
Sega task force.

This user is a member of
the Guild of Copy Editors.

Computer Equipment, Access, Software and Skills

This user is interested in computer engineering.

This user enjoys electronics or is an electronics hobbyist.

This user contributes using a PC.

This user built her own PC.

This user contributes using a laptop.

This user has a dual monitor configuration.

This user has her display resolution set to 1280×800.

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insideThis user contributes with a computer based on an Intel multi-core microprocessor -- more specifically, a Core Duo.

This user contributes using a gaming console.

This user contributes using the Wii Browser.

BBThis user contributes using a broadband connection.

TWThis user's Internet service provider is Time Warner.

This user contributes using a wireless connection.

This user uses a TI calculator.

This user uses Windows XP.

This user uses free software wherever and whenever possible.

This user contributes using Firefox.

This user's primary Instant Messaging software is Trillian.

This user contributes using GIMP.

This user's primary email client is Outlook Express.

This user uses µTorrent.

This user writes with the OpenOffice.org suite.

This user contributes using Notepad.

This user records with Audacity.

WMPThis user contributes while using Windows Media Player.

This user contributes while using VLC Media Player.

prog-1This user is a beginning programmer.

C++-1This user is a beginning C++ programmer.

Affiliations and Online Communities

SCAThis user is a member of the
Society for Creative Anachronism.

This user is crunching numbers using BOINC.

@This user has an account at SETI@home.

KCIThis user is, or once was, a member of Key Club International.

AddThis user is found on many virtual communities.

This user is against DRM.

This user is against cyberbullying.

This user is a DeviantArt deviant.

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This user diligently maintains a facebook profile as 702698802.

This user is a frequent poster at 4chan.

This user needs more cowbell.

This user never reads anything useful on a blog—ever.

This user uses Google as a primary search engine.

This user has a Flickr account as @stickypurplecat.

This user has a Flickr account as @garonyldas.

This user uses Google Maps.

Meetup

This user is a member of Meetup.

This user has a channel on YouTube.

Music

This user is a musician.

This user knows intermediate
music theory.

This user is a music composer.

This user plays the flute.

This user plays the marimba.

This user plays the oboe.

ocaThis user plays the ocarina.

This user plays the recorder.

This user plays the tin whistle.

This user sings only in the shower.

This user believes Bagpipes are underused and underappreciated.

This user likes music by
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.

cRap	This user can't stand rap music.

This user listens to industrial.

This user enjoys melodic rock, commonly known as AOR.

This user enjoys electronic music.

This user likes alternative rock.

80sThis user rocks out to totally rad 80s new wave music.

This user enjoys computer and video game music outside gaming.

Favorite Entertainment

This user listens to comedy music.

This user is covered in bees!

BThis user is a fan of black or dark comedy.

OThis user is a fan of Observational comedy.

TThis user is a fan of topical comedy and satire.

Other

This user likes Thomas Paine.

This user is interested in the
Middle Ages.

This users favourite animal is the Red fox. (Vulpes vulpes)

This user is a cat lover.

This user eats Swedish Fish.

O	This user's favourite colour is Orange.

This user eats candy corn.

RedThis user loves the colour red.

This user knows the Ultimate Answer.

This user is a carnivore.

This user thinks circus peanuts could quite possibly be the greatest food ever.

SThis user misses Surge.

You better keep your hands off my peeps!

CCVThis user loves to drink Vanilla Coke.

This user is a beginner archer.

This user plays tennis.

This user plays soccer.

This user is interested in fantasy.

This user raely leiks Encyclopædia Dramatica.

This user enjoys origami.

This user enjoys backpacking.

This user is interested in Primitive skills.

This user supports
renewable energy.

This user does not smoke.

This user is addicted to travel.

Math and Science

This user has a keen interest in physics.

This user knows global warming is a reality we are facing.

This user participated in the
Earth Hour event.

a²+b²=c²This user is an intermediate mathematician.

This user likes geometry.

This user likes trigonometry.

SI*This user is competent in metric units but prefers not to use them.

This user is interested in astronomy.

This user has memorized the elements' names and symbols.

$\scriptstyle {\frac {\partial ^{2}\Psi }{\partial t^{2}}}=\nabla ^{2}\Psi$This user is interested in mathematical physics.

This user enjoys watching the weather.

Awards

I'm hoping to earn some awards through dedication and hard work!

Biographical Information

I'm a 20 year-old female born in Schweinfurt, Germany and raised in Columbus, Ohio. My father is a truck driver and my mother is a homemaker, and I'm the eldest of four children. I have a full brother who's two years younger than me, as well as a half brother and half sister who are 15 and 17 years younger than me, respectively. Despite them being uterine siblings, and despite our age difference, I cherish my relationship with them and hope to serve as not only a role model, but as a friend that they can play with and learn from.

Although I'm relatively new to computers, I'm very familiar with networking, software and hardware components of a computer. I'm mostly self taught, and started my first year of college in fall of 2007 as one of less than 20 female Computer Science majors at Bowling Green State University. I've discontinued my education during the '08-'09 school year for financial reasons, but I hope to transfer to a local school here in Columbus (ideally OSU) and continue schooling, hopefully as soon as the '09-'10 school year. For six months I was an over-the-phone technical support agent on behalf of Verizon for both consumer and business DSL customers, and it's thanks to that experience that I am so familiar with networking and computer software. I'm also a frequent visitor of AnimeMUCK, and find the people there to be exceedingly friendly and knowledgeable about any number of things, including video games and electronics.

Hobbies

I like to keep myself busy whenever possible (after all, life is short), so it's unnecessary to list every hobby I've had over the years. However, several have had a huge impact on my habits, interests and personal knowledge base, and it's through these activities that I've found myself editing Wikipedia.

Video games are a huge influence on the lives of many people, but few have a history with gaming that is as pervasive as mine. I'm extremely fortunate in that both of my parents are avid gamers, and as a result I've been playing video games since I was old enough to hold a controller. I'm a close follower of the Legend of Zelda, Sonic the Hedgehog and Super Mario Bros. franchises, but I'll play a game from any genre if it catches my interest. Video games are essential for relieving stress in my life, and they also keep my reflexes, problem solving, reading speed/comprehension and depth perception sharp.

I'm a trained musician from childhood. I've learned to read and write sheet music, and perform professional level pieces on several instruments. I was in choir through grade school, both in school and at church, and once I entered middle school I started learning to play concert flute, which I continued through high school. In high school I completed both available music theory courses and began training with band directors and assisting instructors in the art of marching band show design. I've also been trained in some percussion instruments, mostly mallets and cymbals. Privately I've studied many other woodwinds, including oboe, recorder, ocarina and tin whistle, and I have a very limited experience with pianos/keyboards.

Papercrafting is my newest hobby, but it has had perhaps the most profound impact on my life since I was introduced to video games. I discovered this wonderful art in September of 2007, on the papercraft and origami (/po/) board of 4chan, strangely enough. Since then I've collected hundreds of templates, constructed over fifty models and fully designed five of my own, with fifteen other works in progress and many more ideas that I would like to bring to fruition. Papercrafting is a great way to practice fine motor skills and connect 2D and 3D geometrical relationships. It's through designing papercrafts that I've learned 3D modeling through the Google Sketchup. I hope to start learning to use Blender software later this year.

Editing Experience

Throughout middle and high school I was a very active writer, creating many different worlds through short stories and poems. My sophomore year of high school I discovered the school's literary magazine, and started contributing work. Submissions were given to the English dept. office along with a worksheet detailing your writing, but they were often known to get misplaced. Afraid my work would get lost, I instead submitted my work directly to the staff of the magazine, and that's in the process became a member of the staff. Initially I was made the Asst. Art & Photo editor, responsible for picking up artwork from the Art club and classes and making sure they were given correct credit in the final publication, and in my spare time I copy edited submissions and formatted them for publishing along with the rest of the staff.

I quickly noticed that the publishing process was expensive, redundant and outdated. Submitted works were retyped, printed out for editing, typed again, formatted, printed for another edit, typed yet again, and then formatted on the computer once more before printed off once again and shipped in bulk to the printing department at the school district's main office. While maintaining my regular duties I converted the entire process into a digital format (with several backups in case of data loss), and trained the staff to use Microsoft Publisher. I had learned later that year that the school district purchased thousands of licensed copies of Publisher expressly for the high school literary magazine and newspaper groups, and not a single one used the software! My senior year I was granted position as Editor-in-chief of the magazine so that I could continue to streamline the publishing process for future students.

Impressed with my writing in class and my performance as a literary magazine staff member, senior year my English teacher recruited me as a writer and chief copy editor for the school newspaper. While I had no say over content, all pieces were edited for grammar and consistency and I was responsible for the final viewing of the newspaper before the editor-in-chief took a look at it and sent it off to be published. Every staff member was responsible for writing articles, and my submissions reflected my avid interest in new technology. As a result I was appointed Technology correspondent and was responsible for filling the subsequently created tech section of the newspaper. Articles covered the topics such as the latest educational and entertainment software, the season's hottest cell phones and gadgets for students, the popularity and legality of file sharing and the impact the legislative process has on education through technology.

Leadership Experience

While my professional experience is somewhat lacking because of my young age, I still have extensive experience as a leader of large groups. I have been elected or appointed an official of almost every extracurricular club I've ever been a member of, including class officer of the Art, Spanish, German, Key and English Literature clubs in high school, as well as the previously mentioned positions of editor-in-chief and chief copy editor of the high school literary magazine and newspaper. In college I was appointed one of two representatives for my dorm floor in the Hall Council, which included representatives from almost ten different dorm buildings. I led several award-winning art projects for my dorm and for Hall Council, completed a six week Leaders in Residence course and was nominated for the NRHH.

External links

• My Flickr photostream for papercrafts
• My Flickr photostream for game screenshots and other pieces
• My GamerDNA profile

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