...but at least we probably have a common interest
My past teacher Mr. Kaloustian called me "Renaissance Man"
Teresa's philosophy: "If you cannot choose, compromise by doing them all!"
To name a few: Ultimate Frisbee, pi, tennis, cross country, choir, girls, academics, donuts, saving the world
Music
Weird Al
Look at me in the Chess Team (2:13)
weird al, anything on kroq (except commercials), system of a down, white stripes, green day, eminem and creative-lyrical rap, ddr, blink 182, maroon five, choir music, john williams, blue man group, black eyed peas, the killers, beastie boys, the offspring, weezer, michael jackson, smashmouth, cake, red hot chili peppers, sandstorm and exciting techno, franz ferdinand, eric whitacre, jazz, robert shaw chorale, attache, powerhouse, men @ work, and more (in the words of someone who is very musically talented, "anything that makes you feel something")
Movies
Weird Al Yankovic- Smells Like Nirvana
Video clip of the Nirvana parody.
star wars, office space, lotr, back to the future, spiderman, forrest gump, dumb and dumber
Past Schedule
0-Cham Chr (Rago M) 7114
1-Cham/Show(Rago M)7114
2-AP English 12 (Caluya J) 2308
3-AP Calculus (Peebles J)
4-AP Macroeconomics (Oliver) / AP Government (Marcos)
5-AP Spanish (Reyes)
6-Cross Country (Peebles J): Fall / Tennis (Bernhardt R): Spring
Amazing Race, Simpsons, News, KCET/PBS, Colbert Report, Daily Show, Whose Line, College Football
Books
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Also, The Far Side, The Onion, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings
Authors: Dickens, Douglas Noel Adams, Dave Barry
Childhood favorites: The Giver, the Redwall series, Roald Dahl, Bruce Coville
See a list of all the books I've ever read at http://www.geocities.com/bluedudeguy/books
Heroes
Pete Sampras, Douglas Noel Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Richard P. Feynman, MIT grad student Gunaranjan Chaudry, Albus Dumbledore, Hermione Granger, Luke Skywalker, Eugene Burgess Baker, Dustin Patterson, Mary Rago, Jen Oundjian, Brendan Jennings, James Bond 007, my uncle Robert Bell, Steve Campbell, Dr. Mad Dog, Steve Irwin, Bill Nye the Science Guy, Absolute Value Man, Harvard, MIT, Mrs. Jill Sullivan, Mr. John Peebles, Daniel Anderson, George Lucas, Dan & John Scoville, Flight 93, Sarah Ellison, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Bill Moyers, Alexander Hamilton
Burroughs High
Burbank, CALIFORNIA
Graduated: 2006
Student status: Alumni
Clubs: Mantra, Key Club, Charades Club, Odyssey of the Mind, tennis, cross country, Men @ Work, Powerhouse, St. Finbar Youth Group, St. Jane's Altar Servers, California Scholarship Federation, Math Club
2002 to 2006
Benji's Companies
Burbank Parks and Recreation Burbank, CA US Counselor Verdugo Summer Daze Camp
Summer 2006; 1 week
Summer Daze Camp Burbank, CA US Youth Worker
Summer 2005
Buena Vista Library Burbank, CA US Summer Reading Club Assistant
Summer 2004
Partners in Care Foundation Burbank, CA US Office Assistant
Summer 2003
Burbank Parks and Recreation Burbank, CA US Counselor McKinley Elementary
Summer 2006; 7 weeks
MIT Energy Club Cambridge, MA US Campus Energy Map Programming Intern
Summer 2007
UCLA SEASnet Westwood/LA, CA US Lab Consultant
Fall 2007
JPL Pasadena, CA US Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow Science
My name is Benjamin Eugene Baker. You may call me Benji or Ben. (AKA Big Bad Bodaciously Benevolent Boogie-Down Bright Benji Baker from Burroughs in Burbank. Or Master Benjakin Skybaker. Or Ben-G. Or BenjiMan. Or Big B-dawg.)
Feel free to read my blogs, post a comment, send mail, etc.
My old site was geocities.com/bluedudeguy. I spent some time with the code, but I haven't worked on it much for years. Geocities is being discontinued.
Have an excellent day!
7/18/07--A few days ago I noticed the external links on my page are broken (they all link to msplinks.com). After finding no simple way to remedy this situation, I hereby apologize for the inconveniently broken links.
Who I'd like to meet: Yahweh
Also: Douglas Noel Adams, Pete Sampras, Benjamin Franklin, Richard P. Feynman, Luke Skywalker, James Bond, Steve Irwin, Bill Nye, George Lucas...
you (... and your mom)
aim sn=bluedudeguy42
I like people with intellectual curiosity, intellectual creativity, academic achievement, academic promise, leadership, sense of responsibility, self-confidence, self-reliance, warmth of personality, sense of humor, concern for others, energy, maturity, initiative, positive reaction to setbacks, and respect accorded by faculty.
(This is copied from the Harvard admissions packet.)
I also like people with industriousness, enthusiasm, friendship, loyalty, cooperation, self-control, alertness, initiative, intentness, condition, skill, team spirit, poise, confidence, competitive greatness, ambition, adaptability, resourcefulness, fight, faith, patience, integrity, and reliability.
(This is copied from John Wooden's Pyramid of Success.)
Where I'd like to meet: Yosemite, Yellowstone, Mammoth, Tahoe, or the Hollywood Sign. Maybe even someplace exciting to which I've never been before.
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