Hi, all! This page is all about... yup, you guessed
it: Me! Well, I'm Joe. Right now, I'm a Junior at Franklin
High School in El Paso, TX. Franklin, the "Best in the West" is
a pretty kick-ass school!
Ok... well, before I get into me, I'm gonna let you see all the results I've gotten from taking certain personality tests and stuff. Most of these are from Emode, but there are some form other places. If you are interested in seeing the results from these, taking the tests yourself, or sending me a test you'd like to see me take, follow me to my Tests Page! Of course, you can go on and read through the rest of this page, then come up here and go. Actually, I'd recommend that one instead. 'Cause I'm an interesting kind of guy... so go on and apprise yourself of me, then come back up here and meet me some more!
Well, I enjoy playing music of all sorts... except maybe Country -- I'd have to really like a song to play it. I play all kinds of guitars (acoustic steel, classical nylon, electric) but mainly, I play bass in the Guitar Ensemble. I've also been the bassist in the Orchestra and Varsity Jazz Band. I'm also ok on the piano... Never taken lessons, so all there is to expect is what one can learn on his own, which by my own witness, can sometimes be that of a protégé -- however, that is not the case... *shrug*
I also find joy in essentially every technological issue known to mankind. But, more explicitly, I enjoy programming, designing web layouts and graphics, and fixing people's problems... hehe. Of course, after I solve someone's technical issues, unless I really like that person, I will expect him/her to grovel at my feet -- unless prior arrangements are made. Anyone who does not kowtow after being informed of their responsibility will thoroughly hear about it for as long as I see fit. Anyone who has not left yet has made the right decision because the past few sentences were basically only here to take up space and should not be taken literally!! I'm also pretty heavily into networking. I just finished the second semester of a four-semester curriculum offered by Cisco Systems, Inc., to become a Cisco Certified Networking Associate (CCNA).
Guess what?? Well, I was nominated Freshman year to be in Who's Who Among American High School Students®. Well, some of my friends were pretty amazed that I would get recognition there before they... hehe. But one of those friends finally got nominated for Sophomore! He was so proud... You can imagine is shattered little spirits when he found out that I was nominated for a second consecutive year... Oh, the morosity... Anyway, so I'm looking forward to getting the book this year! =D
OK... now I know what you're gonna think, but, oh well! I'm also taking German! I know there's really not much use for it around here... but who really expects anyone to stay here for too long? I just finished the second year, and now I can kinda call myself bilingual. Er der lernt, weiß... und dass kann man nimmer änderen. Nehm das an, und alles wird klar werden. Alles dass ich sagen kann: Nur liebe und leb... Und liebe zum Leben. Well, wasn't that fun?? lol... In case you need some help translating that -- *throws askance simper* -- check out Babel Fish Raging Search to translate it. Of course, it will look odd most likely because different words have more than one meaning... And my German may just be a bit rusty. hehe. Not that that could ever be considered as a possibility or anything tho... :-þ
Now, here's where the "normal guy" part comes in... In addition to everything else I like to do, I extensively enjoy hanging out with my friends! I have some really great friends and there are a few that I don't know what I would do without. I like to think that I'm very close with all my friends, and I feel that I can tell most of them anything. And that is something that means a lot to me.
Ok... so that was about the extent of the normal part. Well, let's see... I'm pretty annoying. Or so my friends tell me... and my family... and this guy once told me that I was annoying in a restaurant... and-- j/k.
Hmm... ok. well, I've taken up quite a bit of your time already so, I'll leave it at that. If you'd like to see a pic of me, the FHS Guitar Ensemble, or Sea-Prince (a dahlia named after yours truly) you can visit my Yahoo! Photo Album. Also, click here to see the latest Flash movie I've done... I know it's a little odd. And my deepest apologies to those of you on dial-ups... I borrowed the baby animations from Macromedia, and edited it (as always -- "to suit my royal needs") and added a few things here and there. All the choreographing of the animation was by me, and it probably shows... Hey!! You got anything better??? Any suggestions? OK. I'm done... you can leave now if you'd like... Actually, you need to go back and see my tests now!!