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Showing posts with label Introduction. Show all posts

August 16, 2015

Introduction

My name is Whitney Tresler. At the time of writing this I am 26 and have lived in Oklahoma for 8 years. I am originally from central Arizona and humidity is my arch-nemesis.

This semester is my first full semester at the University of Oklahoma (my first first was this summer, but that's not quite the same.)  I am a transfer student, majoring in Anthropology and pondering a minor in Sociology. My associate degree at Oklahoma City Community College was in History (after I decided Political Science was definitely not for me.).

As I finished all of my general education with my Associates (minus language and upper division humanities and electives), my course load for the next couple of years will be entirely major classes. Nothing to keep your interest piqued in your studies than intense learnings unbroken by distracting things like gen ed requirements.

In my off time, I am a fiction writer. I also play a lot of video games (RP games mostly, like the Dragon Age series, the Witcher series, the Elder Scrolls series, but also others like The Diablo series!) because I am deeply intrigued by world building and unique lore combined with visual elements (it's like movies and books combined, only you get to interact with this medium!).

My goal is to eventually combine my personal interests with my academic knowledge and write lore and build worlds that inspire and intrigue other people. Whether this is through novel writing or game design is of yet unknown, but I plan on working towards my strengths. My other strength is spreadsheets and that's not nearly as interesting.

I have three pets currently. I have a tuxedo cat named Chairman Arpeggio Pancake, but I usually just call him 'Cake. He is about two years old. I have a peach faced lovebird named Couscous vonStabbybeak and he is nine years old (the grumpiest old man who isn't an old man yet. Lovebirds can live for around 20 years!). I also have a betta fish named Loki. I've had him longer than my cat and he refuses to die. He's four years old.

Over the years I have lived in Oklahoma I have had many pets! Some left with roommates, others just passed on. Here are some of their names. Spot the theme.
Habanero (cat), Scootaloo (cockatiel), Elvis Pepsi (finch), Murderbird (finch), Thor (betta), Tui and La (goldfish), Soul Chicken (pigeon)...

This is my happy spoon. I use it to represent myself online. I took this picture a year before I actually owned the darn thing, but the spoon is important to me. It has what many others seek- contentment.

A photo of the happiest green spoon.