The Sea, Rock, Son of Sarkis

"And sir, were you injured in the fracas?"

"No, it wasjust a little above there."

--a court interview

Dylan Peter Sarkisian is my name (translate that and you might understand the title), and everything and anything I've got the time for is my game. You'd do me a real favor if you could pinpoint exactly what I am, because I'm pretty incapable of introspection.

I believe everything I do is only worth what others make of it; but I'm well aware that he who shapes himself to fit everyone whittles himself down to nothing. So, I split the difference between those quasi-clashing dogmas and to make an opinionated, but open-minded; devoted, but curious kind of guy.

My favorite quote bashes judgmental thinking--what I believe to be the greatest hindrance to transcending the violence and hate of modern society. It comes from the first sentence of The Great Gatsby -- "Whenever you feel like criticizing any one," [my father] told me, "just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you've had."

I see it as no less than my responsibility to use the blessings I have to improve the world around me--thus explaining my "Green" freak mentality for which people have come to know me.

What most people don't know about me is that in addition to being an environmentalist, I hope to help eliminate other scourges of human society. I am not a "there will always be more problems" thinker. Call it naive; I call it courageous. Where the hot debates start is my definition of a "scourge."

My family ran into a lot of trouble moving my grandmother up from Florida this summer, so unfortunately we as a whole didn't get to go on a vacation. But with that bad fortune came some equally good--I was presented a priceless opportunity to go to Washington D.C. for the National Energy Education Development Youth Awards Summit. With a name like that, you can't go wrong in my book. And to close off the summer I ventured to King's Island with about 20 friends, and had what you young folks would call "a blast."

I love the sciences, language and everything to do with it, history, government... and music... and I like exercising too... And therein lies the problem-- I don't dislike much of anything. Everything has worth to me; one of the most disappointing realizations of my life was how many things I won't be able to do. So please don't ask me what I want to major in... it is SO DISAPPOINTING I can't say "everything." That said, I think it will be biology, probably biochemistry, because the Earth catches my interest more than anything else. You can see that from my utterly awesome picture featured above.

My favorite website is one that is equally important and always surprising, Science News magazine: http://www.sciencenews.org/view/home

So, to close, remember I'm a bit of a flibberty jibbit, and when I'm not busy I specialize in tomfoolery, even brouhaha instigation. You'll find out sooner or later I love specialized words, like sanctimonious and floccinaucinihilipilification. I also make up words whenever I DAL-GURNED feel like it, thank you very much. You can talk to me about anything and I can probably come up with some opinion on it--just remember that 63% of statistics are made up on the spot.