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- From: keulen@csuvax1.csu.murdoch.edu.au (Splash!)
- Newsgroups: alt.callahans
- Subject: Re: Descriptions...
- Message-ID: <1k5m5nINN5u6@newsman.csu.murdoch.edu.au>
- Date: 27 Jan 93 09:55:03 GMT
- References: <1993Jan22.190927.1314@ee.ryerson.ca> <1k0e21INNsc9@gap.caltech.edu>
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- Splash looks up at the call for descriptions. "I seem to recall a series
- of descriptions some ... ummm ... 6 months ago ... gee, was it that long?
- Ah well, I'll have another go."
-
- Splash is really a VR image of his RL self ... 5'11" tall, and about 65kg
- (about 140-145lb), ie. medium build. I have medium to dark brown hair,
- which was down to my shoulders and generally unruly until September, when
- I had it cut for a job interview. It is now side-parted, revealing a high
- brow; there's also a growing patch of thinning hair on the top, but I
- can't see that part, so I don't worry about it :-) I have well-built legs
- and shoulders, the hallmarks of a swimmer, which reflects my interests.
- I'm a PhD student (nearing completion - I think) in marine biology, at
- Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia. As regards dress, I usually
- wear shorts (usually black) and a t-shirt with some sort of brightly
- coloured aquatic motif on it), black leather sandals, and I carry a
- handbag (men's style wristbag), which contains any number of surprising
- items, and is therefore surprisingly heavy.
-
- I have a hobby interest in computers, aside from what I need for my work,
- although no formal training (except a BASIC programming course in
- undergrad). Despite this, I'm the unofficial trouble-shooter in our
- department; at least, all the secretaries come to me when they have
- problems with their computers and software, rather than go to the official
- computer support person for the Uni. I've only just started charging for
- my services, when I realised I was spending more time working on computer
- problems than marine biology!
-
- I spend my PhD time either diving for my field work, or in the lab doing
- awful things to marine plants. I have my own boat, which I'm slowly
- turning into a floating computer laboratory - all I need now is a small
- power station to run all the gadgets on it :-) My research area is
- seagrass ecology, and physical factors affecting marine plants. I'm
- currently looking for work (real work, as in money type work).
-
- At home, I live in a de facto relationship with a psychology/statistics PhD
- student/assistant lecturer. We have four kids - Lesley's two girls from a
- previous relationship (Jessica, 10 and Rebecca-May, 13), and our own two,
- Jayme, 19 months and Ashlee, 3 days. We also have two dogs (Cavalier King
- Charles Spaniels).
-
- Splash is very much like my RL self, except he sometimes arrives in a damp
- condition, and sends soggy postcards and notes from time to time.
-
- RL birthday: May 15 1963
- Usual drinks: black coffee, Bundaberg rum and Coke, iced milk chocolate
-
- Splash!
-
- Oh yeah, nearly forgot; I'm vegetarian (ie. no dead animals), but not
- rabid about it.
-
- --
- Splash! *To love is to LIVE!*
- (aka Mike van Keulen -- e-mail: keulen@csuvax1.murdoch.edu.au)
-