A Brief History of a Hyperopic Procrastinator

  • Birth: The Beginning

    Birth: The Beginning
    It all started one day in January. Well, for me, at least. Image via 2001: A Space Odyssey
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    Chapter 1

  • First successful day without any serious injuries

  • Introduction to Super Mario 64

    Introduction to Super Mario 64
    And so began a lifelong romance, between man and controller.
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    Chapter 2

  • First day of School

    First day of School
    The epic thirteen year struggle began today. Image credit to Konami, originally created as the cover art for Castlevania for the Nintendo Entertainment system
  • First novel read

    First novel read
    To be fair, they never told you that Oliver Wood was a person and not a plank of wood, and I was six when I read Harry Potter, so cut me some slack. I was young!
  • Crowned Spelling Bee Champion

    Crowned Spelling Bee Champion
    Cornucopia. C-O-R-N-U-C-O-P-I-A.
    That is the first time I have spelled that word since it was in the spelling bee.
  • Relocated to Louisiana

    Relocated to Louisiana
    You'd be surprised how unrelated to boots a state shaped like a boot actually is.
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    Chapter 3

  • Completed a Pokedex in Pokemon, nearly threw Gameboy in excitement

    Completed a Pokedex in Pokemon, nearly threw Gameboy in excitement
    This was seriously a big deal to me. Remember when Michael Phelps won all those medals? It was a lot like that.
  • Relocated to Florida

    Relocated to Florida
    Almost 20% of the state isn't Disney World!
    (That part is Univeral Studios.)
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    Chapter 4

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    Chapter 5

  • High School Begins

    High School Begins
    Do you know that movie "The Sum of All Fears?" It's a lot like that, except the sum of all fears is represented by the variable "X" in a contingency chart.
  • Wrote and Essay about Chicken Nuggets

    Wrote and Essay about Chicken Nuggets
    One day, in the summer, my friend Danny and I ate 100 chicken nuggets. It was amazing. I wrote an essay about it. No one will ever forget it now.
  • Chicken Nugget Essay Makes Local Newspaper and Gets A Scholarship from Stetson University

    Chicken Nugget Essay Makes Local Newspaper and Gets A Scholarship from Stetson University
    I can't even say I'm making this up, because I've got the presidential scholarship , and the chicken nugget essay is going up on Flagler Live this month. My life has turned out exactly the way I wanted to.