~Zaelyx tagged me for this meme at my request.

If you like, I can give you five words that I feel I can relate to you. Post them in your journal and explain what they mean to you.

1. Dragons

Repeatability is one of the foundations of science. It is only when something can be repeated constantly that it is considered for scientific study. When every continent and every people, separated by centuries, without any access to each other say the same thing, we should listen. No matter where you go, if you know where to look, people all over the globe report a reptilian entity know to western society as the dragon. In recent times, this creature has been relagated to a child's fantasy object. Few serious researchers remain who are willing to wade through musty ancient texts in search of a marginally profitable creature possibility at the risk of their career. I study the world wide dragon phenomenon. I have dared to think thoughts the world has not dared to think in recent years. I have labored, and I have learned...more than I thought possible.

2. intellectual

I used to think I was an intilectual. I knew more than most people in the small town where I grew up. That changed when I found myself at a university where academic challenges were more real. The more I have exposure to the rest of the world, the more I pondered the concept to intillect, and the more I realized you do not have to be smart to be an intilectual. There are plenty of smart people who have no abilities in cautious, critical thinking. If you think about people you know, you can probably name at least one. With this realization also comes the freedom of all people everywhere to be intillectual, regardless of birth of IQ. If I can continue to become an intillectual, you can too.

3. literate (always use good grammar)

Ever since my earliest memories, my faithful parents worked hard to instill in me the ability to use language properly. This expresses itself in many ways. The English language has changed. Eloquence is minimized as the public adopts the business language of optimization. This means that people leave the Boroque-esque thee's and thou's to those who have been Shakespeared. It may just be the passage of time, but to be a personal preservation of English in the good ol' days is a privelidge. That's where I find myself, for better or worse. (I do modulate the grammer and vernacular, as we all do, according to situation )

4. creative

Creativity is essential to engaging the world we currently find ourselves. Without creativity, innovation is lost, and we stagnate. Some are more creative than others. I have not been blessed with enourmous amounts of creativity, but I have enough to generate more. Those of you seeing this have been willing to join me in this journey to further myself in this area. Thank you.

5. mechanically minded (you analyze)

I have been told I should have been an English major. I have been told before I should have been an art major. I dabble in many fields of knowledge, enjoying success in a small regard to many. I have been a musician, I have been a writer, I have been a poet. Despite all of these possibilities, I chose to pursue engineering as a career. Everything that you can touch around you now has already been touched in some way by some form of engineering. It is through engineering that aesthetics, communication and practicality are combined to form something useful to people in the world.