User:Dave dibiase

I'm a 20 year old, University of Toronto Political Science student. I'm currently enrolled in the specialist program and am working to complete my undergrad.

While I'm not pulling my hair out doing research method (basically stats mathematics) papers or doing 300 pages of course load reading, I'm usually caught on the computer or reading a book. I'm not a frequent contributor to Wiki but hopefully that will change in the future.

Some of my favourite authors are George Orwell, Huxley, Dan Brown (I can already hear the moaning), some of the non-feminist works of Atwood (mostly Oryx and Crake which was very well done no matter what anyone says), Robertson Davies (Deptford trilogy - good stuff) and I'm ashamed to list him, but Tom Clancy. I'm also a fan of classic Greek/Roman literature, two of my favourite reads are The Aeneid (Virgil) and the Odyssey (Homer).

As far as sports go swimming, soccer or hockey are as close as I get to physical activity.

On the side I run my own business (http://www.spyral-productions.com) and do quite a bit of community service (mostly Church related). When I'm on the computer I'm either doing something for my business, learning something of interest or programming something. Yes I consider myself a computer programmer - mostly webdesign is my specialty but I've done work with Python, C++ and VB in the past. I'm also rather good at graphic design and I consider photography an enjoyable hobby to keep me sane. I have an 8mp Sony Cybershot DSCF-828. You can view my gallery (which is mostly stock photography) at http://www.dreamstime.com/newbrand_portfolio_pg1 or http://www.sxc.hu/browse.phtml?f=profile&l=davdibiase.

So that's me I guess!