User:Sipsclark





The Name
My last name happens to fall within the Periodic Table: Chlorine, Argon, and Potassium (Cl-Ar-K). That's the reason my father tells his students he became a chemistry teacher. The elements before this are Silicon and Phosphorus (Si-Ps), which formed my father's college nickname, which I'm choosing to inherit without permission. And there you have it, "Sips" Clark, because first names on the Internet are no fun at all.

Education
University of Western Ontario '08 - B.A. in Media, Information & Technoculture

Fanshawe College '08 - Diploma in Multimedia Design & Production

Events
2008 - ?

2007 - Fun, fun, fun. Realize why people hate leaving college so I milk it as much as possible. Get to know a lot of people. NY for the summer.

2006 - Squandered other than going to Philadelphia in August for the 159th Zeta Psi Convention.

2005 - Began hating the news and all television. Got a sweet scholarship as a result of all the hours 'wasted' in front of the computer as a kid.

2004 - Graduated and said goodbye to the most boring town of all time. Pledged and initiated to the Zeta Psi fraternity and kept the fact successfully hidden from my parents for an entire year.

2003 - Discovered underground hip-hop. Quasimoto's The Unseen was the album that did it. Went to Denmark for the second time. Got ridiculously drunk most of the time under the supervision of cousins who had only ever met me as a baby--still called a baby as a result. Turns out they all loved underground hip-hop too.

2002 - Came back to my original high school to many peoples' indifference and ended up simply hanging out and waiting for high school to finish. Disliked those who made the most of high school. Got introduced to Media Studies and was excited that I could actually study TV--now convinced that the world really is messed up. Back to summer camp for a leadership program, but forgot to apply for a job the year later. So much for organizational tactics.

2001 - Spent a week during summer camp in Temagami and experienced the longest day of my life, given the co-responsibility to navigate to a campsite during a day-long headwind and then a thunderstorm. Switched to another school for the IB program, but it didn't appeal to me.

2000 - Accidentally wore a grey and yellow bowling shirt to my graduation from middle school-- started developing a disdain for formalwear. Did nothing except yawn at the millenium. Started high school and was ubiquitously hassled. Zipped through hallways and remained low-key, not realizing that such a tactic wouldn't work in high school.

1999 - Tried drumming and enjoyed it, but quit a year later because I didn't envision ever buying drums.

1998 - School starts getting annoying. My physical condition hits its peak, so I run track and do as many events as possible.

1997 - Best year of middle school--classes were fun as hell and tetherball became the schoolyard game of choice. Learned HTML after finishing a math assignment, booya. Tolerated girls' attitude in exchange for their new developments and the new reaction I felt towards them. Went to summer camp for the first time and fell in love with archery.

1996 - Left all my friends on the promise from my parents that a gifted school would be good for my future. Turned out it was pretty good but tried hard to keep in touch with everyone. Learned to deflect taunting about being smart and ended up with the best track coach ever--I didn't think another school could be better, but New Central really was. Realized I didn't like baseball and took my speed to soccer.

1995 - Year of track and field--dominated the 4x100 with my homies and had one of the strongest cross-country teams in the region.

1994 - Pogs came out. Wasted my parents' time and money on them. Girls started being bitchy around now.

1993 - Best year at school--2nd grade. All my influential teachers taught me here, all in one year. Coincidentally started making my best friends. Had my first crush but never pulled the trigger. Oh, and Joe Carter for the win.

1992 - My baseball interest peaked without knowing that the Blue Jays would finally win their first World Series. Went ballistic, but did not know what next year would hold.

1991 - Much nicer teacher this time around. Finished my work quickly so I could get more playtime--such a temptress. Still went to the vice principal a few times for reasons unknown.

1990 - Could now read thanks to my awesome nanny, and spent most of my time memorizing stories. Discovered Lego. Experienced my first frustration with 'the system', due to some stupid rule about not being able to go out my backyard to school. Had the coolest backpack in the kindergarten class, which was a penguin. Didn't tuck my shirt in. Went to a private Christian school and pretended to care about Jesus. Got influenced by the Ninja Turtles and was a troublemaker as a result. Started playing on my Dad's expensive Mac Classic.

1989 - Felt old already--had an unpleasant birthday but soon discovered cake.

1988 - Threw a bunch of tantrums and shat myself.

1987 - Pretended I didn't know English and pretended to look vulnerable. In order to keep my secret safe, regrettably accepted assorted Gerber vegetables.

1986 - Born in Hamilton, Ontario. Started living in Oakville.