TJ Payne (Hey look, I figured out how to post a picture!)

I am taking this course for two reasons. The first is that it's the last class I need for my AA. The second is because biology is my favorite subject. It's the area in school that I have always excelled at, and while I don't see myself turning it into a career (mostly because of the math and chemistry part of it), I couldn't think of a better way to finish my time at Edcc.

In this course, I am hoping to learn about things that will kill me. That is to say that I want to hike and backpack more, so not getting myself killed would be a definite plus.

To say I have a plan is a bit of an overstatement. At the moment I think a double major in marketing and poli-sci would be cool just so I can tell people that I majored in propaganda.

My experience with ecological systems is a lot of independent research and interest at the reins of a laptop or book. My hands-on experience is nil.

I don't have a real favorite outdoors place, but I am hoping to find something during this course. I am interested in outdoor rock climbing in Gold Bar, but as for now, I do all my climbing indoors.

Besides my love of bad horror movies, I'm a huge all-around film nerd. I've written and scrapped more scripts for shorts and cartoons than I'd care to admit.