The Origin of Klipspringer 5
Well, I chose the name many years ago towards the beginning of online gaming. At some point I had created the name "coldek" for Microsoft's, um, Hot Zone (?), but it lapsed, and so I later created the name klipspringer 5. Since that time I have created many now-lapsed accounts in that name. For an explanation of what a klipspringer is, see:
http://www.honoluluzoo.org/klipspringer.htm
The 5 is just because the name sounds better that way. I did a project on mountain environments, or something like that, in sixth grade and did a report on the klipspringer as my animal. I was most fascinated by the fact that it could stand stably on one square inch of rock. My choice of the name had very little to do with symbolism and much more to do with cadence and originality, although some may recognize a fondness for high places. Now I mostly find it a fun way to self-reference.
Before I continue the backstory, let me just say that I'm probably going to need to get to Colorado either very soon or by September, and if anyone could give me a ride, or knows someone who could give me a ride, I would be immensely grateful and would definitely help with driving and gas, etc. And it could be from anywhere. Heck, if I can get a ride to anywhere from wherever I am right now (Gloucester, north of Boston, at the moment), that's pretty much always cool.
But to catch up with our hero, in unfortunately brief but I really don't have the time or patience to recount 2 months in the kind of excruciating detail I'm capable of... Following graduation from Bowdoin this past May 29th, he spent another couple weeks at Bowdoin, mostly working for the theater department as they moved from the Industrial Park to Fort Andross, but also doing some waitstaffing and a lot of hanging out. From there he returned to his Gloucester, MA home, spending some time there and also going to visit my grandmother on Nantucket... wait, I already covered this in a previous e-mail... but not everyone who might come here got that... but soon hitched a ride to Lancaster, PA with a friend working at a summer camp at Franklin and Marshall. From there I took a train to Philly, where I spent a couple days visiting friends and then promptly got a ride back to Gloucester, because they were heading up to visit and work.
http://www.honoluluzoo.org/klipspringer.htm
The 5 is just because the name sounds better that way. I did a project on mountain environments, or something like that, in sixth grade and did a report on the klipspringer as my animal. I was most fascinated by the fact that it could stand stably on one square inch of rock. My choice of the name had very little to do with symbolism and much more to do with cadence and originality, although some may recognize a fondness for high places. Now I mostly find it a fun way to self-reference.
Before I continue the backstory, let me just say that I'm probably going to need to get to Colorado either very soon or by September, and if anyone could give me a ride, or knows someone who could give me a ride, I would be immensely grateful and would definitely help with driving and gas, etc. And it could be from anywhere. Heck, if I can get a ride to anywhere from wherever I am right now (Gloucester, north of Boston, at the moment), that's pretty much always cool.
But to catch up with our hero, in unfortunately brief but I really don't have the time or patience to recount 2 months in the kind of excruciating detail I'm capable of... Following graduation from Bowdoin this past May 29th, he spent another couple weeks at Bowdoin, mostly working for the theater department as they moved from the Industrial Park to Fort Andross, but also doing some waitstaffing and a lot of hanging out. From there he returned to his Gloucester, MA home, spending some time there and also going to visit my grandmother on Nantucket... wait, I already covered this in a previous e-mail... but not everyone who might come here got that... but soon hitched a ride to Lancaster, PA with a friend working at a summer camp at Franklin and Marshall. From there I took a train to Philly, where I spent a couple days visiting friends and then promptly got a ride back to Gloucester, because they were heading up to visit and work.
posted by Colin at 3:02 PM
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