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I WILL NOW DESCRIBE MY ENTIRE BEING ON ONE PAGE.

Unless I run out of space. First, some fun facts:

• Name: Andrew Denyes
• Age: 26   D.O.B: 6.2.76
• Height: 6'   Width: 2'  
• Depth: Shallow as a Frisbee®
• Eyes: Brown Hair: Brown. See?
• Education: Yep
• Location: Seattle, WA, USA, Earth

I was born on Maui, Hawaii in the year 1976. I spent most of my childhood in Hawaii, and I felt like a visitor the entire time. The fact that my white skin and formal style of speaking made me an outcast probably had something to do with this. In general, I was basically shunned for being who I am. For a while this bothered me.

Hi, I'm Andr00 in 2002. This original page was written sometime around 1999 and never updated. Note that I no longer have a beard. Also, with the perspective of a couple of years, "shunned for being who I am" looks pretty melodramatic. More accurate would be something like, "shunned for being white and liking computers". I guess I was trying to avoid use of the word "geek" since it is unpleasantly trendy these days. Hell, I don't even know if "shunned" is the right word. Ignored, maybe? Disregarded? Everyone gets ignored and disregarded. I've heard that before you're about 25, you aren't fully cognitively developed. You are physically incapable of seeing the world from a certain perspective. This is fun to hold over the heads of people 24 and under. Give it a try!

A very short while. I got used to being a "nerd". after about 3rd grade I never stopped to think "I wish I wasn't so interested in learning. I wish I could have lots and lots of friends." Not that I ever thought that. But after 3rd grade I pretty much gave up on the popularity deal.

Shocking! A nerdy boy gives up on being popular! Better call the ACLU, something's gone horribly wrong!

Throughout the rest of my schooling I was remarkably free from peer pressure. Although I did have a small group of friends, we were not ashamed of being different from everyone and from each other. This has developed into a sort of extreme independance for me.

I guess I'm trying to emphasize how much of an O.G. indie rocker I am. Going against the grain and obeying my thirst and what have you. werd.

I moved out of my mother's house, suddenly, in September of 1996. I got a job at a local Hawaiian ISP called Hawaii Online. My job was to provide technical support for dialup users over the phone. This has gotten me reacquainted with the side of the population that didn't bother learning how to use their computers. You, the person reading this, have no idea how amazingly clue-free some people are. I have spoken to people who have never deleted anything, who don't know how to double click, who don't speak english, and don't speak any other language particularly well either. And I fixed the problems they had.

At the time, I had no idea that every single person I met from 1998 until now would have done a stint in tech support. I have no unique stories to tell about it. Other than the dolphins thing. Yeah, they probably don't get that much up on the mainland. Heh heh. Oh man, the dolphins woman. Remind me to tell that one someday.

Anyway. I moved to Portland at the end of November 1996, and then to Seattle in July 1997, where I am still lost. There are some nice people living here, but they are hiding from me. I'll probably move or get moved again, someday. Until then, you may find me in Seattle, Washington. 2001 update: still here! Seattle is pretty nice.

2002 update: I still like Seattle! But I don't have a job right now. I worked for Global Crossing! I got to participate in one of the top ten hugest bankruptcies in the USA! Majorly awesome!