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[[Image:Los Angeles County Seal.gif]]

'''Save this seal!''' If you are a registered voter of [[Los Angeles County]], sign the petition
to save the seal. '''PETITIONS NOW AVAILABLE!!''' Print, sign, and mail in the petition available from '' '''[http://www.savetheseal.net/ http://www.savetheseal.net/]''' '' Remember, ONLY registered voters of Los Angeles County can sign them, '''BUT''' ''ANYBODY'' can spread the word! Save the cross that represented the history of the [[Catholicism|Catholic]] [[Mexico|Mexicans]] that discovered L.A. County, not the biased advertisement of Christianity that the [[ACLU]] ''wants'' you to believe!
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I welcome anybody's comments, questions, concerns, etcetera. Simply add them to my talk page[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Lan56&action=edit&section=new here] along with your signature (which is done simply by typing two dashes and four tildes ('~') at the end of your message). If your message is vandalism or something similiar, it will be ignored and deleted.

==Biography==
[[Image:Peregrine-Falcon.jpg|thumb|Self photo of myself.]]{{User en}}
{{user es-2}}Born and raised in [[Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California]] and still live in the east [[San Fernando Valley|valley]], though elsewhere than Van Nuys. I love the [[Greater Los Angeles]] area more than anywhere else I know of, for reasons that are tough to explain. Perhaps just because I was raised with all of it, but who knows?

I am an intermediate programmer in [[C_plus_plus|C++]] and am a developer for [[BZFlag]]. I know some other [[programming language]]s, but nothing expert like.

I am a huge [[basketball]] and [[professional wrestling]] fan and player. I love both more than any other sport and have loved both since I was a child. As for basketball, I love playing it and watching it equally. My skill level when playing is great, but not best or able to work miracles. I do know all the techniques and many tricks (there are a few I still don't know, like rolling the ball down my arms). As for wrestling, I have always watched the [[WWE]] instead of other organizations, like [[WCW]] or [[ECW]], and I believe it is real.

I know conversation-level [[Spanish language|Spanish]], but I am not a native speaker nor am I near that level, but I do know enough to get around and say things that actually are productive and meaningful.

===God===
I strongly believe in [[God]], although I am not strictly a follower of my religion (I do follow some of it, though). And no, I do not like or possess that "Evangelical Conservative American Christian" stereotypical personality that is on the rise in the US. I do not try to force my beliefs on others, I do not support the entanglement of religion and government (although I am not strict about it, and I don't mind ''mention'' of religion in government, such as the above L.A. County seal issue), and I don't have opinions on things solely on religious reasons.

===Being a Bruin fan===
[[Image:Ucla-calligraph.gif|right]]I am a '''proud''' [[UCLA|Bruin]] fan, not a [[University of Southern California|Trojan]] fan. In fact, I am against USC in athletics (academically I am neutral in regards to USC, but even then I support UCLA). I will always cheer for UCLA academically and athletically.

===Politics===
I am [[politics|politically]] a [[Moderate]] [[Democrat]]. I support [[stem-cell research]] because I feel it will one day help hopeless people. Another one of them is [[illegal immigration]]. I am laid back about illegal immigration from [[Mexico]] because I can't help but feel bad for the thousands that cross illegally that are simply looking for a better life in the [[United States]]. I feel that we should work on fixing [[terrorism]] in the country by beefing up certain things that currently are lacking anti-terrorism measures rather than trying to do "quick hacks" and just stop the illegals from getting in through Mexico. Beef up the border between [[Canada]] and the [[United States]], keep the one with Mexico laid back, and work on stopping terrorism in the U.S.

I support the [[War on Terrorism]] because I have yet to hear any better alternatives than going to war in response to [[September 11th]]. We aren't just going to sit there and do nothing.

I support [[taxes]] to contribute a significant portion of [[public works]], as in I support taxes as long as they go towards something to benefit the munincipality. However, I am against raising taxes unnecessarily, such as what [[James K. Hahn]] wanted to do to hire more police. [[Antonio Villaraigosa]] and [[Bob Hertzberg|Bob "Piggy" Hertzberg]], as well as other mayoral candidates in the [[2005 Los Angeles mayoral election]], would promise the same thing without raising taxes or sacrificing things.

I am strongly '''against''' [[gay rights]] and [[homosexuality]], [[abortion]], and the other crap that nobody cares about.

==Optimism==
I try and get the absolute greatest return from things. For example, I hate seeing [[shopping mall]]s that take up a large parcel of [[landform|land]] but the majority of the land being developed with a surface [[parking lot]]. It wastes the land because the parking lot doesn't do much or have much value. Another example is a [[suburban]] area. The density of the area is wasting land because it contains [[single-family house]]s which take up an entire parcel of land and house only one family (usually 4 people) while that same parcel could have been developed with a 50 story residential [[skyscraper]] that would house hundreds more people.

All the [[lightbulb]]s in my [[apartment]] are [[fluorescent lightbulb]]s, I [[recycle]] as much as I can, I conserve resources, and other things. However, I am a [[carnivore]], not a [[vegan]] like many people are that have same habits.

I apply this thinking to most everything, like trying to make [[Wikipedia]] articles the best I am capable of making them.

==Brag List==
Articles I have created:

*[[Philippe's]]
*[[Bunker Hill, Los Angeles, California]]
*[[Warner Center, Los Angeles, California]]
*[[Calabasas High School, Calabasas, California]]
*[[Belmont Learning Center]]
*[[Belmont Senior High School]]
*[[Amusement]]
*[[College Basketball]]
*[[Projects (housing)]]
*[[6 World Trade Center]]
*[[San Antonio Winery]]

Articles I nominated for [[Wikipedia:Featured Articles|Featured Article]] status:
*[[BZFlag]] (I added a lot of what is there)


I also add more [[Census]] and detailed information to [[city]] pages. [[Los Angeles]] is one of them--I added all the subsections in the ''Demographics'' section.

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