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Bruce Kirkpatrick

Updated 7/1/2007 2:01pm

Enjoys staying healthy and stress free with plenty of exercise, art, design, playing guitar & drums, listening to music, yoga, basketball, bicycling, playing with my puppy, reading books, lifting weights, video games and programming

Hello, I've been in Ormond Beach, Florida area most of my 25 years. I'm 6' 2", 170lbs., Blue eyes, brown hair. I don't smoke or drink.

Jazz - My Sheltie (Shetland Sheepdog)

You can read about my dog, Jazz, and his development from a tiny 2 month old puppy to the beautiful Shetland Sheepdog he is today. Great photos, videos and other info. Click for more - Clearview's Jazz - Sheltie (Shetland Sheepdog) | Bruce Kirkpatrick's Dog Training.

2007 Ford Mustang GT - Roush Stage 3 - High Performance Vehicle

Supercharged Mustang GT with Roush Stage 3 upgrades - 415 hp - 385 torque
Very aggressive acceleration on this beauty. It's exciting and it's in my driveway!

History

Born 12/2/1981 - Birth to the age of 4, I was in New Jersey and then came to Ormond Beach in 1985 and lived with my grandparents and mom most of the time. Went to Osceola Elementary, Ormond Beach Middle and then Seabreeze High School where Nina Masters helped me organize a portfolio (2000) that opened up my college opportunities to Savannah or Ringling. I did two years at Ringling School of Art & Design. The first year (fall 2000) was "core studies" that everyone does instead of their major. I initially was going to do computer animation, but that changed after watching upper classmen during my first year. Seeing the lifestyle and crazy work ethic was not attractive. I was learning to make web sites and programming at the time, so I switched to graphic design with the goal to become a better web designer. After the second year (summer 2001), I decided working was going to be more productive for me since I prefer to follow my interests as they come to me. I found myself learning programming and how to make animated, interactive web sites and school wasn't helping me in this area. I came home for a year, built a few sites for different people and eventually made my first portfolio site and began working for Zgraph, Inc in March 2002 and International Web Media, LLC in November 2004 where I currently work under the title "Chief Software Architect" on the Board of Directors. My job basically involves the creation and maintenance of all the technical and artistic ventures of our company. I used to be vegan/vegetarian for a year (2005) because I dated one and showed a sincere interest. I got a nice juicer during the time, Green Star GS-1000. But in 2006, I was single again and made exceptions and eventually felt better eating animal products, especially for rebuilding the joints for intense exercise like basketball. I love to exercise and need the extra calories to feel good. I had rented an apartment for 2 years in Daytona Beach, FL and now I'm living with my parents in Ormond Beach, FL until I buy a house or do something else. I'm living well thanks to my job as a Web Developer / Designer. A cool quote to live by was in the great movie Dead Poet's Society: "I went into the woods because I wanted to live deliberately. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life...to put to rout all that was not life; and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived." Henry David Thoreau

Miscellaneous Photos

Check out my July 4th Beach Sculpture

Music by Bruce Kirkpatrick

Did a CD of solo guitar originals back in 2003. Got that on site and some random bits since then. Just started to sing while playing guitar like 3 days ago, can't wait to see if I can develop that a bit more. I have a soft voice so sorry no hard rock. Also plan to work on drum and keyboard sections eventually.

Bruce's Music Gear:
Guitar: Fender American Stratocaster
Drum Set: Roland V-Drums TD-12 with Axis A Double Pedal
Stage Piano: Roland RD-700SX
Studio Monitors (Speakers): Mackie HR824 & HR626 Monitors
Computer Audio Interface: RME Multiface
Preamp: ART TPS

No Driving for Me Right Now

I used to drive a Nissan Sentra that my Uncle gave me until I gave it back to him in early 2005. I had decided only to ride a bicycle everywhere. I've been riding my Trek 4900 for 4 years now and it's really helped to keep me feeling good everyday. I wish more poor would join me. Slowing down, getting healthy and appreciating nature's beauty are just a few of the pleasures to start enjoying on your daily commute.

The Vegetarian and Vegan Message

Many diets have been highly marketed and popularized through various organizations and experts. While there is no diet that fits everyone's needs, finding the right balance for you is important. Finding better nutrition is just one positive approach to improving your quality of life. Learning how your food is produced, its dangers and avoiding excessive lifestyles are key things to find when bringing harmony to your life. Visit Bruce's completevegan.com to learn more about vegan food & diet.

It's about eating more of the things you already enjoy while reducing or eliminating those guilty foods. You don't need to be rich to afford healthy food, you just need to make the best choices for yourself and the way you get there will be very natural and at your pace. All the cells in the human body are regenerated about every 7 years. Almost anyone has the opportunity to improve their health and reverse disease by making sound long term decisions for their health.

Remember, doctors are not trained in nutrition. They are in the practice of medicine - its a ruthless business bent on keeping you sick with less symptoms and at great expense. It's tremendously easier to prevent disease then to cure it. Avoid the hype and marketing around soy & other special vegetarian products. Focus instead on natural whole foods in the original forms with the least amount of processing and additives you can afford. Humans have a way of destroying what nature has spent billions of years perfecting. Take responsibility for everything in your life and be very careful about the knowledge you read. We're too often manipulated into continually forking over money for a false sense of security.

Recently Read (updated 7/2007)

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey - Great book about building character and focusing your life around correct principles.

Island, Entrepenuer & Video Games Magazines.

How to Start A Record Label

Neuromancer

Good Books

From the Corner of His Eye - Dean Koonz
Thriller, really hated the villian by the end. The rest of it is quite enjoyable with an interesting almost sci-fi twist.

Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden
Highly enjoyable page-turner, enjoyable read. Beautifully detailed work of fiction. Highly recommended, I haven't seen the movie yet, but I plan to!

Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas
A classic. good for anyone.

Hemi Engine Restoration | Wedge Engine Repair

Check out the long term hobby my uncle, Eddie Haines, has of restoring hemi engines for classic muscle cars. He's a talented craftsman and is always building something that turns out great. www.hemihaines.com

Grasp of the Fallen

Find out more about the RPG game I've been planning to make for a long time now (life-long project?). Right now the site has some graphics and all my olddated and useless notes for developing the game. Haha!

Bruce Kirkpatrick's old portfolio WARNING: this thing probably doesn't even work.

Bruce Kirkpatrick's Art Journal

Check out this cool looking thing that has no purpose or meaning, thank you.

Download Chopped and Screwed Music

My friend, Mr. DJ, is currently at work on putting together some new beats and rhymes. Dirty South, Gangsta Rap slowed down and chopped up. Heavy bass throughout, something to ride with or get crazy in the club. Love rap music? Get on over to his site and hear the next generation ladies and gentleman.

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