WELCOME TO THE ‘EXPERT OF SOME’

I would like to welcome family, friends, acquaintances, old flames, curiosity seekers, individuals with the same interests as me and anyone else I am forgetting (Including terrifying clowns that stalk me in my dreams) to my personal website. You maybe asking yourself, “Crispin, why the hell are you doing this?” “What is the reason you named your website this?” “Why, why, why?” Well, let me give you a few answers while outlining an overall purpose.

First, I have been pressured by many individuals, employers, and friends to join social media. But since the rise of Facebook during the late 2000s, I have been holding off. Because Facebook forces you to use a real name, I was hesitant to attach myself to it. I had an account for a year between 2015-2016 but once their ‘algorithm’ figured out that my name was an alias, they suspended my account. I also maintained and closed my now deceased father’s account for a few months. During the mid-2000s, I got drawn into using MySpace. I had an alias and got myself attached to a lot of interesting online groups. I occasionally helped a friend with his magazine. I got published on a movie review site a couple of times. Most famously, I got involved with some ‘political’ anarchists (Not violent ones) and got published on multiple websites (All of these websites are now gone). It was a fun time to be online. Then, this humanoid robot named Mark invented Facebook and MySpace's popularity disappeared seemingly overnight. My daughter was the first one to sign up for Facebook in 2011. She hated it and told me, “Dad, this is not something for you. Just worry about raising my new brother” (Teenagers suck!) I preceded to just ignore Facebook as the company went public and slowly began its conquest of the world. Then, Edward Snowden happened. All the things I was suspicious about and researched during my time on MySpace started coming true. Not only did this harden my belief, but I was not going to let that android collect any personal information on me. I undertook my quest to delete all my information online except for a few key websites. This website is my personal investment in a social media profile without actually tying it to my real name (Except with the ‘blogs’). It cost a couple hundred bucks, a year worth of tutoring myself on JavaScript and a crash course in marketing. But after a year of study, it is now ready for the world.

Second, this website will be evolving. I have been doing a ton of writing and research due to my current job and master’s degree program. My ultimate quest is to become a teacher. Not just the apple on their desk type of teacher that gives little children hope for the future. I am looking at teaching junior college, online home schoolers and do some tutoring in my quest to make this my seventh and hopefully final career. I may start a podcast. I eventually will write a book when my major is complete, and the world opens up again. I intend to blog on this website weekly until these goals are accomplished.

​Finally, I will answer the question regarding the name of my website. Since graduating with my Bachelor’s Degree in “Communications” (Please watch that hyperlink) with an emphasis in Television and Film (To make it sound less depressing), I have had six professional careers. Let’s break it down. Live Film and Concert Production (1996-2001 with it only being full time from 2000-2001), Customer Service/Retail (1992-2000), Satellite and Live Television Master Control and Engineering (2001-2012), Telecommunications Construction (2013-2014), Linux Administration/Project Management (2015-2018) and my current career as a Technical Writer/Project Coordinator (2018-Present). The problem with my major is that it made me a ‘generalist’ in terms of knowledge. I am the greatest partner to have when you get drunk on a Tuesday night doing trivia at your local craft brewery. No one knows just enough information about so many useless things. I am a permanent supervisor no matter what job I get (Because Director Level is too high for me). My ability to retain information, adjust my life on the fly, and learn new skills has always been my advantage. Because of this, I have had two separate ‘superiors’ (One at ABC-TV and the other at AT&T) at previous jobs sarcastically remark, “Well Crispin…, you may know about a lot of things but you are a Master of None.” I laughed off the insult. Over the years, I learned that they were both right and wrong. I am a Master of None. But I am also an ‘Expert of Some.’ So, prepare yourself for a blog that will take you on a journey into dozens of topics that I know just enough about to not come across like an idiot. If someone thinks I am an idiot, they can confidently tell me what they think in the comment section. Freedom of speech is welcome here as long as it does not get personal. If you like the website, leave a tip. For now, this is not a profit-making venture and any donation will only go into me improving this website as I slowly learn JavaScript and SEO and improve the aesthetics. This website will remain free always and unlike that cyborg who runs Facebook, I will never, ever retain data and if you receive any spam email from my website, please let me know and I will stop it (This is a learning experience for me after all). Keep in touch!

Crispin

One last thing:  My posts will likely not be this long except on rare occasions. Please enjoy!