I became a member in September of 2024, but I have familiarized myself with many of the ways that things operate here for years prior to actually making an account when I would just wander through Wikipedia for the heck of it.
Most of what I work on things that are local to me, as quite a few of the pages haven't seen the care they've needed for quite some time now. I'm still getting a feel for things, so we'll see what I can do in the future. My big thing right now is the article on the Portage Trail Conference, as the future of the conference isn't looking too good, and with the major news source for it in the past (the Record-Courier) is a skeleton crew anymore, now's the time to get it in order. The conference played a great part in my experience with high school sports, and even though my alma mater left the conference, it's still important to me.
I have a deep-rooted passion for the weather, and really anything natural in the sky for that matter. The weather often just truly mesmerizes me, and I'm just a huge nerd about it to my friends. I'm lucky enough to have lived in the path of the total solar eclipse of April 8, 2024, and it is an experience that will stick with me for the rest of my life. Definitely going to make every effort to go see another one. As if getting one bucket list item checked off this early wasn't enough, I was also lucky enough to witness the northern lights from the May 2024 solar storms, right in my own backyard! Having them cover literally the entire sky here in Ohio is truly an exceptional event, and I'll admit, my first experience seeing the northern lights spoiled me. When the solar storms in October 2024 rolled around, I just knew I needed a better vantage point, and went out to the causeway on Mosquito Lake. Didn't disappoint, and took some friends along for the ride. Might just have to keep chasing them. Now, if I don't stop myself here, I'll keep yapping.
In addition, I poke around with maintenance and cleanup tasks from time-to-time. Sometimes doing things like that scratch the itch.
