Nicholas Bird

This is my personal website... still working on it... I am a student at Marymount University studying Biology and I am based in Arlington, Virginia. Please email me at birdnicholasaidan@gmail.com for any and all inquiries. Eventually I will include a fully mapped portfolio that includes my scientific work, writing projects, music, etc.! For now though, while I still limp through the process of learning how to code and DIY my website, below is a link to my CV:

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WELCOME TO MY WEBSITE! WHAT A BEAUTIFUL MIRACLE IT IS TO BE ALIVE. YOU UNDERSTAND? HAVE YOU EVER LISTENED TO BACH'S ST MATTHEWS PASSION? BACH ACOLYTES (CORRECTLY) LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT BACH IN TERMS OF THE ALMOST "MATHEMATICAL" CHARACTER OF HIS MUSIC, BUT THIS PARTICULAR PIECE IS SPECIAL NOT BECAUSE OF ITS COUNTERPOINT, BUT BECAUSE OF HOW IT VIOLENTLY ASSAULTS YOUR HEARTSTRINGS. IT IS SO FULL OF PASSION (HAHA HENCE THE NAME) AND RAWNESS. THEY JUST DON'T REALLY MAKE MUSIC LIKE THIS ANYMORE DO THEY HUH. A BIRD IN THE HAND IS WORTH 2 IN THE BUSH. THERE IS NOTHING MORE PUNK ROCK THAN SWIMMING IN CYTOSOLIC FLUID. I LOVE THE CATS OF ISTANBUL IT IS SO BEAUTIFUL HOW CONTRIBUTING TO THEIR CARE IS SEEN AS AN UNASSAILABLE FEATURE OF THE SOCIAL CONTRACT! HERE IS AN EXCERPT FROM A SHORT STORY I HAVE BEEN WRITING: AS FAR AS “TYPES OF GUYS” GO, NIGEL DEFTLY ELUDED ALL OF THE USUAL ARCHETYPES. BY TRADE, HE WAS AN INVESTMENT BANKER AT CREDIT SUISSE AT THE OFFICE RIGHT BY THE FLATIRON BUILDING, BUT HIS INTERESTS WERE REMARKABLY ATYPICAL AMONG FINANCE BROS. WHETHER IT WAS ACCELERATIONISM, BALKAN MILITARY HISTORY, EARLY MEMPHIS RAP, R/FLASHLIGHTS, J-POP, DEEP HEGELIANISM, KELP FARMING, JOSHUA CITARELLA TWITCH STREAMS, MODULAR SYNTHS, SITUATIONIST BASKETBALL, CHRISTIAN SHOEGAZE, HOME MYCOLOGY, LUCID DREAMING TECHNIQUES, PYRAMID CONSPIRACY THEORIES, MUAY THAI, QUAKE MODDING, UZBEK-KOREAN FUSION COOKING, CURLING, TUNICATES IN REEF AQUARIA, POLITICAL LINUX ADVOCACY, PSEUDOMONAS-SPECIFIC BACTERIOPHAGE, THE NEW YORK JETS, TENTACLE HENTAI, THE HOLY BIBLE, SKINCARE YOUTUBE, GILLES DAUVE, BODYBUILDING (320LBS BENCH), LACANIAN NEUROPSYCHOANALYSIS, NEON GENESIS EVANGELION FAN FICTION, NICKELBACK, SPINOZA, VIETNAMESE LANGUAGE DRILL MUSIC, SCAMBAITING, SCAM RAP, ACTUAL SCAMMING, SYSTEMS ECOLOGY, APPLYING GAME THEORY PRINCIPLES TO ARGUMENTS WITH ONE’S PARENTS, [REDACTED], BOOKTOK, PSILOCYBIN BASED PRE-WORKOUT FORMULA, OBSCURE MARXIST HUMANIST MORAY EEL MEMES, SCRIABIN, 90S GABBER MIXES, SYNERGETICS, [REDACTED], BRUTALISM, THE DAVE MATTHEWS BAND, TURKISH OIL WRESTLING, COMMUNICATINGGROUPS BY STU WATSON, HOME NITINOL PRODUCTION, NORSE CRYSTAL MAGICK, GURAGE CULINARY RITUALS, FINGER PAINTING, COLLECTING SPIDER FIELD GUIDES, BLUESY GUZHENG SOLOS, LONG WALKS ON THE BEACH, INDIGENOUS BERBER SHAMANISM, SELECTIVE RASPBERRY CROSS-BREEDING, CHICAGO FOOTWORK, AVANT GARDE CRISTIANO RONALDO HIGHLIGHT VIDEOS, REFUTING KIRCHHOFF’S LAW, RACKETBALL, OINGO-BOINGO SKA COVERS, HORSE GIRL DEGROWTH COMMUNES, FILTHY FRANK IMPRESSIONS, TEA PARTIES, NEO-ANDEAN ARCHITECTURE, DECOPUNK NUDE FILMS, OR ALL OF THESE AT THE SAME TIME, HE HAD ALWAYS HAD A PENCHANT FOR THE ECLECTIC. HERE IS A QUOTE FROM JEAN BAUDRILLARD: “…SENSE OF FUTILITY THAT COMES FROM DOING ANYTHING MERELY TO PROVE TO YOURSELF THAT YOU CAN DO IT: HAVING A CHILD, CLIMBING A MOUNTAIN, MAKING SOME SEXUAL CONQUEST, COMMITTING SUICIDE. THE MARATHON IS A FORM OF DEMONSTRATIVE SUICIDE, SUICIDE AS ADVERTISING: IT IS RUNNING TO SHOW YOU ARE CAPABLE OF GETTING EVERY LAST DROP OF ENERGY OUT OF YOURSELF, TO PROVE IT… TO PROVE WHAT? THAT YOU ARE CAPABLE OF FINISHING. GRAFFITI CARRY THE SAME MESSAGE. THEY SIMPLY SAY: I’M SO-AND-SO AND I EXIST! THEY ARE FREE PUBLICITY FOR EXISTENCE. DO WE CONTINUALLY HAVE TO PROVE TO OURSELVES THAT WE EXIST? A STRANGE SIGN OF WEAKNESS, HARBINGER OF A NEW FANATICISM FOR A FACELESS PERFORMANCE, ENDLESSLY SELF-EVIDENT.” LOW KEY I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THIS EVEN MEANS BUT IT SOUNDS COOL AND ESOTERIC. ISN’T IT KINDA CRAZY THAT LIKE YOU CAN JUST CULTURE BACILLUS ANTHRACIS USING STANDARD BACTERIAL MEDIA? OBVIOUSLY PURCHASING A PURE CULTURE IS DIFFICULT, BUT IF YOU GET YOUR HANDS ON IT IT’S SUPER EASY. ALSO YOU CAN JUST BUY SELECTIVE MEDIA FOR IT! PLET AGAR I THINK IT IS CALLED. INTERESTING STUFF. MAYBE THERE SHOULD BE SOME LAW IN PLACE FOR THIS IDK. THIS WHOLE ROTATING TEXT THING IS PRETTY PRETENTIOUS WOW. WHAT WAS I EVEN THINKING INCLUDING THIS ON MY PERSONAL WEBSITE? WHATEVER. ANYWAYS HOW ARE YOU? HOW IS YOUR FAMILY? I AM VERY YOUNG AND DON’T KNOW MUCH ABOUT THE WORLD YET, BUT I THINK THAT THE MEANING OF LIFE PROBABLY HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE PEOPLE YOU LOVE. WE ARE A SOCIAL ANIMAL AFTER ALL. ANYWAYS WELCOME TO MY PERSONAL WEBSITE. I HOPE YOU HAVE FUN HERE. MY FAVORITE BRAZILIAN JIU JITSU SUBMISSION IS THE PERUVIAN NECKTIE. IT IS SUPER PAINFUL AND HONESTLY A BIT POINTLESS WHEN ONE CONSIDERS THE FACT THAT THE DARCE CHOKE EXISTS (AND IS PROBABLY AN OBJECTIVELY HIGHER PERCENTAGE STRANGLE), HOWEVER I THINK THAT IT HAS A PLACE IN GRAPPLING STILL, BY VIRTUE OF ITS HIGH AMPLITUDE. YOU REALLY DO ENGAGE YOUR ENTIRE BODY WITH IT, AND IT ALSO IS KIND OF A PHOTO FINISH. I HAVE BEEN HITTING IT A TON RECENTLY.