User:Edm24

Eli Medvescek is an engineering student and kalimba enthusiast at Duke University. Eli is new to this programming business and becomes giddy after accomplishing simple tasks such as creating a wiki or putting his name on a LaTeX document. When he grows up Eli wants to be stunningly bright engineer, or at least, a passable magician.

Past Life

When Eli was four or five years old, his parents enrolled him in an Oscar Mayer singing competition in hopes of winning a lifetime supply of hot dogs for the family. The project was unsuccessful, and Eli did not even get the chance to ride in the famed Wienermobile. To this day, this explains Eli's preference for Nathan's hot dogs.

As he grew into his awkward teen years, Eli started skateboarding and stopped cutting his hair. At one point he considered dying black streaks into his radiant red hair, but reevaluated this stance after his good friend (and reliable barista) told him he would look like a tiger. On this note, if Eli ever becomes a disk jockey, his preferred name is DJ El Tigre.

In high school Eli developed a fondness for diplomas and decided to get two, extending the duration of his high school education to almost six years. He studied three and a half years at Canyon del Oro High School in Tucson, Arizona and two years at Waterford KaMhlaba in Swaziland. Considering Malcolm Gladwell's theory that 10,000 hours of practice makes an expert, this makes Eli very close to being an expert in "high school". He is still unsure as to the value of this expertise.

Current Predicaments

Eli currently lives in Alspaugh on Duke University's East Campus. He is very fond of the people and extremely un-fond of the appalling temperature.