About Me

Hola! My name is Chris, and welcome to my (non-social) life. I have been doing web design and digital graphics since 2003. I studied Digital Graphic Production at the Art Institute of Seattle, and graduated in June, 2006 winning "Best Portfolio for Digital Graphic Production". I can't wait for them to come out with a Doctorate in digital art. I SOOOOO want the "Doctor" title.

At the end of September 2003, I was involved in a car accident. I took a curve at too high a rate of speed. I hit the mountain on the left side of the road, and swerved through the road, ending in the Merced River canyon on the right side of the road. I wrecked my Eclipse and lost vision in my right eye. The driver's side window imploded and the airbag pushed the glass into my face. The glass punctured the lense, damaged the cornea, and caused massive damage to the eye in general. Not to mention the brain dammage. I still have a hard time with muscle control.

After a year of constant pain, my doctors told me that surgery wasn't really an option. It was possible, but risky. In a nutshell "Hahaha! Sucker! Here's our invoice." So, I packed what I could, and moved to Seattle. I didn't tell anyone. I just moved. The sad thing, is that no one noticed.

Since the accident, my body has automatically "ignored" the bad eye. If I try, I can use it, but at all other times, I forget that I am blind in one eye. My good eye has even improved to 20/15. Somehow, I am 20/70 in the bad eye, which is a miracle. How that happened, I have no idea.

Finally, after four years, I am starting to get my life back together. I have a large apartment. I have a stable career. I actually have furniture. I paid my way through school. Everything I have is due to my own work.

I lost everything in an instant. My sanity; my happiness; my ability to feel. All of it, gone. It took me four years to get back up. And after four years of constant pain. Four years of hate eating away at my mind. Detestation overwhelming my reason. I watched my life disolve into a puddle of chaotic hell. I've been to the bottom. I've climbed back up.

Hasta luego, Chris