About
/WHOIS Chris Schaffer
I am a student of many disciplines. I have been involved in art, writing, music, philosophy, psychology, and web design for as long as I can remember. I enjoy having a variety of hobbies, activities, and developing talents. I am never satisfied with anything, I seek new and better ways of doing anything I am involved in. This attitude often sends me crashing into walls haphazardly, but I learn something new from every bruise. Every site I create, story I write, or new idea I pursue helps me expand what I can do and how I understand the world. However, while doing so many things I tend to randomly fall behind in some places then get forced into trying to sprint ahead.
Education
I am received my B.A. in Psychology with a minor in Philosophy from Mesa State College in 2006. I loved every moment of my college career, the friends I made, the challenges classes presented, and the quality professors who educated me.
After that I was a student in the online program at the American Military University for intelligence studies. Learned a great deal about the secret world of top secret information and intelligence gathering activities. Unfortunately the program just didn’t keep me hooked and I left after a year. If you have any paranoid fear about Big Brother ask me about satellite capabilities from the 70’s, I guarantee you’ll wish you never asked.
I am currently returning to school to pursue an MA in Community Counseling. So, after you ask me about big brother, I can bill you for the therapy you need. In all seriousness though, I started my education with the goal of helping people, and now after a sojourn to gain experience and stories I am back to the path I was meant for.
What is Darkside Dreamland
Darkside Dreamland is an experiment.
It was originally created for my creative writing around 1998. After that it was used to market my writing, web design, and graphic design services that I offered for a while (this was around version 4 of the site). It was then reconverted to a site for simply my writing and new found ventures into space art.
The current version is version 8 of Darkside Dreamland. I like the freedom a blog gives me over the "normal" site I was used to building and maintaining. I can freely switch what I focus on and themes (which I often do) without having to do any sort of top-down redesign and worry about where my pretty content will go.
But why Darkside Dreamland?
Yeah, I get that question a bit. Why not my name, or my dog’s name, or something less odd. I see nothing wrong with the site name. We all have dreams, and we all have a darkside. Most people assume that the "dark side" is negative. I see it as simply unexplored space. This is, therfore, the adventure into the unexplored side of many of my thoughts and dreams. If I find it interesting, quirky, ironic, sardonic, or worthy of attention it makes it here.
