Mendez

Hey future people! I'm from Folsom, California which is mostly known for its prison ever since Johnny Cash sang about it in Prison Blues.

I have one Jackson's chameleon named Grommet. I used to have a couple firebelly newts and a fire salamander.

Growing up, I would go adventure into the "parkway" looking for tree frogs, bullfrogs, garter snakes, crayfish/crawdads/crawdaddys, and anything else that was alive.

Notable things about myself: I broke both of my arms at the same time in a longboarding accident. So for three whole months, I had a cast on each arm. Incidentally, I also had to type up a 10-page essay which was a figurative hell since I could only peck at the keyboard slowly with my two index fingers that poked far enough outside the cast to reach the keyboard.

Also, during my junior year of high school, I got scoliosis surgery which consisted of screwing a metal rod to my spine--it is as painful as it sounds. This 9-hour surgery leaves you in no state to sneeze. So for 4 whole months, I fought tooth and nail to hold back any urge to sneeze.

Oh, and I am also an identical twin.