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-I'm a 20 year old Software Engineering drop out from Kitchener, Ontario. I love FOSS. 
+Hallo, I'm CJ! I'm a 20 year old from Kitchener, Ontario with dreams of being a graphics programmer/technical artist/game developer. I attended Software Engineering Technology at Conestoga College between September 2023 and August 2024. Turned out I didn't like software engineering, so I dropped out. Nowadays I'm just working on projects and trying to teach myself a few things.  
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+I like sharing and learning about things relating to my interests in maths, art, computer graphics, linguistics, history, tech, and programming. I love FOSS. I use arch linux with NeoVim as my IDE/text editor.   
 
 <h2 id="vaxandi_forritari">
     Vaxandi Forritari 
 </h2>
 
-The phrase ***Vaxandi Forritari*** is Icelandic for ***learning programmer***. I loved programming since I was 16, discovering my love for it in highschool when learning to make a game. I'm familiar with the following programming languages:
-- *C#*#: learnt it in 2021 for scripting in Unity
+The phrase ***Vaxandi Forritari*** is Icelandic for ***learning programmer***. I loved programming since I was 16, discovering my love for it in highschool when learning to make a game in the Unity game engine. I'm familiar with the following programming languages:
+- *C#*: learnt it in 2021 for scripting in Unity
 - *Java*: learnt it in Computer Science class in highschool, spent most of my time in Grades 11 and 12 using Java
 - *Processing*: used it for making graphics in Media Arts class in highschool
-- *Python*: learnt it for scripting with the [Blender Python API](https://docs.blender.org/api/current/index.html)
+- *Python*: learnt it for scripting with the [Blender Python API](https://docs.blender.org/api/current/index.html), later used it to try out Pygame and [Blender's game engine](https://upbge.org/#/)
 - *Arduino*: this is C but I learnt this before learning C/C++, used it in Computer Engineering classes in highschool
 - *C/C++*: used a bit of it for programming [Mirobo UBMP4s](https://mirobo.tech/ubmp4) in high school Computer Engineering classes, learnt way more in college when persuing software engineering
 - *6808 Assembly*: learnt it in college and I never want to touch it again
 - *HTML, CSS*: learnt it to make this website
 - *JavaScript*: learnt it to script in Three.js
+- *Lua*: used to configure Neovim, used a bit with LÖVE
 
 <h2 id="aspiring_graphics_programmer">
     Aspiring Graphics Programmer 
 </h2>
 
-My interest in graphics rose after realising that I didn't like software engineering, but instead graphics and programming.  
+My admiration for computer graphics grew with my interests in programming and 3D animation. Finding out I can combine my love for programming and graphics changed me. Since July of 2024, I have been trying teaching myself graphics programming (it's difficult but I love it). Currently, I am teaching myself *OpenGL* and *GLSL*. Eventually, I hope to move onto something modern like *Vulkan* once I'm more experienced. I also hope to experiment more with *HLSL* in Unity and the *Godot Shader Language* in Godot. 
 
 <h2 id="amateur_linguist"> 
     Amateur Linguist 
 </h2>
 
-I'm really into languages. Since I was kid, I have loved learning about other cultures and traditions, including their languages. For a while, I was grinding Duolingo, but that felt more of a game than actually learning, so I stopped that and tried learning languages through other means. My native tongue is English, but I am interested in so many languages: 
-- *Deutsch*: currently learning Hochdeutsch by myself, learning Schwiizerdütsch from my Swiss friends
+I'm really into languages. Since I was kid, I have loved learning about other cultures and traditions, including their languages. For a while, I was grinding Duolingo, but that felt more of a game than actually learning, so I stopped that and tried learning languages through other means. My native tongue is English, but I find interest in these languages: 
+- *Deutsch*: currently learning both Hochdeutsch and Schwiizerdütsch from my Swiss friends
 - *Español*: learnt some Spanish when I was younger, not really good at it but I can barely hold a conversation
 - *Français*: learnt a bit in school, but my French is really bad as I often confuse Parisian French with Swiss French
 - *Nederlands*: learnt some when I was younger, I'm not as good as I used to be
 - *Dansk*: an unfortunate event occured
-- *Íslenska*: I know this cool Icelandic guy and the language is so cool
-- *Norsk*: Norwegian is interesting but I already know some Danish and I'm not sure if I want to learn Danish cloned
-- *lingua latina*: learnt a bit in school, pretty cool language
+- *Íslenska*: I know this cool Icelandic guy and the language is so cool because they still use þorn
+- *Norsk*: Norwegian is interesting but I already know some Danish and I'm not sure if I want to learn Danish but less funny-sounding
+- *Lingua Latina*: learnt a bit in school, pretty cool language
 - *ελληνικά*: Greek is kinda cool, I wanna learn it in the future
-- *Русский*: I have no intention of learning Russian but a friend said I should learn Russian just to read Tolstoy's War and Peace in the original Russian
+- *Русский*: I have no interest in learning Russian but I am going to torture myself by learning Russian just to read Tolstoy's War and Peace its original language
 - *Suomi*: my brother is learning Finnish so I might learn it as well for the funnies
-- *davvisámegiella*: I discovered Northern Sámi through music, and I think it's a cool language
-- *kalaallisut*: Greenlandic was also discovered through my music, I think it's also cool 
+- *Davvisámegiella*: I discovered Northern Sámi through music, and I think it's a cool language
+- *Kalaallisut*: Greenlandic was also discovered through my music, I think it's also cool 
 
 Unfortunately, I do not think I'll be able to learn all of these languages. That's fine, I'm happy about learning as much as I can. 
 
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     Wannabe Game Developer 
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-As mentioned, my interest in programming came from learning how to make a game in Unity. I still dabble around with Unity, but now I plan on working in Godot. I also had a period where I tried to work with [Blender's game engine](https://upbge.org/#/), but I didn't end up liking it (I'm not a huge fan of Python). 
+I have had an interest in game development for as long as I have been learning to program. Throughout my time programming, I have used (and plan to use) a couple of game engines: 
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+- *Unity*: this was where I learnt how to program in C#, and where most of my experience lies in terms of game engines (picked it up in 2021)
+- *Godot*: learning Godot because I love FOSS, I use C# instead of GDScript for scripting (picked it up in 2025)
+- *UPBGE*: tried out [Blender's game engine](https://upbge.org/#/) for a few months but I wasn't a fan of scripting in Python so I ditched it 
+- *GDevelop*: yeah no
+- *LÖVE*: tried it out but it was more of a playground than using it as an actual game engine
+- *Pygame*: did a bit in highschool, but that's about it
+- *Kyzen*: soon to be first beta tester of [Kyzen 2D game engine](https://github.com/luut189/kyzen)
 
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     Adventuring Animator 
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+While learning and falling in love with programming at age 16, I also fell in love with *Blender*. My introduction came from Media Arts class, where I initially learnt Blender for making assets for Unity. I fell in love with creating models and experimenting with shaders. The following two years of high school were spent developing my skills in the software. After graduating highschool, I stopped using the software to focus on software engineering for college for about two years. Now I hope to revisit this old passion of mine, and also venture into the unknown territory of digital art with *Krita*. 
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     Music Enjoyer 
 </h2>
 
-I listen to a lot of music. A lot of the music I listen to are in other languages, German in particular. I hope to eventually learn how to make my own music, for both games 
+I listen to a lot of music. Uh, what type of music? It's a complicated mess. The genres and languages of the music I listen to is all over the place. I hope to eventually learn how to make my own music for future animation and game development projects using [LMMS](https://lmms.io/).
 
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