A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

When you look at Jacob Dickinson, you don’t see a photographer, but in fact that’s exactly what he loves to do. He might not look like the artist type, but Jacob loves his art and along with that he also likes playing basketball. These two activities really define the type of person Jacob is, as there is only an instant to really capture the moment in both these activities. Basketball is a game of seconds, if you miss your opportunity there might not be another chance to get it back just like in photography. Speaking of peculiar interests, Jacob’s favorite class is Women’s Literature. He says that the class is interesting and that’s why he took it, but I believe there are other motives behind taking this class.

Jacob hails from Fredericksburg, VA but he has been around everywhere, from Orlando to New York. Even though he didn’t stay in these places for long periods of time, one of his favorite memories comes from when he was a kid around three years old. It was the first day of preschool and he was afraid to go to school, so he hid under his blanket the whole way, but once he got there his view of preschool totally changed when his eyes fell upon the amazing play space, “the best he had seen”, in his opinion. Jacob has changed from that shy scared boy to the outgoing and remarkable person he is today. He is no longer than boy who hid under his blanket afraid to face the world. He has followed in his father’s footsteps and come to Virginia Tech, where he plans on majoring in civil or mechanical engineering. Jacob says that he came to Tech because his dad came here but we all know that he came here because it was the best school out of the four that he applied to, these include VCU, Old dominion and George Mason. I mean after all he says that, getting into Virginia Tech was the greatest accomplishment of his life and that he had been looking forward to this day for the longest time.

Well that’s enough about school, let’s talk about some football, I mean who doesn’t like football, and Jacob is no exception to this fact. Football is Jacob’s favorite sport, and he plans on attending many of the games here at Tech. Along with watching football Jacob also loves to play football, not literally, but as in video games. His favorite video games are madden, college football, and many other sports games. This part of the blog is for all the females who might be interested in Jacob. Any of these things would give you a fighting chance with Jacob. As of now Jacob resides in West AJ. Bring him some Banana Laffy Taffy’s and he is all yours. Planning on going to the movies, I suggest you stay in and watch some Step Brother, as that is Jacob’s favorite movie, and that would surely you on his good side. Well that should get you started on the right path, I’m pretty sure you guys can do the rest; it shouldn’t be too hard since he does like Women’s Literature.

If you haven’t figured by now Jacob is a very humorous person. Not only is his favorite movie Step Brothers, but he also loves the Office and watches is regularly. What better way to take a break from the rigor of his courses than to blow some steam off by watching some funny television.

On a much more personal note, Jacob is an only child, but this comes with its perks. He got everything he wanted when he was a kid, but this came with a valuable lesson, which was that not all things come that easily, and he is putting this to use now with his education and made him work harder in the process to achieve his goals. James’s middle name is Lee, which I thought was a really cool middle name especially since he is white and Lee is a predominantly Chinese name. When it comes to music Jacob likes hip hop and rock, and this favorite artists/bands are Mos Def and Shins respectively. And last but not the least, the most interesting fact of all in my mind at least is that Jacob is double jointed in his arms and thumb, which is really cool.

Being an only child has made Jacob very close to his parents and he draws his inspiration from his parents, in everything he does that will have an impact on his future, he always goes back to his roots and keeps trucking on, through all the obstacles, towards his future. His inspiration for art comes from the world around him. Jacob says that “nature is such a beautiful thing and trying to replicate it is inspiration in itself.

Ralph J. Smith, an electrical engineer at Stanford, once said that, “Engineering is the professional art of applying science to the optimum conversion of natural resources to the benefit of man.” This quote describes perfectly the type of engineer Jacob plans on becoming. His love for the Sciences had been prominent since his high school days, as his favorite class at Chancellor High school was Physics. As for the professional art part of that statement; we already know that Jacob is an amazing artist, and should have no problem connecting what he learns from his art to his future, which is engineering.

Even after being so talented and such an amazing person, Jacob manages to blend in with the rest of us and go on with his daily routine. When asked what his pet peeves were, Jacob said that he had none, and this goes to show the wonderful person he is, and how he accepts everything around him as it is, and takes the best out of everyone he meets. This attitude and behavior towards people around him is the reason why Jacob Dickinson will be successful at whatever he puts his mind to.