User:Desmond Hobson
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NAME: Desmond Hobson
BORN: March 13, 1972
RESIDENCE: Lakewood, California
I was introduced to Wikipedia by a blogger named Neil deMause, who wrote a book called Field of Schemes in 1998. That book is about the use of taxpayer money to build professional sports stadiums. Since then, deMause has expanded the book into a blog and he links some of the items to Wikipedia. I saw something that I wanted to expand, and I did. In short order, that was followed by opening an account so they I could start contributing to the site.
I enjoy being a Wikipedian, and my only wish is that I could be paid for it. I was terminated from SourceCorp in Carson, California in November 2005 in a dispute over pay and hours. Before that, I worked for South Bay Vocational Center in Long Beach, California, from 2000 to 2004. SBVC is a company that helps the developmental disabled get jobs.
I graduated with a degree in information technology from California State University, Long Beach, in 1999. I am considering a return to college to update my skills.
I also have an overactive imagination. Per request of some of my fellow Wikipedians, I have moved all my fakeout "Wikipedia entries" to this new page: User:Desmond Hobson/sandbox
- See also: User:Desmond Hobson/sandbox2
[edit] Book is out!
On April 6, 2007, I became a published author when I published The Buddy Wayne Chronicles. The book is an extended version of the website I have maintained for the last four years (see below for link).
I used the Lulu.com software to help me publish the book.
It is about Buddy Wayne Barefoot, a beloved NASCAR driver and recording artist who faces a career crisis, because the world is not as good as it could be for him.
One day, he flies back from a NASCAR race when an accident causes him to fly into a cloud. On the cloud is Idealia, a Utopian land that resembles the set of his television variety show, My Ideal World. Once he is there, Buddy Wayne lives a new life of challenge and intrigue as he deals with a different way of life, but one in which he is curious. He uses his platform to advocate a return to the traditional values for all the residents.
One day, a friend of his, Ryan Bowling, invites him to compete on the land's short track in a race involving Legends cars. He accepts the invitation, but faces a new distraction; his first cousin, Bunky Crabtree, is in secret negotiations to buy Idealia and tear down the farmland and reduce the open space, and build condominiums, a hotel, and a casino.
In addition, Brittany Spears, the near-namesake of the pop diva, wins B.W.'s heart - while B.W. is still married to his childhood sweetheart. A loophole paves the way for a possible marriage, but he has to keep it secret due to family disdain (in the vein of Romeo and Juliet).
Can Buddy Wayne solve these dilemmas, and win the big race?
