SCP-2316
BY ORDER OF THE OVERSEER COUNCIL
The following file describes a Keter-class anomalous cognitohazard,
and is Level 4/2316 classified.
Unauthorized access is forbidden.
2316
Item#: 2316
Level4
Containment Class:
keter
Secondary Class:
none
Disruption Class:
keneq
Risk Class:
danger

Derek W

Item #: SCP-016

Object Class: Archon

Special Containment Procedures: Beautiful, Shining Pittsburgh: The Steel City

An image of me dabbing on the hiking trail 
                                                            around Walden Pond. I know dabbing is cringe now, 
                                                            but this is post-ironic, ok?

A most unholy sight

Description:

Report: 2020 - 2024

I came from Washington (the cool Washington), and now I'm here in Minnesota. As a life-long How I Met Your Mother fan, I've always had a great desire to visit this Land of a Thousand Lakes. I still haven't visited the Mall of America yet, but it's high on my priorities list.

I'm currently pursuing an Computer Science and English double major, since I can't make up my mind about anything. I've also started trying out fencing and archery in the clubs here at the UMN. Hopefully I keep that up, I'm having fun so far. I'm more of a foil fencer than anything else right now, but I do like the other fencing disciplines. I've been needing to practice them more.


Report: 2024 - Present

I am currently in Pittsburgh. I'm attending a graduate program at Carnegie Mellon University's Entertainment Technology Center, which I suppose makes me an aspiring video game developer.

Since arriving in Pittsburgh, I have become a true, unabashed furry, as well as a pickle enthusiast, due to the numerous conventions and festivals that take place here in the Steel City. My collection of stuff has grown a tad irresponsible; a consequence of my fight against bare walls.

I have also, finally, actually learned how to program. In this phase of my life, I'm just trying to make things. I spend most of my time honing my development skills, working on both academic projects and my own little side projects (such as this website!).

une pathetique

I am currently struggling to figure out my future as the field which I love is being rapidly consumed by AI. Alas.

I have a twin brother (designated SCP-016-1) and a younger sister (designated SCP-016-2). SCP-016-1 is attending the same grad program as me, and so I am living in his apartment at the moment. SCP-016-2 has graduated. SCP-016-1 is the composer of much of the music you can find around this site. Check out his stuff!

Me and my siblings all play piano, since childhood. I also play bassoon, which SCP-016-2 also picked up. Granted, I have not practiced nearly as much as I would need to to really stay sharp as of late. But I do still love the bassoon in particular, and hopefully I'll find the time to return to it, eventually. It has caused me much grief, but I am attached.


Additional Notes: To be honest, I am at a loss for what to fill with this 'about me' page, given my fear of sharing information about myself (which is, in part a healthy, parentally distilled anxiety over online safety and in part a fear that certain aspects of my identity I myself could not comfortably commit to in such a manner). And so, I will instead share a brief anecdote about my childhood:

This is a story that I do not remember, but my parents have told me. When I was a small toddler, I fell out of the second story of my family home onto the concrete sidewalk below. The window was opened, and unfortunantely the mesh bugscreen popped out when I leaned against it. I was rushed to the hospital, but according to the doctors, I seemed perfectly fine. I was bruised, to be sure, but apparently I sort of just bounced off of the sidewalk. According to my mother, the way I was bruised, it seemed as though I didn't even put my limbs out to break my fall (which is probably why I was so fine afterwards! I would make that mistake later in my life, and break my arm for it). As I said, I don't actually remember this happening myself, as I was very young and, I suppose, did hit my head. But apparently it traumatized my dad.

I am brie! the cat House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski S. / Ship of Theseus by Doug Dourst, V. M. Straka The Raw Shark Texts by Steven Hill this is how you lose the time war by amal el-mohtar & max gladstone the haunting of hill house by shirley jackson Piranesi by Susanna Clarke Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky\ The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton Die Verwandlung (The Metamorphosis) by Franz Kafka Dracula by Bram Stoker Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
Phrases that are Anathema to Me
Banking-as-a-Service Solutions
AI Native Games
Anathema
Agentic AI
B2B
Prediction Market ("trade on the outcome of real-world events")