Cody Ogden

My name is Cody, and I am a 21 year old full-time student. I rock Threadless t-shirts, laugh a bunch, and eat babies as a part of a nutritionally rich diet. I buy accessories from Etsy, listen to awesome music, and read a lot of crazy books on my Nook (named Pauley). Although I am not a movie buff, you can usually find me watching Netflix while I write papers and do homework for class.

I have an iPhone, and his name is Lizst (after the composer). He is pretty cool and does not like country music. We get along well.

I am the guy who knows a little about a lot. My mind is constantly thinking about random things, and my Google search history proves I am guilty of searching up things that are on my mind. (e.g. "Is yellow mustard healthy for you?", "twin kills other twin in the womb", "Are strawberries considered a berry or a fruit?")

After graduating high school in 2008, I began college at Ivy Tech Community College for two years taking many general courses, then transferred to Vincennes University to study American Sign Language in the Fall Semester of 2010.

Currently, I am in my second and last year as an American Sign Language student through Vincennes University at the Indiana School for the Deaf. You can often find me volunteering on campus sporting events, hanging out in classes in which I am not even enrolled, or out at community Deaf events.



I love volunteering. In the Fall 2011 semester, I contributed almost 120 hours (roughly one hour a day) of volunteer time doing various jobs at ISD. In reality, the amount I spend volunteering is the same amount of time I spend learning. When I surround myself with people who use ASL on a regular basis, I am able to learn from them and become more fluent. Essentially, I cannot learn it all in a classroom.

After graduation in May 2012, I plan to transfer and continue on to finish my four-year degree at another institution. My top choice being Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C., and should I not be accepted, I will attend a local university.

Moving toward my undergrad at this point. My major is up in the air at the moment. I had previously decided on Psychology, but I am starting to weigh my job options. I do know that whatever my future may hold, I can and will face it head on. I like to have options but I do not like to give up too easily.I have previously been told teaching is my forte. Not sure if that is the direction I want to take yet, but I have less than a year to figure it out. So, we will see.

Many cultures call it different things. Italians use the phrase "La dolcezza di non fare niente!" ~ "The sweetness of doing nothing." to describe it. Don't get me wrong! I'm not lazy by any means. I just like to call it "being."

It is simply moving away from the state of "doing" and "being." I think Americans are a nation of doers, and we very rarely remember how to simply "be" in life and in time. So, I am really good at the art of doing nothing.

Aside from the above, I am good at a lot of things, I guess? I'm good at listening to others who just need someone to speak with, and I am good with computers and geekery. I design websites for people, as well as various desktop publishing projects. I bust out research papers like it's engrained in my DNA.

• Juno
• The Devil Wears Prada
• The Family Stone
• Sunshine Cleaning
• The Cove
• 28 Days Later
• The Village
• Ghost Writer
• Disney movies
• This list could go on forever.

• Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling
• East of Eden by John Steinbeck
• Life of Pi
• Langston Hughes
• Forever by Pete Hamill
• Beautiful Boy by David Sheff
• Boy Alone by Karl Taro Greenfield
• Roald Dahl
• Dr. Seuss

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