I hate writing about myself. It would be far easier to let someone else describe me. Therefore, I am bringing my plant over to describe me...

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Well, that pretty much says it all. Thank you Mr. Plant for your time.

I should probably add that my plant was a little reserved when it spoke just now. Next time, I'll try to coax a little more out of it.

Until then, I guess I'll take over. I'm a guy who is most often either confused, lost, or laughing at myself and the situations I get myself in. I like the way this site labels me as "introverted," I guess they didn't have a category for, "incredibly shy hermit who has difficulty talking to people outside of a work environment."

It is annoying to think that I can only usually talk to new people when I am at work. Maybe there is a switch in my head that goes into professional mode or something... I wish I could find that switch; it would make finding friends easier.

Waiting... A few years ago I worked as an Air Traffic Controller with ZMP in Farmington, MN. I worked traffic over the Green Bay-Central Wisconsin-Hayward-Marquette area. I loved it! Sadly, through various personnel/paperwork/political issues, I was "washed out" of the center. The crappy part is that I was unable to transfer to a different facility due to a single rule in a human resources order (unnecessary due to the short staffing in ATC right now). Now I'm sitting here on my @$$ waiting for a possible "rehire" into the FAA again. I am trying to stay optimistic, but I know how ridiculous things can get.

Until I can get my life back onto its rail, I'm returning to another job I loved. I'm back with the University of North Dakota, teaching/assisting in the air traffic control program. I get to play around in the labs and teach the intro ATC class. Working with my own students is amazingly rewarding. I'm looking forward to getting back in the classroom.

1-liner jokes, tripping on things, making an ass out of myself, and being tall. Oh, and apparently hugging... Not sure how or why, but that's what I've have been told.

I'm real big... 6'5" last time I checked. I had to stop checking as clothes were getting hard enough to find without it getting any worse.

I usually have to duck to miss hitting my head on low objects like ceiling fans, tree branches, and some door jams. Sometimes it is painful to be tall.

Second thing people notice, is how I don't actually fit in the small corner I'm trying to hide in. If I am out in the room with everyone else, I tend to act more like a wall than anything else. I have yet to get a picture or calendar pinned to me, but it is only a matter of time.

Books: Any number of different fantasy/sci-fi authors like Jim Butcher, David Eddings, Gordon R. Dickson, Tolkien, Rowling work for me. I have also enjoyed reading various mystery and war stories.

Movies: WAY too many to list... Current favorites are The Hunt for Red October, Ghostbusters, the Star Wars movies, Die Hard, Appaloosa, and Tommy Boy.

Music: Changes hourly... Current favorites are Evanescence, St. Olaf Choir (geek, I know), Stabbing Westward, Apocolyptica, Twisted Sister, and Kelly Clarkson.

Food: Italian, Salads, Grilling, you name it!

1) Friends -> They are the people who help keep me "sane."
2) Family -> They are the people who drag me back down into insanity.
3) Hugging -> These are the magical cure for anything (sadness, a sore knee, even sanity [wait, does that mean it drives people crazy?]).
4) My Computer -> This is the doorway to all the wonderful knowledge and ideas that our species can come up, and a staggering amount of porn!
5) My DVD Collection -> These are my little escape instruments. I can lose myself in a different place, a different time, even a different person. I think books, TV, and movies are some of the best ways of expanding the creative side of your mind. That sounds close to cultish/fanaticish language, but it gets the point across.
6) Sleep - This is where I spend some quality time with that creative side of my mind. One second I am painting a picture of a horse on the side of a horse and the next I am running away from 18 foot tall scorpions with my cat's face on them. Now THAT's is good entertainment.

I think about what I am supposed to say when people ask me what I spend a lot of time thinking about. It turns out, I think about various witty comments for online profiles. I'm sure this skill could someday save the world!

Now when Commissioner Gordon calls Batman to text Superman to tell him to get a message to Spiderman, through the Green Lantern, that the world is in trouble, I can be there to make fun of it!

As I am not much of a party'er, there isn't much to put in here. The problem I'm running into is that this lack of anything close to social activity usually spreads to the rest of the weekend. I am looking around for something I can do on the weekend that involves people!!! There are obvious budget issues involved in most things, but I'm trying to get creative. Any ideas???

Being shy sucks!! It's hard to meet people!! I guess that is not really private, but I guess it helps lead to private-ness.

Was that a good enough way of getting around the question? I didn't want to come out and say, "just ask me." I wanted to turn it into a semantic argument. I'm weird like that.

You feel like it. Or if you could use a good laugh (at me or just in general).