I'm a relatively easy going person (or I'd like to think I was). Most of the time I have a very pleasant disposition towards life. I converse well with others although I fear I have a little bit of awkwardness about me. Not to say that I completely lack social skills or anything like that, but rather I'm not extremely charismatic or suave. All in all, I'm kind of a big deal.

I'm a software developer for a government contractor that works with DOTs to provide traffic management software. What this means is I sit at a desk, watch youtube videos and browse reddit all day long, and get paid for it...In spite of this, for some reason I find myself being entrusted with more important tasks and responsibilities. Perhaps if I can keep the façade of a hard worker up, I will move up to a Senior Developer position and get paid more to watch youtube videos and browse reddit all day long...Living the dream!

Programming, Writing, Violin, Running, Talking really loudly to sound more intelligent, Scoring against my own keeper in soccer, Catching a fly ball in outfield while also still holding my red Solo cup of beer and not spilling during kickball

That I'm a Rocket man, burning out his fuse up here alone.

Books
Harry Potter series (absolute favorite) by J.K. Rowling, A Song of Ice and Fire series by George R.R. Martin, The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern, The Magicians by Lev Grossman, Discworld series by Terry Pratchett, The Scar by Maryna & Serhiy Dyachenko (husband and wife co-authors, how cool is that?!), The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, Prince of Thorns by Mark Lawrence, The Color Purple by Alice Walker, Meditations on First Philosophy by René Descartes, Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut, Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman, Feed by M.T. Anderson, The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N. K. Jemisin

Shows
How I Met Your Mother, Parks and Recreation, Arrested Development, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Doctor Who, Merlin, Family Guy, Game of Thrones, anything that I watched as a kid (All That, Bobby's World, Doug, Rugrats, Hey Arnold)

Plays
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead, Death of a Salesman, Waiting for Godot, A Raisin in the Sun, The Fantasticks, The Nightman Cometh, Godspell, No Exit, Avenue Q, Shear Madness, Oklahoma!, AVPM & AVPS

Movies
Pulp Fiction, Spirited Away, Star Wars, Toy Story, Metropolis, Reservoir Dogs, Harry Potter, Friday, Full Metal Jacket, Training Day, Harlem Nights, Moulin Rouge!, Rent, Dr. Horrible's Sing-along Blog (does that belong here?)

Music
Anything and everything. Weezer is my favorite band. Artists that I enjoy listening to include but are not limited to: 2Pac, 311, Al Green, Audioslave, Aventura, B.o.B, Bob Marley, Blink 182, Chiddy Bang, Coheed and Cambria, Death Cab for Cutie, Depeche Mode, Drake, Ed Sheeran, Ella Fitzgerald, Everclear, Flow, Foo Fighters, The Fray, Gorillaz, Gym Class Heroes, Grits, Head Automatica, Hellogoodbye, Howie Day, Iron and Wine, Israel Kamakawiwo'ole, I.Y.A.Z, J. Cole, Jack Johnson, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Kendrick Lamar, KiD CuDi, The Killers, The Lonely Island, Ludacris, Lupe Fiasco, Mad Caddies, Maroon 5, Marvin Gaye, Michael Jackson, Muse, Ne-Yo, N.E.R.D, Norah Jones, OneRepublic, Owl City, Pearl Jam, Phoenix, The Postal Service, Queen, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Regina Spektor, Rob Thomas, The Script, Sol.illaquists Of Sound, Stevie Wonder, T-Pain, The Temptations, Timbaland, Train, Vince Guaraldi, Wale, The Weeknd, Weezer, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Zac Brown Band

Coffee
My Car (not a fan of HRT)
Peace and quiet (does that count as one thing?)
Family/Friends
Books
Coffee (for emphasis)

My mind is a labyrinth of complex ideas and emotions...just kidding; I really just think about the word "falafel" over and over and over again.

Hanging out with buddies(bar, bowling, movies etc.) or playing Adult recreational kickball when it's warm. I also like to go to events that happen in the area. There's usually something going on in Ghent (where I live) or downtown Norfolk such as Admirals games, block parties, bands playing at the NorVA, bar crawls. Occasionally I might just chill at home with a good book in hand.

I refused to go to my first day of 6th grade because I was expecting a letter from Hogwarts. That is, until my mom told me to "get on that bus before [she] smack[s] the black off of [me].

You'd like to talk to me.