Many people, activities, and forms of arts/entertainment bring me great joy. I am a great fan of many forms of art. I like most visual arts as well as the more palatable media of music and television. I am also an amateur, part-time writer and artist. I stress part-time, as I don't do either with great frequency (at least during the school year), and I stress amateur as I do them primarily for my own entertainment, and, depending on who you ask, I may not do either particularly well (I don't think I've created anything that could ever be sold... at best, maybe a few 'works' that I could barter for some canned goods). I began running about four years ago, and exercise has since become an integral part of my life. I'm not always able to do it as much as I would like (I again blame school), but it gives me great pleasure when I can.

I am not sure what I want to do in my life, but I am optimistic that, with hard work, everything will ultimately work out as it should. I will finish a graduate program in 2011, so hopefully that will present many exciting opportunities. I am fascinated by both big cities and foreign culture, so undoubtedly I am going to travel extensively both within the United States and abroad at some point in the future. Other than that, I am open to my own changing and developing interests as well as the kismet which life will present (thank you thesaurus.com!).

Though I don't cite any particularly lofty goals, I am both ambitious and determined. I do what I can to improve myself through education and through exercise (though this suffers a little during the academic year...) and healthy living. I do what I can to impart what little earthly wisdom I've acquired when those around me are suffering or struggling. I am relatively shy, but I think most people are amazing and wonderful, so I've done what I can to overcome this over the years. I am absolutely humble and can even be a bit self-deprecating (though just to seek laughs not sympathy). I love when I succeed in making others laugh, and enjoy it just as much when others make me do the same. I usually manage to be happy except when happiness is wholly inappropriate. Ergo, I am perfectly content whether, in my free time, I am out or in, by myself or with others.

I love so much music, and I love music so much. I have yet to encounter a style without merit. Much of what I love is frequently (perhaps unfairly) described as pretentious (ambition should not be looked down on!), but I neither detest nor decry that which is played on the radio (and, in fact, enjoy a lot of said music). Music can serve many different purposes, so I will neither judge music too harshly for simply staying the course (MOR) nor for going too far down the untraveled path.

I guess that's about the extent of what I have to say about myself in one sitting...

...you want to. I will make an effort to respond to any and all pieces of fanmail I receive (a joke - I truly do not think that highly of myself). Send a message if anything interests you for any reason.