Hi, I'm Blake

Originally from Rhode Island. Been in Chicago since 2009. Love the city, miss the east coast (mostly due to my baby nephew being there but I try to visit as often as possible.)

I'm a nerd about almost anything. One of my jobs lets me express all the nerdly goodness life has to offer. Through that job I've been able to meet some awesome people (The cast and writer/producer of Doctor Who, Neil Degrasse Tyson, a whole bunch of comedians and a fair amount of star wars people)

I will probably aggravate you with my sarcasm but I usually aim to make people laugh.

I have a world record for high fives. Really.

living, working, riding my bicycle by the lake whenever i can

...Filling this section out, Oh i'm gonna fill this out like a champ! ok here goes.... ready to be amazed........ uh.......umm.........

I'm good at pointless things. Like setting the world record for the Most High Fives in 24 hours.

my ability to rarely take anything seriously

I am a massive annoyance with random info about random things. i am a wikipedia/google junkie and will find an answer to something if asked.

Books:
Hitchhikers guide and anything Douglas Adams wrote.
along with anything by Kurt Vonnegut and A.J. Jacobs.
Moon-walking With Einstein
Denialism
The Moral Landscape
There's more, but lets finish this list with: comic books

Movies? I watch almost all types of movies and have my favorites here and there, if you've seen it, i probably have too and could shoot off more trivia about it than you'd like.

Shows: Daily Show, Its always sunny, Colbert Report, Shameless, Law & Order SVU, Burn Notice, The League, Archer, Family Guy, Mystery Science Theater 3000, Breaking Bad, Game Of Thrones, Doctor Who. the list goes on and on. Anything on cartoon network, the history channel, discovery channel or Food Network.

Music: Most anything except twangy "i love my truck" country and "my life was so hard" rap and R&B. My ipod will confuse you. i guess i should name a few anyways: Mike Doughty, Rustic Overtones, Ted Leo & The Pharmacists, Cake, The Kooks, MC Chris, The Mad Caddies, Soul Coughing, Five Iron Frenzy, and many more! order now!..... wait. not a commercial. got it.

Favorite foods: I love all types of food with the exception of being the worst New Englander ever by not liking lobster, crab or shrimp. You cant go wrong with a good burger and a cold dark beer.

Friends
Music
Comedy
My nephew
Bacon
Sleep

-What to do with my life
-what i can do to make people laugh
-What to Wikipedia next
-How i can become Spider Man for real. It's got to be possible!
-How some people seem to pride themselves on "Not having a TV" as if they're somehow above being a normal person but then mention their love of netflix.

Also, there's got to be a way i can find my antithesis match on this site. Someone whom i rank at least 90% enemy, i would imagine we would of course hate each other, but in an awesome arch nemesis sort of way. I'm pretty sure we'd get along.

Enjoying a beer and some food with friends. Catching up on crappy TV. Trying to make an awesome meal (I occasionally mess things up pretty bad. Example: Fat Tire beer does NOT make a good marinade)

I'm an open book, and overshare far too often and will usually cross lines in an attempt to either make someone laugh or just feel hilariously uncomfortable.

-You have a good joke to tell
-you don't have a ridiculous duckface picture
-You want an awesome new friend named Blake*
- you realize everything in life is worth joking about

*You do in fact want an awesome new friend named Blake. admit it.