I am music-geekish, academic, and talkative.
My Self-Summary
I really can't believe Alicia finally talked me into putting
something up here. I will somehow get her back for this.
What I’m doing with my life
I'm currently working on a doctoral degree in music at UA. With any
luck, I should be finished with that in a couple years. After that,
I hope to be a professor of music at a university somewhere back
east. Arizona is nice and all, but I miss the color green in things
that are not a cactus.
I’m really good at
Well, music, I should hope (for obvious reasons)!
I like to think I'm good at Smash Bros, though I'm actually
probably pretty average. I've also been told I'm a good writer,
though the only things I ever get to write anymore are term papers,
it seems. I love to cook, especially Italian. I always have--at the
very least--a case of pasta sauce in my apartment.
The first things people usually notice about me
How much I talk. I talk a lot. A whole lot. Probably too much. I
will come to the end of a topic and still keep going on for another
five minutes. If it's a subject I really love, ten.
My favorite books, movies, music, and food
Books:
The Lexicon of Musical Invective, by Nicolas Slonimsky
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams
John Adams, by David McCullough
D-Day, by Stephen Ambrose
Male Colors, by Gary Leupp
Movies:
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
American Beauty
The Usual Suspects
Princess Mononoke
The Shawshank Redemption
TV Shows:
Planet Earth
Blue Planet: Seas of Life
House
The Daily Show / The Colbert Report
The Closer
Music:
Anything by...
Aaron Copland
Samuel Barber
John Coolidge Adams
Cherish the Ladies
Hitoshi Sakimoto
Video Games:
Zelda
Super Smash Bros.
Final Fantasy 4
Xenogears
Vagrant Story
Food:
Pizza
Lasagna (any kind of pasta dish, really)
Sushi (or any kind of good Japanese...or Chinese...or
Korean...or...)
Macaroni and cheese
German chocolate cake
The six things I could never do without
1. A fast computer with a good broadband connection
(1a. Music collection on said computer)
2. My video games
3. My lucky necklace
4. My sketchbook/notebooks
5. Tomato-based food products
6. My electric razor (don't laugh... >_>; )
I spend a lot of time thinking about
...way, way too much. I'm a bit of a worrywart.
Okay, a lot of one.
Anyway, suffice it to say there are always a multitude of things
running through my head at any one time.
On a typical Friday night I am
...sitting at home, relaxing and enjoying my free time. I'm not a
club/bar type person.
You should message me if
1. ...you enjoy classical music, especially modern classical
music.
2. ...you often watch Jeopardy and find yourself thinking "Wow, I
wish I had been on there tonight, I would have made a
killing."
3. ...knowing the fact that I beat Yiazmat in Final Fantasy XII
does not scare you off.
4. ...you think three-meat baked pasta with sausage, chicken, and
pepperoni, along with peppers, onions, and mushrooms sounds
delicious.
5. ...you feel like messaging me.