I'm a theatre person. I wax philosophical a lot. I am easy going. I try to live without expectations and just accept what happens as it happens appreciating the good and learning from the bad. I don't accept labels at face value. I try to avoid worrying about where I fit in or how to categorize myself. I feel better when I have accomplished something, but I don't mind having occasional days where I do absolutely nothing. I don't mind being happy. I don't mind being sad. I don't mind being in the middle. As a matter of fact I can enjoy any of the three.

I'm definitely a dork. I like role playing games. I play Kingdom of Loathing (www.kingdomofloathing.com) and Magic: the Gathering. I do not let these things consume my entire life though, which is better than most of my fellow dorks. I work in theatre. It dominates my schedule anytime we get close to an opening or closing, but I'm doing something I love and getting paid for it, so I deal. Other interests include science fiction (dork/geek), writing, and playing the devil's advocate.

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Up until recently, working for Stages St. Louis, a pleasant little theatre company. They do good stuff, and it's a pretty nice place to work.

I just got a new apartment, so that's exciting.

I've taken up rock climbing recently. I'm not good at it, but I like it.

Well, I like to think I'm a good writer. I have about 20 different things that I have started writing and probably will never finish. I tend to start in the middles and then work inside to out. I have written a ten minute play, and a few short stories and an awful lot of awful poetry.

I'm pretty good with all things theatre including acting, lighting design, building sets, costumes, props, dramaturgy, making posters, organizing people with differing artistic visions, and what-not. I have a wonderful over-arcing knowledge of the whole thing, but little expertise in any area. I have found that I do excel as a grunt electrician (I can hang, focus, climb, and cable like nobody's business), and I have really come into my own as a carpenter over the two years, despite a recent table saw injury.

I am, above all else, a teacher, and a very good one at that. Theatre is fun for me, and I'm enjoying working in that profession, but teaching is my calling. Every once in a while, I'll catch myself doling out information as though I were standing in front of a class full of uninterested teenagers. I then snap out of it and realize that I'm talking to my uninterested friends. But come on: who doesn't want to know how standardizing the railroad tracks impacted the United States in the mid 1800's?

I'm quiet around new people. That's just how it is. I grew up in a big family filled with people who are great at talking. I became an excellent listener and observer. I also developed the theory that most people who are disliked just are no good at identifying when to speak and when to stay silent. I favor silence at the beginning. When I'm actually talking, I tend to joke a lot, so my body language generally means as much if not more than my actual vocalizations.

A. The Tao of Pooh, The Vampire Chronicles, My Side Of The Mountain, Exterminate All The Brutes, Harry Potter, anything by David Ives, Among The Thugs, Neil Gamen

B. Blues Brothers, Throw Momma From The Train, The Dark Night, Closer, Raising Arizona, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Star Wars, City Slickers, High Fidelity (I love making top 10 or top 5 lists). I learned everything I know about romance from John Cusack and Billy Crystal

C. Blues, Jazz, Pop, Country, Rock. I don't really have any favorites here. I don't listen to a lot of music. I blame this on the fact that the radio in the car and in the house was always on talk radio. I listen to a lot of WGN and NPR.

D. Pizza, Beef, Beer, Whiskey, Hot Dogs, Ketchup

E. Television: Scrubs, Heroes, Lost, Newsradio, The Office

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My Computer, a fair amount of hope for something better, my family, orange juice, television, and my multi-tool.

Monkeys. If they had no thumbs, could they still throw their poop at each other? And if they could not, imagine the social ramifications to their class structure. (I'm not even joking about this one. I think it would have a major sociological impact on any group of primates.)

How would you explain sight to someone who had never experienced it or heard of it? They have no idea what light is or color or anything of that nature.

Why in the hell do the confetti cannons work? I mean, the physics of it are mind-boggling.

Why an arch?

What's next?

I normally hang out with people from work a lot. We all get along and seem to enjoy each others' company. Sometimes we go to a bar, sometimes the pool, usually it's just some drinks and a movie or game or nerf guns at someone's apartment.

The majority of the things that I say are direct quotations from Scrubs, The Simpsons, Family Guy, Saturday Night Live & SNL inspired movies, Billy Crystal, John Cusack, David Ives, Neil Gamen, and various stand-up comedians.

If at any point in reading this profile you imagined a bell being rung in a David Ives play.
(DING)
If your awesome.
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If you're awesome.
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If you think I'm awesome.
(DING)
If you want to.
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If you want to get to know an interesting and laid back person with a flair for parody and allusion.

(This section is meant to parody Davd Ives' play "Sure Thing." If you've never seen or read it, you absolutely should.)