I'm a story teller. I don't mean I'm Homer, who's stories became the greatest epics of all time, and I don't mean Morgan Freeman, who's manly voice makes you want to listen to 2 hours of penguins marching. Although, I would like to think that about myself. My stories are usually about my travels. I was lucky enough to spend 4 months in Rome studying abroad back in 2010. It was a life changing experience and now, two years later, I still can't stop talking about all the things we did.

If I were to sum up myself before that trip I would have had no problems writing the same stuff everyone else has written in this section. Now, I have to think about it a bit more. I guess my stories sort of define me. Some of them are funny. Some of them are just one of a kind. So I guess funny (hopefully) and one of a kind is what I am (definitely, for better or worse).

So if you like telling stories, want to hear some of mine, or want to make some new ones I'm your man.

I graduated last May from Iowa State. I am sort of using my architecture degree at my new job that I just started back in October. Basically, I manage construction projects for a real estate company. It has me traveling a lot right now which is cool for me since I like going to new places.

I'm also trying to stay in the creative realm a little bit with my photography. I'm looking for a place to print my photos so I can start selling them at events like First Friday (if you don't know what that is because you are new to Denver, we will have to change that).

I can cook, but not bake. I'm also good at photography, graphic design and anything creative that I put my mind to. People tell me I am a great writer, but I have yet to find a topic that I want the world to read about. There are other things, but you have to buy me a drink first... But not too many drinks if there is karaoke nearby because I can sing too and that is never a good thing to do on a first date, right?

My deep baby blues. Or my comedic, sometimes sarcastic, but never disingenuous manner.

Favorite book would have to be Brave New World by Aldus Huxley or Slaughterhouse 5 by Kurt Vonnegut (I like satires).

Favorite movie... The Jerk with Steve Martin or Snatch

Favorite show... the IT Crowd. If you don't know this one we will have to change that.

Favorite music... Red Hot Chili Peppers, Audioslave, The Heavy, Crash Kings, just about anything that isn't on MTV today.

Favorite food is a difficult one. I like so many different things that I have tried while traveling. I guess I would have to go with my childhood favorite, lasagna.

My camera, my music, laughter, travel, friends and adventure.

My sister and brother.
Where I want to go next.
Stupid jokes that only I will get and then chuckle to myself making people around me stare... and yes, chuckle is the best way to define my laugh.

I'll be with friends coming up with some hair-brained scheme to have some fun and maybe get in a little (but not too much) trouble.

When I was a kid I thought my parents were full of shit particularly when it came to words that I had learned from them. I thought the version of English they used sounded too weird to be real. A specific word that I used to support this theory was "corn." It was too stupid sounding to be a real word, I thought, so I refused to use it until I heard someone else say it.

You want to have fun, do something different, and want to get creative.