What do you say on these things?? So, I would descibe myself as loyal, ambitious, honest, and hard-working (among other things). I'm kind of a hopeless romantic in the sense that I do believe in the basic goodness of people, and that God has a plan for me to find the woman of my dreams. I tend to be optimistic by nature, always trying to find the good in every situation (sometimes that can be REALLY hard!). I definitely believe that those to whom much is given, much is expected and am constantly trying to live the best life I can with the talents I've got.

So, at the moment, I'm finishing up graduate school, enjoying the high life of being a salaried student. I'm on active duty and here in DC on a fellowship, so when I finish my time at Georgetown, I'll head to the Pentagon for a two year assignment. In the meantime, I'm learning as much as I can and enjoying my time in and around our nation's capital.

I'm always terrible at bragging about myself...I'm good at just answering a lot of general knowledge stuff (seriously, you want me on your trivial pursuit team!), football, I've been known to entertain with my moderate acting from time to time (usually alcohol induced), and making stuff from scratch. I tend to be pretty creative, so my best stuff tends to get done when I'm just kind of thinking and letting the stream of consciouness flow. I'm a solid organizer, planner, and leader and tend to be pretty good at remembering details. Some people enjoy my cooking, as well!

Hard to say from the outside, but I would bet it's that I tend to be pretty quiet while I'm taking new situations in. Once people get to know me, I've been told I'm pretty insightful while being very down to earth.

That's a lot of categories, so we'll go top five-
Books: too hard; love reading and not willing to devote the time it would take to make a top five of all time list
Movies (not in order): Big Lebowski; Saving Private Ryan; Inception; Hangover; and my sleeper which you'll only get if we meet
Shows: Office; SportsCenter (kind of counts); West Wing; Tudors; 30 Rock
Music: All kinds-seriously...I know a LOT of people of say this, but I actually mean it-totally depends on my mood though
Food: the basics...Steakhouse fare; Italian; Chinese; Sushi; and Middle Eastern (some back story to this)

iPhone; Metro SmartPass; Iced Tea; Coffee; Love (I know that's sappy, but it's true); my faith

Yikes...this could be a dangerous question! Seriously, though, lately I've spent a lot of time thinking about what the right next step is for me...hard to see at three years out. I really want to make a meaningful and positive impact in peoples' lives...I spend a lot of time thinking about how best to tackle that one as well.

Lately, studying =(...During Summer semester, we had class/exams on Saturday. Typically, now that regular term has started back up, I'll be out with friends.

Ha ha...well, after over 3 years spent in Iraq, and some pretty harrowing situations, my hair is starting to grey early. I refuse to color it, because I think it's a bit ridiculous for guys to do that. I don't know if that's really that personal, but it's true.

You're at all iterested in anything I've written here, or you just want to get together sometime. I just moved to DC in June, so even if things don't work, new friends are always nice!