Update: Ok, I don't live in a small town anymore. I live in the city, near UIC, where I'm studying History. I'll rewrite things when I figure out something that I like the sound of.

Hello. I live in a dreadful little place about 40 miles west of Chicago. My current job is to get people drunk and then clean up the mess they make afterwards. I like photography, politics, macro economics, history, collecting music and writing.

Not much. I just got back from a two month ramble in Europe. It was incredible. Unfortunetly, I am once again back in my little town and am forced to coexist with an endless parade of suburban yokels (woe is me).

Writing, intelligent conversation, Academic Research,

Since its gotten long, my hair. People often like my eyes though.

(a)Books/authors: All Neil Gaiman, Alan Moore, 1984, We, The hitchiker's guide series, No Logo, Noam Chomsky, Hunter S. Thompson, The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, High Fidelity, Schrodinger's Cat Trilogy, Welcome to the Monkey House, Nickel and Dimed, The Collected poems of E.A. Robinson, The Writings of H.L. Mencken, Clockwork Orange, The Flowers of Evil, Grant Morrison, Geoff Johns, Iain M. Banks, Catullus, John Hodgeman, The Trial, George Orwell, World War Z, HG Wells, Various non-fiction history book especially in the areas of Early Modern Europe(my official specialization) and Ancient Rome

(b)Movies: Full Metal Jacket, Clockwork Orange, The Big Lebowski, Stop Making Sense, The Prestige, The Dark Knight, Children of Men, Muholland Drive, RAN, Seven Samurai, The Killing, Reservoir Dogs, Royal Tenenbaums, Rushmore, The Fountain, Blade Runner, Kung Fu Hustle, Lady and the Tramp, Dark City, Glengarry Glenross, Wet Hot American Summer, The Dark Knight, Brazil

(c) Music is essential to life. I enjoy: Elvis Costello, Sleater-Kinney, Mouse On Mars, Beatles, Kinks, Public Enemy, The Secret Machines, Mission of Burma, Belle & Sebastian, Godspeed You Black Emperor!, The Velvet Underground, Elliot Smith, Ben Folds (five), Gram Parsons, The Mekons, David Bowie, Flaming Lips, Patty Griffen, Talking Heads, Nick Drake, Afrika Bambatta, The Old 97's, Tori Amos, King Crimson, Television, Richard Hell, PJ Harvey, The Clash

(d) Television: Battlestar Galactica, Futurama, Simpsons, Top Gear, Doctor Who, The Prisoner Star Trek TOS & DS9, Venture Bros, Arrested Development, 30 Rock, The Office (both versions), Firefly, Burn Notice, Frontline, Daily Show and Colbert Report, Sarah Silverman program, Stella, and I love NPR. Especially This American Life

Music, Literature, Food, Air, reasonable people, Love Love Love

Travel Early Modern European History Too many things.

Figuring out how to make my student budget compatible with a night out.

My favorite color is green

Any reason will do.