I'm shy most of the time. Sometimes this online crap makes it harder for me to talk to people, sometimes it makes it easier. I'm a perpetual introvert - constantly looking inward for the answers to the questions I ask myself and avoiding conflict in all my affairs. Rude and arrogant people infuriate me, for a moment, until I remind myself that they aren't worth dealing with. Conversely, I tend to be blunt which can come off as rude in itself, so take anything I say with a grain of salt. I try to give people the benefit of the doubt, but it can be difficult and I'll admit I have my own biases about gay people and our culture in general. For the most part, I don't identify myself as a typical gay man. I don't keep gay friends, though I have a few acquaintences. My reasons for this are varied; everything from the fact that the average gay man annoys me with the flamboyance to the understanding that any gay man I COULD have a strong friendship with I'd want more out of, so I guess you could say in this regard I'm an absolutist. Is absolutist even a word? I'm not sure, but if Steven Colbert and GW Bush can invent words, why can't I? Basically, with other gay guys it tends to be all or nothing with me, I guess. While I've mentioned that I'm an introvert, I'm also a social creature in that I need people to sustain myself. I lived alone for the first time last year, and while I enjoyed the privacy I loathed the loneliness. I now live with two of my best friends and their little one, and they've been an enormous source of strength as part of my family of friends. I have vowed to never live alone again, as it really did become unbearable and depression-inducing. I've recently started school again, after a number of hitches trying to get that ball rolling - I finally broke down and applied for financial aid, as my efforts to pay out of pocket proved fruitless. I'm without a car. Just felt the need to put that fact on the table. If Omaha had a decent public transportation system, this would be of no issue to me but alas, Omaha fails in this regard. In the meantime, I fill my extensive free hours with homework, Rock Band, and writing. I currently have two story projects in the works, one of which requires me to find an artist willing to work on the basis of equal credit for the work should it ever be published. I'm not holding my breath, but I've not given up. I never give up on what I want, I only take breaks to catch my breath.

Focusing on school.

Rock Band, sitting around bullshitting with people, being a good person to talk to about anything that might be troubling you.

Oh, hell if I know. You tell me.

Books: Drawing Blood, Requiem for a Dream, House of Leaves, World War Z, Stephen King's early works

Movies: Requiem for a Dream, House of Sand and Fog, The Truman Show, Big Fish, Perfume, T2, Memento

Music: 90's Rock, Alternative, Industrial

Food: Honestly, it's all the same 5 minutes after you eat

1. Super Nintendo

2. Good friends

3. Mt. Dew

4. Pen and paper

5. Leafy green smokable stuff =p

6. Sex

Everything. Mostly where my life is going and what I want to do with it. I'd love to get out of Omaha but for the time being that's simply not much of an option.

Lately, babysitting.

I sucked my thumb until I was 18 (Yeah, seriously!)

If you're genuinely interested in getting to know me. I have friends of all different character, and I enjoy getting to know people.