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I graduated from NC State with Chemical Engineering and English degrees, and now I'm in law school at Chapel Hill. I have now worked for a law firm. Can't decide if this is good or bad.

I'm a music lover--primarily indie rock and rap, since it's federally mandated that skinny white guys must like indie rock and rap. I'm growing to appreciate the local music scene more these days although it seems like the Triangle music scene consists of like 10 bands, tops. Also kind of a foodie, despite being a terrible cook. I wrote a solid 10-page memoir piece about this for a class once.

I usually have a fascination with a particular celebrity that rotates pretty regularly. It's currently Ron Bennington of the Ron and Fez show on Sirius XM.

I got really into politics in like December of 07 and I try to stay involved with it. I get the NPR Planet Money podcast--does that count? Also next year I'm taking a class entitled Global Financial Markets (AKA ANCIENT HISTORY AM I RIGHT)

My favorite Jelly Belly flavor is the sour purple kind but caramel apple is closing the gap. My favorite milk is whole. My favorite monthly Raleigh event is First Friday. I still don't really know any Chapel Hill events outside the law school, which is profoundly depressing. My favorite type of bowling is Wii Bowling. My favorite dead language is Sanskrit. My favorite non-dead language is Swedish Chef. My favorite podcast is Car Talk. My favorite version of The Office is the British one.

If I had a band I guess I would call it "If Mandy Patinkin Were A Band" and if you get this reference let me know so I can shower you with trinkets and rupees.

I already pretty much covered this in the self-summary.

I used to have a radio show on KNC but I'm not at State anymore so now I don't. I gotta be a grownup in the mornings now I guess. But not really.

I guess it depends on what you consider "really good," but I think I'm at least above average at writing and making people laugh, cliche as it sounds. I used to do improv with a pretty solid group at Dirty South Improv in Chapel Hill before our coach left to go to grad school.

I'm also qualified to design bioethanol plants and then write flowery poems about the wonders they do for the environment. I also won a mock trial award so I guess I'm ok at doing that and writing briefs too?

No clue. Maybe my Will Smith ears. There's an old wives' tale that big ears are a sign of intellect, hope they're right!

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• pennylane618

BOOKS: Everything that Haruki Murakami, David Sedaris, or Chuck Klosterman have ever written; most anything Stephen King wrote before he got hit by that minivan, particularly the first four books of the Dark Tower series; Love Is a Mix Tape by Rob Sheffield; The Areas of my Expertise by John Hodgman; The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen; The Demon-Haunted World by Carl Sagan

MOVIES: Stop Making Sense, Inglourious Basterds, The Last Boy Scout, No Country for Old Men, There Will Be Blood, Big Fish, Total Recall, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Synecdoche New York, Final Destination 2, and anything by Troma studios

MUSIC: Talking Heads, Modest Mouse, The Mountain Goats, Silversun Pickups, YACHT, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, The Old Ceremony, David Axelrod, The Wrens, Wu-Tang Clan, Jens Lekman, The Avalanches, Andre Nickatina, Man Man, Jon Brion, etc etc etc etc

FOOD: Thai food is basically the best. I love most all food except for seafood and certain vegetables, though.

The internets hehe hoho
CRUNCHY BASSLINES
Friends and family
Gourmet food items from time to time
Clothes what fit me properly
An education

The future, and how I'm gonna make a net gain to society.

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• pennylane618

Like an electron, you can either know my position or my velocity BUT NOT BOTH SIMULTANEOUSLY

I have no shame, ask me anything

This is only tangentially related, but how does anybody lose on that Moment of Truth show on Fox? The one where they hook somebody to a lie detector and ask embarrassing questions that could the contestants get people fired or something. But come on, if they ask you like "Have you ever shot a hobo" and you're all "UHH UHH OKAY STOP I GOTTA STOP RIGHT NOW STOP THE GAME" we're all gonna know you shot a hobo and now you aren't even gonna get any money for it.

EDITED AS OF 9/17/09: The show Moment of Truth has been canceled. I guess everyone figured this out.

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• pennylane618

YOU LIKE PINA COLADAS AND GETTING CAUGHT IN THE RAIN