I am a Senior pursuing a political science degree at the University of Wisconsin-Superior and I plan to go to law school. There are many things that are wonderful in life, but the value of your closest friends and family is rarely overestimated. I like to play devil's advocate way beyond the point of useful instigation. I enjoy conversations that challenge our most passionately held and/or unacknowledged ideals. I try to resist nostalgia. When not otherwise engaged, I very much enjoy a game of tennis, chess or poker and I spend far too much time on my indispensable computer (Oliver). I have rediscovered the joy of reading books purely for pleasure. I like to cook, but most nights I settle for whatever takes 15 minutes or less (fast food excluded). I am addicted to politics. I dislike pretension, though I have rightly been accused of the same. People are strange, even taken in context.

I plan to graduate with my bachelors in political science in May, then attend law school and hopefully find a job afterward related to election law or campaign finance.

Books: Rivethead, The Rum Diary, Fear And Loathing On The Campaign Trail '72, the Big Book, Hells Angels, The Fountainhead, Atlas Shrugged, Into The Wild, A Place Called Freedom, Rodeo in Joliet, Dry, Savage Inequalities, 1984, Get Me Out of Here, A Million Little Pieces, My Friend Leonard, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, Out Of This Furnace, The Lynchings In Duluth, Jane Eyre, When Heaven and Earth Changed Places and the Communist Manifesto.

Movies: Sleepers, Juno, Gummo, Magnolia, Blow, Kids, Happiness, Amelie, Little Miss Sunshine, Million Dollar Baby, Almost Famous, In The Loop, Into The Wild, Babel, Pulp Fiction, The Big One, Sicko, Bowling For Columbine, Traffic, Pi, Full Metal Jacket, Tigerland, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, A Clockwork Orange, Apocalypse Now, Ciudade De Deus, The Godfather, Sling Blade, The Virgin Suicides, Fargo, Shattered Glass, Chocolat, Murder In The First, The Rainmaker, Erin Brokovich, A Civil Action, Slapshot, Searching For Bobby Fischer, Hackers, Searching For Private Ryan and Pink Flamingos.

Music: Favorites are Sufjan Stevens, Bright Eyes, Bon Iver, Sigur Ros, MGMT, Damien Rice, The Decemberists, Atmosphere, Canada, Cloud Cult, Eels, Ben Harper, Elliot Smith, Imogen Heap, Cold War Kids, Wilco, DJ Shadow, MSTRKRFT, Tapes 'n Tapes, Elliot Smith, Dar Williams, Operation Ivy, Neutral Milk Hotel, Gorillaz, Andrew Bird, Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Rancid, New Order, Saturday Looks Good to Me, the Prodigy, Orbital, Daft Punk, Boards of Canada, the Postal Service, the Flaming Lips, Justice, M83, Propaghandi, Simian Mobile Disco, Tapes 'n Tapes, the Smashing Pumpkins, Regina Spektor, Ferry Corsten, Armin Van Burren, ATB, Orbital, Jerree Small, Crew Jones (circa 2004), Low and of course, Radiohead.

Food: Indian, any type of Asian cuisine aside from Japanese, Italian and Mexican.

My family, friends, computer, books, Nalgene bottle and music.

The future and politics.

is I am bi, vegan and completely incapable of singing on pitch.

you want to. Otherwise, it would be a bit silly.