Issuing supreme power to you...one moment.

My self-summary Propose an edit

Last update: August 25th

I'm a goofy New Englander who likes intelligent thought, beer, and persons. I thrive on conversation and laughter, even if it means I'm the one doing most of both. I flit between science and psychology, which is a conundrum seeing as how I have a degree in physics and a greater talent for the latter. But really, I'm just trying to find my way in life while enjoying as much of it as I can. I also try to be as honest as I can; it's something I really have a hard time with in other people so I figure I should live up to my own standards.

I love board games like Risk and Settlers of Catan - things with strategy that you can still play after a few beers. I also love pen-and-paper roleplaying games of all kinds, though I admit I haven't gotten to play much in the past year. Going out to eat is a favorite pastime of mine. I'm also fond of road trips, and I curse the current gas prices for spoiling my fun.

What I'm doing with my life Propose an edit

What am I doing with my life? I'm living it. I work at Texas A&M at the particle accelerator, the latest in a line of technical but varied careers. Hopefully I'll be making the move to grad school in the next year or two.

As for the non-work side of things, I'm: slowly learning French and Russian, VERY slowly learning to play guitar, writing a book, fleshing out a Dungeons & Dragons campaign world, trying to get better at cooking, going to the gym, and generally not getting enough sleep.

I'm really good at Propose an edit

Laughing, listening, giving advice, and making inappropriate comments are my main skills. I also write fairly well, and my cooking isn't bad, either. I probably have other skills as well.

The first thing(s) people usually notice about me Propose an edit

My laugh and possibly my hat, should I choose to wear one. I'm a bit loud, and I can be very talkative when I'm comfortable with my situation (and feel the need to fill the empty space with vibration). I also have the habit of not sitting down, or sitting down on the floor as opposed to in a chair. "No, I'm fine thanks. No, I don't have a good reason."

My favorite books, movies, music, and food Propose an edit

WAY too much stuff can be shoved into this section, so this will be horribly abbreviated.

Books: Norwegian Wood (and most other Murakami pieces), The Fountainhead, Brave New World, Illusions, Ender's Game. I very rarely dislike something I read and am open to suggestions. I'm currently working on Atlas Shrugged, a collection of Lovecraft stories, and Frida.

Movies: The Princess Bride, Love Actually, all things Monty Python, Starship Troopers, V for Vendetta, Mel Brooks' History of the World part 1 (and just about everything else Mel Brooks has done), Eat Drink Man Woman, Shrek, What Dreams May Come, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Serenity, The Dark Knight, Juno. I just like movies in general, although horror movies - the ones that are gruesome and disgusting just for the sake of being gruesome and disgusting - are not appealing to me.

TV Shows: CSI, Carnivale, Bones, Coupling, Battlestar Galactica, Star Trek: TNG, Stargate: SG-1, Heroes, Scrubs, Firefly.

Music: The Decemberists, The Good Life, Simon & Garfunkel, Eve 6, Harvey Danger, Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Meatloaf, Deathcab For Cutie, Panic! at the Disco, Dragonforce, Ra, Velvet Revolver, Queensryche. I'll put up with anything that's not rap basically, especially if it's good driving music.

Food: Sushi, Pizza, Lobster, Chinese, gyros, seafood and clam chowder. I really love food and am not ashamed to call myself a glutton.

The six things I could never do without Propose an edit

1. The love of good friends. I'd say family as well, but I think real friends mean a lot more than someone who claims to love you because gee golly you're my cousin and aren't family members supposed to love each other for some reason even though we can't stand each other? Hmmm...I think I just said something about my family.

2. My mind. 3. People in general, without which I would be lacking an infinite source of inspiration and entertainment. 4. My computer. 5. Books. 6. Sex.

I spend a lot of time thinking about Propose an edit

... how our political system got filled with crooks and scoundrels ... where terrorism came from ... how we manage to play with numbers and symbols and then claim we can know how the universe was right after the big bang ... how I can be so annoyed by someone yet have a good friend tell me how wonderful that same person is ... how relationships between very compatible, very similar people fall apart with ease yet total opposites can't tear themselves away from each other even when they want to ... why I got a physics degree instead of a psychology or english or engineering degree ... why Texas weather is so bizarre ... whether the mechanism for brain function is quantum mechanical or simply beyond the scope of science ... why I'm so convinced getting a phd is so difficult despite how many idiotic grad students I've met ... why chemistry is so much more lucrative than physics despite the fact that chemistry is entirely physics ... what energy really is ...

On a typical Friday night I am Propose an edit

My atypical work schedule means the idea of a "Friday night" happens on varying days of the week. On days when I'm not working, I like to spend time playing board games or watching TV/movies with friends over good food and a beer or rum and coke. But when friends are not easily accessible I fall back on reading, writing, and video games (World of Warcraft, Mariokart Wii, and soon Warhammer Online).

The most private thing I'm willing to admit here Propose an edit

I'm convinced I have a minor form of OCD that forces me to buy TV shows on DVD so I don't have to wait until the next week to find out what happens next. I also have a fetish for Russian culture and accents; I'm still not sure why.

You should message me if Propose an edit

...if you'd like to get a drink, get some food, watch a movie, play a board game, or start an rpg. I also prefer meeting in person after talking once or twice online, just because people are far more interesting when body language and inflection come into play.

Tests He's Taken View all