I'm small town at heart, born and raised in north central Indiana. I grew up loving peaceful countrysides and still do.

I went to IU Bloomington and graduated with a BS in Computer Science. Now I work at an IT start up in Carmel, IN, while living just a short drive north of that in Westfield.

I'm generally a happy and stable person. I keep a positive outlook regardless of what life throws at me.

I'm continuing to learn each day in my career, so I think I'll keep doing it as long as they will let me. Outside of that, I try to balance all of the things I want to do with sleep.

I'm a decent bowler. To an untrained eye, I could be mistaken for a professional. I bowl competitively in the area. I'm good at puzzles and anything involving strategy. I'm always looking for more people to play some Dominion or something similar.

Limbs. I have four of them. You know two arms, two legs. I'm pretty sure that gets their attention. It's pretty awesome.

I could write for days about these topics, but I'll try to keep it to short lists:

Books: Lord of the Rings, Sword of Truth, Grapes of Wrath
Movies: American Beauty, Good Will Hunting
Shows: Daily Show, Walking Dead, Community, Archer
Music: Rock, Classic Rock, Symphonic Metal, Alternative
Food: Bub's Burgers, Big Hoffa's BBQ, Zacky's Hot Dogs, St. Elmo's (I may love beef, it's hard to tell here)

Dogs
Cheeseburgers
A car
Personal space
My toothbrush
Hot baths

After writing that out, I now realize it looks like an exercise in free association.

The next music album I'll buy. I'm a bit of a collector in that aspect.

I'm going to just treat this as what it is supposed to be. I'll write about things I like doing as opposed to isolating Friday night.

Board games with friends. We play games that are, for lack of a better word, indie. They're much more fun than your typical Monopoly, Clue, and Sorry.

Bowling. As stated earlier, I'm pretty darn competitive about it. I spend a fair amount of time practicing and competing.

Racquetball. I used to play regularly with a friend from work, but he tore his ACL so that is on hold. I'm really quite bad, but I like playing anyways.

Walking the dogs.

Movies/TV Shows. I enjoy consuming media, especially if I can watch an entire series in a few sittings.

Sitting on the back patio with the dogs. I especially like to do this after I've done something tiring, such as mowing the lawn.

I was mauled by a Cocker Spaniel once. True story. There were many stitches.

If you have ever heard of Settlers of Catan, Dominion, Smallworld, or Ticket to Ride, then by all means. Or if you haven't but are curious.

Or, hey, if you just want to learn to bowl, I'm open to giving lessons.