I am laid-back, sarcastic, and up for happy hour.
My Self-Summary
I think I'm pretty easy going in general. I'm happy that I've been
in Philly long enough that I'm known by name at some of the places
I go to regularly, but not so long that I can't go somewhere where
no one knows me.
What I’m doing with my life
I'm attempting to finish up my PhD in bioengineering. It's taken
longer than I had anticipated, but it's not such a bad thing to be
doing.
I’m really good at
cooking, since
it's something I've been working at for the past few years. Once I
decide that I want to make something, I tend to experiment and make
it over and over while changing it a little to see if I can make it
better. I guess that's a side effect of having been in science for
so long. I recently bought a small deep fryer to help with this
since I often look at various food items and ask myself, "What that
would taste like if I wrapped it in bacon and/or deep fried it?"
Turns out the the answer is "fucking awesome."
The first things people usually notice about me
That I look like, or least remind them of, someone they know
My favorite books, movies, music, and food
Music: Los Campesinos!, Weezer, Social Distortion, Billy Talent,
Rise Against, Nirvana, Rage Against the Machine, Franz Ferdinand,
The Fratellies, Hot Hot Heat, Honorary Title, Ok Go, Pixies,
Rancid, The White Stripes, The Killers, The Raconteurs, We Are
Scientists, and plenty of others that I am currently
forgetting
Movies: Fight Club, Office Space, The Big Lebowski, Lock Stock and
Two Smoking Barrels, Spaceballs, The Usual Suspects, Boondock
Saints, American Psycho, Rounders, Star Wars
Authors: Chuck Palahniuk, Douglas Coupland, Chuck Klosterman, Kurt
Vonnegut, Ernest Hemmingway, Neal Stephenson, Douglas Adams, Jack
Kerouac, William Burroughs, William Vollman, Neil Gaiman, Augusten
Burroughs, William Gibson, Bret Easton Ellis.
Food: All of it. Except birthday cake, which I've never liked.
The six things I could never do without
my group of friends
1/2 price can night
iPod
my fat black cat Timmy (pronounced ala South Park)
good drinks (
microbrews,
bourbon, spicy bloody marys, etc)
a sharp chef's knife
I spend a lot of time thinking about
brains, but not in a zombie-like way, more of a "that's what I
study all day" way.
On a typical Friday night I am
meeting up with friends at a local bar so we can decompress from
the week, engage in pointless but good-natured barguements and
spend too much on the jukebox.
The most private thing I’m willing to admit here
I have strong nerd tendencies. I actually met the guy who plays
C-3P0 because I was at a restaurant with my friends having a
detailed conversation about
Star Wars (I know, right?) and he
overheard us and enjoyed our conversation enough to come over and
introduce himself to us... and yes we made him do the voice.
You should message me if
you like exploring
Philly in search of good drinks, good
food, and of course good times. And also, you don't give up on a
night just because the weather is less than ideal.