My name's John, and I can't really define myself by typing into this box. But I'll do my best.

I'm a political science major at UMKC. I am very much into politics. Having said that, I'm not really into crazed, news-infatuated politics. I'm more into things like political philosophy. Other than that, I enjoy being with my friends, the summer, reading, writing, and the occasional video game.

I also really appreciate intellectualism and good music taste.

Going to school. And I'm on the UMKC debate squad.

being opinionated and winning arguments.

Music:

http://www.last.fm/user/john_beatty

Aesop Rock, Andrew Bird, Animal Collective, Arcade Fire, Azure Ray, Band of Horses, The Beatles, Beirut, Ben Folds, Ben Harper, The Berg Sans Nipple, Bloc Party, The Blow, Bob Marley, Bob Dylan, Brand New, The Bravery, Bright Eyes, Broken Social Scene, Broken Spindles, Built To Spill, Cake, Camera Obscura, Capgun Coup, The Chemical Brothers, CocoRosie, Cold War Kids, Counting Crows, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Criteria, Cursive, Daft Punk, Damien Rice, The Dandy Warhols, Dashboard Confessional, Death Cab for Cutie, The Decemberists, Depeche Mode, Desaparecidos, Dntel, Dusty Rhodes and the River Band, Elliott Smith, Eric Bachmann, The Faint, Feist, Fever Ray, Figurine, Fischerspooner, The Flaming Lips, Fugazi, Georgie James, The Get Up Kids, The Good Life, Grizzly Bear, Iron & Wine, J Dilla, Jack Johnson, Jack's Mannequin, Jay-Z, Jenny Lewis, Jimmy Eat World, John Lennon, Josh Ritter, The Knife, Ladyfinger, Ladytron, Land of Talk, LCD Soundsystem, Le Tigre, Madlib, Maria Taylor, The Mars Volta, Matisyahu, Mayday, McCarthy Trenching, Menomena, MF Doom, MGMT, Minus the Bear, Modest Mouse, Morrissey, Motion City Soundtrack, Muse, The National, Neil Young, Neko Case, Neutral Milk Hotel, Neva Dinova, The New Pornographers, The Night Friends, Now It's Overhead, Oakley Hall, Oasis, Of Montreal, Orenda Fink, Paper Mache, Pedro The Lion, Phish, Phoenix, Pink Floyd, Pixies, Placebo, PlayRadioPlay!, The Postal Service, Radiohead, Rage Against the Machine, Ratatat, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rilo Kiley, Ryan Adams (and the Cardinals), Saves the Day, Services, She & Him, The Shins, Sigur Ros, Silversun Pickups, The Smiths, Something Corporate, Son Ambulance, Spoon, Styx, Sublime, Sufjan Stevens, Sunny Day Real Estate, Syd Matters, Talking Heads, Tegan And Sara, Tenacious D, The Terminals, The Thermals, They Might Be Giants, Third Eye Blind, Tilly and the Wall, The Ting Tings, Tokyo Police Club, Tom Petty, Two Gallants, The White Stripes, The Who, Wilco, Willie Nelson, Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Movies: Too many to list, but I especially enjoy everything by Wes Anderson, Darren Aronofsky, Danny Boyle, Quentin Tarantino, and Richard Linklater.