My name is Jamie. I'm currently working on my PhD in Literature and I teach English classes at a local university. I just recently moved to the area to pursue my academic business. I'm really just starting to get used to the idea of being a grown up. It's weird, but exciting. I travel as much as possible. Road trips, Europe, or anywhere else that I can experience awesome new things. I'm into existential issues and I overuse sarcasm.

p.s. - I'm a sucker for a boy with arm tattoos.

I go to school full time and teach. I'm a busy bee.

Taking/planning rad vacation adventures. Keeping my obsession with vampire trash under wraps (oops!). Decorating Christmas trees. Procrastinating. Rocking oversized sunglasses. Teaching literature. Being awesome in general.

Probably the tattoos. Eyes.

Walt Whitman. Hemingway. Vonnegut. Sherman Alexie.

Old school horror movies. Rushmore. Lost in Translation. Mulholland Drive. Office Space. The Graduate.

Arrested Development. The Office. Dexter. TrueBlood. Eastbound and Down. The Walking Dead. Flight of the Conchords.

Elvis Presley. Cursive. Neutral Milk Hotel. Social Distortion. Arcade Fire. Mike Doughty. Matt & Kim. Pinback. Smashing Pumpkins.

The only meat I eat is chicken. I could eat mexican food every day for the rest of my life. Guacamole = heaven.

1. family
2. friends
3. adventure
4. literature
5. my car
6. my phone

Writing papers. Literature. Teaching. My brain is pretty academically prone these days.

Drinking with my girls. Grading endless quantities of mediocre freshman essays. Doing homework. Exploring a new place.

I love Elvis so much I got his face tattooed on my body. It's probably the best tattoo you'll ever see in your life. Seriously. I can't even go to the grocery store anymore without getting swarmed by old people.