I'm a pretty nice fellow. I haven't been arrested for anything. I have a job and a car and some good wine and cheese. My spam filters don't work too well. :(

By the way, I wanted the name "lux" and it was taken. So I added an "x" and it was still taken. Eventually I added enough x's and now my name looks like some sort of dirty thing. It isn't. But who wants to be lux1 or lux53 or whatever? Not that I'm the Highlander and there can be only one, but... you know...

Information security work for a financial firm. It's interesting, sometimes annoying, usually lucrative. Sometimes it is like being an adult babysitter. I just finished a masters degree in management. I don't really feel smarter.

I am getting back into photography, which has nothing to do with my day job and for the most part I don't like to do it for money. I tend to like to photograph cool stuff like roller derby and parties at parks and other fun things. Sometimes I like to shoot nature, buildings, etc. Weddings are way too stressful so I avoid shooting those. Someday I want to get into a gallery show, just to say I did it.

I thought about going to culinary school. I'm not sure why. I like cooking but it doesn't always turn out right. It's usually edible and often tasty but still, it'd be nice to know what I am doing once in a while.

The attempted motorcycle thing was an abject failure. Unfortunately, it appears that me and clutch levers are not a match. If clutch levers were on Okcupid, I would have a 100% enemy rating with them. If I need to make up some guy points I will smash a beer can on my head or something.

forgetting to ride my bike, the occasional video game, taking lots of pictures of roller derby bouts, etc. Perhaps I need more skills. But I was never really totally into Napoleon Dynamite so maybe he's wrong too. I like target shooting but I kind of stink at it (and I only shoot at paper). Sometimes I'm good at making other people laugh. Other times I bomb completely. With jokes, not real bombs. That would be nuts! Apparently I'm good at buying drinks. I can often fix Macs by laying hands on them, except my own which acts funny sometimes all on its own. I think it's because I dropped it. Some people say I'm a decent photographer but my lack of formal technique thrills and terrifies me.

When I have a real house instead of a crappy condo I am going to start drumming again. Really. I mean it this time.

also: randomly voting people 5 stars just because. Everyone should get voted 5 stars at least once, unless they really suck.

Depends on the occasion. Sometimes it's a camera flash. A few people say I look annoyed, which is possible. I'm usually not, assuming that this noticing is being noticed outside the office. I just sorta look that way sometimes I suppose.

Neuromancer, Snow Crash, Cryptonomicon, pretty much anything by William Gibson or Neal Stephenson for that matter. Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy and its sequels. Oddly that also goes for the movie. Also Star Wars, a lot of the new comic book type movies, A Scanner Darkly, A Clockwork Orange, a bunch of other stuff, but not so much Star Trek.

food? sushi, Imo's, spicy stuff. I like veggies but they are hard to keep around the house. I still try to get a lot of them though. I really like almost anything except for hardcore fast food and big chain restaurants. However, I haven't found anything at most vietnamese or indian places that I like. Not writing it off totally.. just not seriously thrilled about it.

music? all over the map. like a lot of blues, jazz, hair metal, IDM/darkwave stuff, etc. My bands are cooler than yours. I don't really care too much for new country music and opera bugs me unless it's live. Mostly depends on my mood. I am trying to get a bit more into what's going on in STL live-music-wise, so suggestions are welcome. late breaking edit: lately, rockabilly and "gothic americana" stuff like Strawfoot and the Monads are catching a lot of my ear. But I haven't invested in a hot rod just yet.

1) my Macbook Pro and its corresponding iPhone
2) ??
3) profit!

The underpants gnomes took the rest. Sorry. They muttered something about a digital SLR camera though. It isn't permanently affixed to my shoulder yet but I am concerned for the future.

(I realize that #1 is actually two items but they had to be combined for purposes of Underpants Gnomes reference.)

why I can't seem to decorate my house, why it seems I'm so busy when I'm really not, why I keep losing socks, why I've suddenly developed a shortage of summer attire, etc.

Lofty things, I know. I guess I'm not saving the world today.

Out doing random stuff. I had to set up a damn twitter feed because people kept yelling at me for not including them. They never show up though. I have been in the city or close to it every weekend for the last few months, so please don't write me off because I live in the sticks. I am looking at houses in the south city / grove / clifton heights / maplehood / richmond heights area. And besides, O'Fallon isn't THAT far out, it's five minutes past Chesterfield!

on saturdays, during the season, one or two times a month, I go watch the roller derby girls push each other around. not to be a shill for them, but that season pass is the cheapest entertainment out there. seriously.

I was a drumline captain in a high school marching band. I used to be able to set car alarms off with my field snare. That, and I could yell really loud. I found out that I still can, the other night when a delicately-voiced friend was trying to say something to a crowd of people and urgently needed their attention. I don't yell too often though.

You're bored. You know whether you use your powers for good or for awesome. You're freakishly intelligent or can operate a search engine and fake it. You have a personality. You're interesting in general. You have a burning desire to see my flickr photo gallery and don't have the URL. You don't have duck face in your photos. :)