I would describe myself as a nerd. I try to read as much as I can in my free time, though sometimes that’s easier said than done. Often my desire to read gets interrupted by movies, video games, or nerding it up with friends and playing Dungeons and Dragons. I’m fairly laid back about things and try not to get stressed out too much. My sense of humor can be someone macabre. I’m not religious and politically I’m more of a libertarian. I'm pretty open minded about most topics, with the exception of the second amendment, of which I am a firm supporter.

I’m working full time while paying for classes at Georgia Perimeter. My major is chemistry and I plan to transfer to Georgia Tech and finish up my education there. Ultimately I plan to get a job researching something, possibly new fuels or nanotechnology. Or become a stereotypical mad scientist. Just kidding about that part. Maybe.

I’d like to think I’m good at finding humor at inappropriate times, solving scientific problems (mostly chemistry), and making things work. I also hope that I’m proficient enough in weapons to survive a zombie outbreak. I also am good at laughing throughout horror movies and making those around me uncomfortable.

I often have a full beard that most people seem to notice. I also seem to have some aura of chemical knowhow that I cannot explain.

My favorite authors include Stephen King, H.P. Lovecraft, Ayn Rand,Stephen Hawking, George Orwell, Richard Preston, Michael Chrichton, and R.A. Salvatore

Some of my favorite books by said authors include: The Stand, The Dark Tower Series, Cell, Anthem, Atlas Shrugged, A Brief History of Time, 1984, The Hot Zone, The Zombie Survival Guide, and The Andromeda Strain

Some of my favorite TV shows are: That's Impossible, Dollhouse, Sanctuary, Fringe, Modern Marvels, Mythbusters, Daily Show, Colbert Report. Family Guy, South Park, Futurama, Clerks the Animated Series (I know only six episodes), The Elegant Universe, Clash of the Gods, The Big Bang Theory, True Blood, Dexter, Penn and Teller Bullshit!, The Office, Dilbert, Heroes. It seems like a lot, but I don’t watch it that often, primarily because most of my TV viewing is done online with Hulu and more recently on Netflix.
Some internet based media I enjoy are the web comics: xkcd, Ctrl+alt+del, Questionable Content, Sinfest, and Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal. I enjoy the web based shows Dr. Horrible’s Sing Along Blog, The Guild, and Pure Pwnage.

My taste in movies is rather varied to include Fight Club, V for Vendetta, Sweeney Todd, Repo! The Genetic Opera, Silence of the Lambs/Hannibal/Red Dragon, Star Wars Saga, The Matrix, most cheesy horror movies, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Star Trek, 300, Watchmen, A Clockwork Orange, Battle Royale, Boondock Saints, Pink Floyd’s The Wall, Zombieland, Clerks, Dogma, Mall Rats, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back.

My musical tastes include classical, classic rock, metal, techno, musical soundtracks, and probably most things that aren’t country or rap. Favorites include: Bach, Beethoven, Basshunter, The Beatles, Black Sabbath, Disturbed, The Doors, Dragonforce, Godsmack, Iron Maiden, Korn, Led Zeppelin, Metallica, Mozart, Pink Floyd, The Prodigy, Queen, Rammstein, Slayer, Tchaikovsky, Tool, Weird Al Yankavich, ZZ Top.

I enjoy a large variety of food, sometimes even attempting to cook myself. Cooking is like chemistry except you usually can eat the products. I enjoy Italian, Mexican, Chinese, Japanese, and most other things. Nothing beats a nice juicy steak though. If you are vegetarian that’s fine, just don’t try to convert me. My sister has been a vegetarian for years and has failed to rid me of my carnivorous ways.

1. Liberty
2. Reason
3. Caffeine
4. The Internet
5. Computer
6. Electrochemical reactions in my brain

Most of the day at work I’m listening to music while I think about random things. Sometimes I will be contemplating science and technology and how it may influence humanity in the near future and where I will fit in it. I think about games I'm playing or want to play. Included in this are character ideas for my table top role playing games. Other times I will think about politics and the direction our country is going. I also spend a great deal of time thinking about what I would do in a zombie apocalypse. I've also been putting serious consideration into brewing my own beer/wine as well as making my own ammunition. The Large Hadron Collider and what we will learn when its fully operational (also a really small part of me wants to see if it will destroy the world even though this possibility is almost zero).

On a Friday night I’m usually relaxing and either reading, playing video games, having a couple drinks with friends while playing DnD, maybe out at the movies. I do enjoy getting out and trying new things, it may however take some time to loosen up and step away from the wall in social gatherings.

I enjoy live theater, I was in drama in high school and it’s something that has never left me. I enjoy musicals, but I do not sing. I also enjoy trying to cook, usually successful in such endeavors. In addition I used to play World of Warcraft

A. You are intelligent
B. You have "XX" for your 23rd chromosome pair
C. You have read my profile and still wish to talk to this strange nerdy guy
D. You are not a zombie

Bonus points if:
A. You have red hair
B. You can handle a weapon, or are willing to learn before the zombies rise
C. You enjoy laughing through horror movies.
D. You have read the Zombie Survival Guide.
E. You like beards