I hate having to condense my life into a tiny container, like soup. Campbell's Condensed Jimmy.

But, nonetheless, I might as well make an attempt, in the interest of doing my best to introduce myself to all you peoples. I'm not the type of person who is ever going to be defined by my job, but rather the people in my life and the things I choose to do in my spare time. I grew up in Maryland, between DC and Baltimore, I go to school in Philly, and it looks like I'll be in Wilmington this summer. So consider me a child of the mid-Atlantic. I have a puppy named Buddy, and he's going to be a very cute pain in the ass for the next ten years of my life or so. Philly's cool and all, but I need more interesting things to do...hanging out at a bar is great and all but I need some variety. I get wrapped up in harebrained ideas and oddball hobbies, and I've been known to make spontaneous decisions requiring a fairly large amount of work and sticking to them. Usually makes for a good story. In general I'm usually spontaneous and open to interesting suggestions. And I like to think I have a big heart.

ADDITION: I'm recently back on here after a break; I was dating someone that I actually met on here. But she completely screwed me over. So uh, don't do that. Be a little gentle in general, and don't be surprised if I'm a tad cautious for the time being.

I am a law student. That and things related to that take up most of my action, but my true ambitions are more along the personal, having-a-full-and-happy-life lines and less about my eventual career.

Talking a lot, procrastinating while still doing a pretty good job in the end, probably plenty of other things that seem like much better things to be good at.

I have absolutely no idea whatsoever. But feel free to let me know, I'm raaaather curious.

I just read a marvelous book, and it provided a much-needed escape to another time, and a set of problems that I could rest assured would be resolved within the span of a few hundred pages. The book is The Dante Club. My favorite book of all time is Beach Music, by Pat Conroy, and I suggest everyone read it.

I love lots of movies, old movies, new movies, deep movies, dumb movies, block busters, cult classics...I'm easy to please. And I think that the company is at least as important as the film itself. All time favorites might be Donnie Darko and Blues Brothers.

Music? Too much to even go into. Suffice it to say my taste is ecclectic. Everything from blues to swing to grunge to funk to new wave and most things in between.

I don't like chicken very much. Only certain kinds, mostly bad for me. I like Italian food the best. I eat a lot of sandwiches. I can cook a few things. I'm really not as picky of an eater as my family thinks. If you can make good cookies, you score major points. But you can score points by buying me a box of oreos or girl scout cookies too.

Love. Hope. Good friends and family, for being able to distract me and make me smile even when things are at their worst. My Faith. I'm somewhat of a sports fanatic. And I get nervous when I'm not connected to the internet for more than a few days.

The people I care about, the mistakes I've made, the vast uncertainty that is my future.

What a dumb question. I don't have a routine, I can only see and plan a few days in advance. Since this is a Sunday, I can't tell you about Friday for two more days.

Ask a question, and I'll answer it. I have nothing to hide.

If you feel like you'd want to get to know me. Simple as that.

I'm happy to make friends. But for something more there has to be a spark, not something I can really control, so don't take it personally if I just don't see it.