I'm a student at the University of Minnesota, Morris (though my home is in the Twin Cities and my profile location may shift at times) who tries to balance maturity and playful immaturity.

I'd consider myself shy and bit socially-awkward, but socially-awkward with a desire to make people laugh and raise their spirits in some way, mostly through writing or something. A lot of my time is spent with friends trying to make our own fun, be it walks across town and getting together to watch shows and movies, to playing video games and lounging about. Other times, I'd like to be alone. Just a balance between the two. I'd consider myself an introvert, but an introvert that enjoys good conversation and laughter.

To sum it up, I'm that socially-awkward and lost-in-thought guy in the sitcom that is life. I prefer to be behind the scenes, but the spotlight is also nice on occasion. All in all, just trying to have fun with it.

Currently studying English and Psychology at college. I'm also part of the editorial staff at the college newspaper. I manage the Variety section, meaning that I get to deal with a lot of visual and written creativity from my writers while refining my own work. It's a nice gig and it's the kind of thing I'd like to be doing after college.

Creative writing (with a focus on creative non-fiction, I guess) and editing. I've dabbled into short playwriting and open-mic prose/poetry every now and again, but it's far from what I do anymore.

I'm also good with computers and electronics, or at the very least able to adapt to most of them.

Also, video games as a simple hobby.

My red pea coat and my ducky tie. Also, my use of red and black in some outfits on occasion. At certain weekend/friday night events, I might be sporting a tie or dress shirt for something as simple as a party or get-together.

Otherwise, probably my height and skinniness as far as males go. A windy day could send me to Oz.

Books
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Battle Royale by Koushun Takami
Frankenstein by Mary Shelly
This Is Water by David Foster Wallace
The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight In Heaven by Sherman Alexie
The Giver by Lois Lowry
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Catch 22 by Joseph Heller
The Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks

Movies
Princess Mononoke
My Neighbor Totoro
Spirited Away
Stranger Than Fiction
Up
Toy Story
Kill Bill Vol. 1 & 2
Forrest Gump
Paprika
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
Pan's Labyrinth
Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle
The Road
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Life in a Day

Shows
Scrubs
That '70s Show
Community
Doctor Who
Adventure Time
How I Met Your Mother
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
Code Geass
Futurama
Spaced

Music
Florence + The Machine
Sound Horizon
Joe Hisaishi
Howard Shore
Michael Giacchino
Queen
Styx
Of Monsters and Men
Lindsey Stirling
Pink
Adele
Arcade Fire

Plays and musicals (Yes, I'm working on trying to see more)
Billy Elliot: The Musical
Zombie Prom
Thoroughly Modern Millie
Beauty and the Beast
King Lear
Waiting for Godot

Games... I guess
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones
Sid Meier's Civilization III and V
Bayonetta
Mass Effect Trilogy
Pokemon (mostly Gen I and Gen IV's remakes of Gen I)
Tekken Tag Tournament 2
To The Moon
Dark Souls
Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Torchlight II
FTL: Faster Than Light

Laughter. Nothing could replace such a thing. It keeps me moving forward and I like bringing it out in others.
Music. I usually don't go out of my way to follow or try to discover new music, but it's always a pleasure to have around.
Internet. Sounds trivial, but yeah. It's something to keep me connected with friends, the world, and work.
Vanilla ice cream. It always gets a bad rep for being "bland," but it works for me. Tasty, delicious, and can turn my day around. Talk about seemingly meaningless things being... not meaningless.
Books, movies, TV, etc. Any form of fiction, really.
People. Even if I'm usually the quiet one, I'm always grateful to have (good) company.

Where I'm going in life (mostly whether or not I'm going anywhere), my own personal growth, and the good times that have happened and will happen with the people around me.

A little thing on my mind is how little I seem to read outside of schoolwork despite being an English major. Guilty.

Otherwise, I'm usually focused on coming up with weekly ideas for the campus paper.

Hanging out with friends and likely going out on the town on some aimless walks and drives when it's not frezing out. Worst case scenario, I'm at home enjoying time with myself.

Past problems with self-esteem and a few present ones, too. I second-guess myself at times, but all in all, I'm in a great place within the grand scheme of things.

I can also be a pretty picky eater. A supreme topping pizza is a nightmare to me.

You want to get to know me more, have some fun and friendly conversation, or if you know anything good to check out on Netflix or Kindle or something. Any kind of talk such as casual, emotional, serious, humorous, whatever. Anything, really.

No YOLOs. I'm usually anal about grammar, but since messaging is pretty colloquial, it's not that big of an issue. A good chat's a good chat.