Who am I? This question has always left me at a loss for words. I could say, "I'm Tyler," but does my name really tell anybody who I am? Many people who when asked to describe themselves would respond with the many groups they identify with. Not me. Though seen by others, I do not view myself as white, male, American, etc. I know many other members of these groups are not at all like me, nor do I feel any sense of comradery with them. The only way I know how to properly tell someone who I am is to tell them the attributes of my character.

There are many layers to my being. I'm an extremely non-judgmental person. This is highly to do my Relativistic way of thinking. I do not see good, bad, right, wrong. Instead I focus on preferred and not preferred. I am very curious and I'm often found researching, contemplating, evaluating different ideas. I consider myself to have a great mind and I'm attracted to those who have great minds as well. It is one of my greatest hobbies to sit with someone and discuss great ideas, following the path it takes us down, and inevitably coming out with a better understanding than that which we had in the beginning.

To Be Continued...

I am a full-time student at Kennesaw State University majoring in History Education. My plan is to teach high school World History when I graduate. While doing that I hope to go back to college and work towards a doctorate in Philosophy or Sociology, which is where my heart truly lies. Whatever career I end up in though, I feel destined to become a writer. I've tried to avoid it in the past, but something is always calling me towards it.

Work related, I'm trying to become certified as a Substitute Teacher, but I'm currently unemployed. I'm well off though; scholarships pay for most of the costs incurred in my life.

I not exactly skilled in many areas that produce tangible results, except writing. I can write one hell of a paper. However, I do have a great mind. I'm very philosophical and can easily understand as well as construct abstract ideas.

Books

The Age of Reason, The Allegory of the Cave, Brave New World, Brain Droppings, Napalm and Silly Putty, When Will Jesus Bring The Pork Chops?

Authors

George Carlin, Benjamin Franklin, Homer, Aldous Huxley, Friedrich Nietzsche, Jean Paul Sartre.

Movies

Alexander, Angels and Demons, Batman Begins, A Beautiful Mind, Blood Diamond, Braveheart, Brokeback Mountain, Cloverfield, Constantine, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Dark Knight, Definitely Maybe, District 9, Face Off, The Fifth Element, Forest Gump, Forty Year Old Virgin, Gangs of New York, Gran Torino, Into The Wild, Iron Man, The Last Samurai, Lord of the Rings, The Matrix, Meet Joe Black, Mr. Brooks, The Patriot, The Perfect Storm, Pineapple Express, The Prestige, Saving Private Ryan, Schindler's List, Star Trek, Star Wars, Tombstone, Titanic, Unbreakable, V For Vendetta, A Walk to Remember, Watchmen, X-Men.

TV Shows

Dirty Jobs, Futurama, History Channel, Scrubs, South Park.

Music

Asia, The Beatles, Black Label Society, Boston, Cascada, Chicago, Dragonforce, Dream Theater, Eagles, Eric Clapton, Eric Johnson, The Expendables, Firewind, Good Charlotte, Hammerfall, Iron Maiden, Jimi Hendrix, Joe Satriani, John Petrucci, Journey, Kansas, Matchbox Twenty, Michael Jackson, Nevermore, Orianthi, Pagan's Mind, Red Hot Chili Peppers, REO Speedwagon, Rise Against, Theocracy, Val Allen Wood, Yngwie Malmsteen.

Quotes

Of life...

"The main obligation is to amuse yourself." - S. J. Perelman

"Those who dance are considered insane by those who can't hear the music." - Anon.

"If you can't dance you fuck a lot of waitresses." - Voltaire

"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing." - Benjamin Franklin

"I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody." - Bill Cosby

Of the mind...

"Think off-center." - George Carlin

"Imagination is intelligence having fun." - George Scialabba

"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world." - Nelson Mandela

Of companionship...

"A friendship like love is warm; a love like friendship is steady." - Sir Thomas More

"Love conquers all things; let us too surrender to Love." - Virgil

Of being...

“If it’s true that we’re all from the center of a star, every atom in each of us from the center of a star, then we’re all the same thing. Even a coke machine, or a cigarette butt on a street in Buffalo, is made out of atoms that came from a star. They’ve all been recycled thousands of times as have you and I. And therefore, it’s only me out there. So what is there to be afraid of? What is there that needs solace seeking? Nothing, there is nothing to be afraid of because it’s all us. The trouble is we have been separated by being born and given a name and an identity and being individuated. We’ve been separated from the oneness, and that’s what religion exploits. That people have this yearning to be part of the overall one again. So they exploit that. They call it God. They say he has rules. And I think it’s cruel. I think that you can do it absent religion.” - George Carlin

"Man is condemned to be free." - Jean Paul Sartre

"All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us." - J. R. R. Tolkien

Of society...

"I'm an outsider by choice, but not truly. It's the unpleasantness of the system that keeps me out. I'd rather be in, in a good system. There's where my discontent comes from: being forced to choose to stay outside. My advice: Just keep movin' straight ahead. Every now and then you find yourself in a different place." - George Carlin

"The philosophers have already perceived the world in various ways; the point is to change it." - Karl Marx

1. Warm Weather
2. Storms (And other Natural Disasters)
3. Music
4. Change
5. Eros (Desire)
6. The Hero's Journey

Philosophy, Sociology, Psychology, History, Linguistics, Comedy, Film, Travel.

Driving, Walking, Traveling, Going to the Beach, Live Music, Philosophical Discussions, Museums Zoos and Aquariums, Reading, Writing, Going to the Movie Theater, Trying Things.