I was born and raised in Texas and am glad to be back. I enjoy hanging out with my friends and family as much as I can. Most people say that I am pretty outgoing but deep down I can be a bit shy. I love to laugh and always do my best to make others laugh! Being a musician, I love to go to concerts and support the arts, whether it is pop, jazz, or classical, it doesn't matter.

I like to watch sports and try to play as many as I can. Golf is probably my favorite thing to play when I need to de-stress. I also play ping pong but not sure that many people would call that a sport, even though I think it's a pretty good cardio workout (agree to disagree with the skeptics).

One of my favorite things to do is to visit my family's farm in East Texas. I love the outdoors: fishing, hunting, shooting, or just exploring out in the woods. I am an only child but I do have a large extended family and my cousins are like my brothers and sisters. Big family's create tight nit bonds and I definitely would like to have one in the future.

I like all kinds of food. I enjoy cooking! To me it is calming and a good way to relax at the end of the day (once again, I can see how some people might not agree with that). I love to travel, even though I have not done much of it thus far in my life. I really want to go to Europe and just spend a month over there traveling around seeing new sights and eating new foods. I like to experience new things so I am pretty much down for anything!

I have just moved back to Texas from working on my doctorate in New York (which will hopefully be done in May). I am a freelance musician (trumpet) in the Houston area and I currently teach private lessons in Katy, TX. Music is a big part of my life and I enjoy all kinds. Right now I am pursuing jobs in the music field (symphony positions, performance opportunities, and professorships at universities). And apparently after reading this paragraph, I have learned that I use parenthesis quite often...(haha)

Just started to really appreciate books so Ill have to get back on that one.

I could list a lot of movies, but my favorite of all time... Back to the Future. (really the whole trilogy, but the first one is the best).

Shows: Seinfeld, Breaking Bad, Arrested Development, Curb Your Enthusiasm, X-Files (watch some if you havn't seen them in a while), Mad Men...I watch too much TV.

Music: Because I am a classical musician, I'm not going to bore you with old dead composers. Just know there was some great music written back in the day. I like country, classic rock, Jazz; not a big fan of rap or R&B of course unless it occurred within the 4 years I was in high school. Who didn't listen to it back then?

Food: Steak, Italian(both with a good bottle of red wine), burgers, Thai ...you name it.

hanging with friends, either going to dinner or staying in and cooking a great dinner, maybe some games? Movies? Who knows!