(I'm much more eloquent than this format allows... sadly, I realize that nobody likes to read paragraphs anymore)
Things to Know:
-I'm a Senior at the University of South Carolina
-I play on the USC Men’s Rugby Team
-I am also the President and Webmaster of said Rugby Team ( uscrugby.com )
-My teammates call me Tex (I was born and raised in Plano, Texas)
-I'm a triple major, which oddly works out well
-In Political Science, I have a focus in Asian-Pacific studies
-In History, I have a focus on comparative radical ideologies of the early 20th century
-And in Psychology, I have a focus on existential psychology and consciousness studies
-I'll be going to grad. school for existential psychology and/or consciousness studies.
-The Pittsburgh Steelers are the greatest thing that has ever happened to professional football
-I'm passionately in love with sports and the arts. I'd rather watch a good game or visit a museum than go to a party.
-My sense of humor isn’t for everyone
-I'd like to someday be a writer, but I realize the difficulty of such a profession. On the upside, I am beginning work on my first novel this autumn.
-I'm a bartender at SpeakEasy down in Five Points.
-I’ve decided to try and eliminate all carbonated, caffeinated, and overly sugared drinks from my training diet. Additionally, I try to cut out all fast food, fried food, frozen food, canned food (preservatives are horrible for you), and generally anything that isn’t healthy. I respect your lifestyle choices, so please respect mine.
Random Information to Enlighten You:
-My middle name is Vaughn
-I'll always choose Mexican food if you ask what to eat
-I daydream frequently about the house I'll live in someday, and often sketch out floor plans or configure it around in my head
-Future house aside, I could give a shit less about making much money (provided my family is taken care of, of course)
-I’m ridiculously afraid of Japanese spider crabs
-I have an unhealthy obsession with Sudoku puzzles and Law & Order
-I generally don’t like dogs
-I keep blowing out my shoulders playing rugby. It happens.
-I’m a hopeless (and hapless) romantic
-The best kung-pao chicken I ever had was in Statesboro, Georgia
-For the most part, I'm a relativist.
-I can swing dance. Believe it.
A.I.M. = TotalCatharsis
"I was never one to patiently pick up broken fragments and glue them together again and tell myself that the mended whole was as good as new. What is broken is broken -- and I'd rather remember it as it was at its best than mend it and see the broken places as long as I lived."
-Margaret Mitchell
Last Updated: September 2006
