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Hola.
I'm Justin.
Man, I hate filling out profiles. But all right, here goes.
So, yeah, I guess I should tell you what I'm into and all that jazz. I feel like I need an outline or something for this. Something to guide me through the profile-making process, despite the fact that I've done these a million times. A template, if you will. Hey there we go. First fact about me: I'm lazy. I'm a Libra; it apparentely comes with the package. Speaking of astrological signs, everyone gets a cool animal like a crab, or a lion, or a rabid monkey... but what do I get? A measuring device. Damn. Fear my scientific equipment. You better respect me, or ... or I'm gonna weigh some shit!
I wish I had some crab claws. Crab claws, though. Not crabs.
Fortunately, the scale does describe the fact that I'm a pretty balanced and unbiased guy. I try to look at things from everyone's shoes, despite how grimy they might be. I can't say that I don't have an ego... I do... I just keep it in check most of the time. Out of my group of friends I think I tend to be the most open-minded, for better or worse. I don't fall into trends, nor do I avoid them. I just do/wear/listen/eat whatever I think suits me. I first learned not to be like everyone else just for the sake of fitting in, then I learned not to be a snobby indie asshole. I'm an independent thinker, and my music tastes fall in that category heavily, but don't confuse me with an indie kid, because I'm not. I don't judge people by the music they listen to, have an "indie" haircut you'll see on 10 different people when you go to a concert, or own a trucker hat (except for my old, sweat-stained hat from when I was 8 years old in Little League. That one's sweet. And way too small for my head).
Despite the fact that I'm balanced, I'm a very emotional person. I don't mean that in the sense that I'm a whiny, depressed emo kid. I just feel and express a wider range of emotions than I think most people do. I can be extremely happy, utterly sad, giddy with laughter, sick in love. I enjoy the fact that, as a human, I have the ability to feel all these emotions, even if some are negative. I feel no reason to deny them. I try to carry this over to the music I write (more on that later).
Anyway, I spent the latter half of my teen years wanting to go into filmmaking, and somewhat pursued that for a while. I took some RTVB classes at Tarrant County College, in the hopes that I'd soon be taking RTF classes at University of North Texas. When I finally made it to UNT, I still had a few basics to pass before they'd let me into RTF. This included College Algebra, which I had failed 5 times before. I'm not exaggerating either. I fucking hate math... with a passion. And a vengeance.
Everytime I signed up for College Algebra I figured that if I just stuck with it and tried and studied that I'd pass it, but everytime somewhere in the first quarter, I remembered that the gene that allows me to learn absolutely useless bullshit was missing from my body chemistry. Guess what College Algebra? You've lost my respect, and that means I no longer capitalize you. college algebra. Okay, now.
I worked on a few film sets, and shot a short "film" with some friends that came out okay, but nothing special. I finally just lost interest after the college algebra thing. If the school was going to tell me I needed to know college algebra to make a film, then maybe I was going to the wrong school. I'll probably try filmmaking later in my life, but it's on hiatus right now.
This brings me to my next subject. My career path has now moved towards being a musician, which was always my other ambition.
I now sing/write for a band called Resonance Effect working with my partners in crime, David and Richard Kottwitz.
So that's where I'm at. And that's me. And when I think of more to put in here, I will, but for now, all is well and all is well.
-justin