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About Me

Summary: (if there ever was one)

1/2 Scottish 1/2 Spanish
I'm a Northern California native studying at UCLA, soon to be a graduate student completing an MA in Education. My current goal post-grad is to become a teacher (how can you say no to kids?), with plans for later working as an administrator via UCLA's PhD program.

I would consider myself an extremely goal oriented and driven person, constantly aiming to improve myself both physically and socially.

Education, health, and politics are three essential aspects to my persona. I would consider myself an avid health, an outdoors junkie, and perpetually obsessed with political undertakings of our very reality.

If you'd like to have coffee, go hiking, or BS the day talking politics I'm your man.

My Interests

City wandering, aimless conversations, impassioned political arguments (save for resulting feuds), museum hopping, weight training

I'd like to meet:

Open minded folks, preferably goal-oriented and engaging.

Music:

Ladytron, CSS, MIA, Hole/Courtney Love, Seether, Dresden Dolls, Scissor Sisters, Sheila E, Monk, Fantastic Plastic Machine, Jupiter Rising, Stylophonics, Chicks on Speed, Plasticines, Billie Holiday, Etta James, Peaches, Tiga, Electrocute, Kinky

Movies:

Aliens, Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Short Bus, Grave of the Fireflies, Blue, Die Hard, Spun

Television:

Frontline, Jim Lehrer, Simpsons, Curb Your Enthusiasm, 30 Rock, Arrested Development, Drawn Together, Sarah Silverman Program

Books:

Utopia, The Price of Salt, Djuna Barnes, Lolita, The Road to Wigan Pier, Shooting An Elephant, How Religion Ruins Everything (Hitchens), Paradise Lost, Ovid, 1984, Why A Caged Bird Sings, The Jungle, Atlas Shruged, City of Night, Fuente's Diana

Heroes:

John Kerry...Even though he's a shameful loser :'-(...Hillary Clinton--although, given her tactless behavior I'm now inclined towards *gulp* Obama

My Blog

Teaching Credential

I can't wait to start teaching (lil' bit to go) and get my MA, I'm too damn impatient
Posted by Stephen on Fri, 15 Feb 2008 08:36:00 PST

Post Grad

Now that graduation looms, registrations begins--the infamous graduate school rat-race.Just when you think school is quickly reaching its end, you have two more exciting years looming ahead...60K gone...
Posted by Stephen on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 08:39:00 PST

Law School Prep & Puebla/Mexico City

Law school is coming up! I'm currently studying at Uni de Las Americas in Puebla, Mexico until July 22nd, so for those in the area, say hi!
Posted by Stephen on Fri, 29 Jun 2007 09:15:00 PST

So it's done :0-)

Woo, I finally went through with it and opted to leave LA for London/Stratford courses! I've been contemplating this transition for a while, and I'm glad I did it--this place REALLY wears thin i...
Posted by Stephen on Wed, 29 Nov 2006 01:55:00 PST

Nancy Pelosi, I will bear your children

This woman is my next Hillary Clinton in terms of my idol-worship, all hail :-)http://60minutes.yahoo.com/segment/16/nancy_pelosi
Posted by Stephen on Thu, 09 Nov 2006 07:50:00 PST

Something I was considering in lieu of law school

http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/cgi-bin/steinhardt/db.cgi?db=progr ams&do=search_results&uid=default&program_level=Graduate&pro gram_dept-opt==&sb=program_title&mh=1000&t=programs&introgra d=1I was thinking ab...
Posted by Stephen on Wed, 06 Sep 2006 12:46:00 PST

Possible shift in "normalcy"

I was sitting in lecture for LGBT seminar (for a major concentration, not b/c I'm BSing time grrr), when our prof. begins to discuss the sex-workers troupe that came to UCLA a few months back. I...
Posted by Stephen on Wed, 24 May 2006 10:56:00 PST

Summer Sessions 2006

Enrolled Classes for Term 061 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 9:00 AM 9:30 AM 10:00 AM 10:30 AM 11:00 AM 11:30 AM 12:00 PM 12:30 PM 1:00 PM 1:30 PM 2:00 PM 2:30 PM 3:00 P...
Posted by Stephen on Wed, 03 May 2006 02:04:00 PST

Damn

Midterms coming up, gah!
Posted by Stephen on Thu, 27 Oct 2005 01:17:00 PST