Joe

[Somewhat updated on 3-12-2007]BACKGROUND: SD, born and raised; graduated from Kearny High and received my GED (Ghetto Edification Degree)Went to Occidental College and lived in L.A. for five years, give or take. Loved the theaters and restaurants and campus life; hated pretty much everything else. :PPRESENT: Living in A-town, the ATL, the Capital of the Dirty South, or whatever you want to call Atlanta. Drugging up a delightfully dumb cat on various necessary meds and catnip--to take the edge off. Going on 4 years with the best girlfriend money can't buy. :PTeaching at an afterschool enrichment center and having a blast doing so; making ends meet; waiting for a special few grad schools' application windows to open up. :PFUTURE: Will continue grad school, despite loathing for essays and deadlines and work that doesn't result in immediate payment. Will work as a teacher with more responsibility and reap the rewards of a marginally increased paycheck, which will thankfully be based on salary instead of wages. XPETHNICITY: White, basically. People always think I am Hispanic of some sort, but I'm part Lithuanian, Comanche, and the rest is English and the like--I'm not 100% sure what this 'like' is, but I am 100% not concerned enough to look into it at this point in time.RELIGIOUS?: I am not religious, even though my mom tried (and failed horribly at) putting me in Hebrew school when I was very little. I acknowledge that there is a lot of good philosophy in dogma, i.e. the Golden Rule and Middle Path, but there is also a lot of bad practice in organized religion. And I am not one for organization most of the time as it is. :PFor those who really want me to be religious (hi, mom), I guess I could see a me from a parallel dimension being an Episcopal, since they are big on inclusion and progressive thinking. And I suppose I am Unitarian in the sense that I try to use the best of what I come across in my everyday life...but I am human in the sense that I often fail at it. I am really just a free-thinker, truth be told, and I like it that way.PERSONALITY: I am--as my friends will readily attest--dorky, nerdy, geeky, goofy, sarcastic, ironic, wry, witty, and intentionally dumb at times. I'm laid back, relaxed, and I procrastinate like it's my job. People tend to like me, though I couldn't say why. I talk a million mumbles a minute when I am overexcited, and just under that under normal circumstances. I'm a logolept, which is funny to me since you have to be one to know what one is. I'm a zealous proponent of the mind-fuck, i.e. recondite verbiage, abstruse allusions, and other jedi mind tricks. I'm lazy when I need to do things for myself, but proactive when other people are depending on me. I'm creative but I have no work ethic. I'm fun to hang out with but I'm no good at scheduling hangouts. Thankfully, my good friends help me out, my amazing girlfriend picks up a lot of my loose ends, and vice versa in both cases :-D.