Nathan - ProfilesArchive

About Me

I'm an Evansville (Indiana) native now living and teaching in Fairburn, Georgia, outside of Atlanta. Professionally, I teach World History. I've also done some freelance Star Wars writing work for Dark Horse Comics and StarWars.com (after a fashion) and have self-published a novella, entitled Echoes. (I'm currently in the early writing stages of its sequel, Unity.)
I am a pretty active member of the .. audio community, particularly the Star Wars fan audio genre, where I have quite a few projects out there. I do all that for fun, though, not for profit.
I'm on MySpace to catch up with old friends that are now a long way from where I live, to meet some new non-insane people who are closer to where I live (well, relatively non-insane), and, apparently, to blog about inane things that don't fit elsewhere.
I end up running into a lot of former students on here, so let me just quickly say up front that I'm glad to catch up with folks to see how things are going, but it's unlikely that I'll keep many former students on my friends list, just so I can try to keep work life and non-work life separate. Nothing personal, just my own preference. So, don't get pissed if you suddenly disappear from the list and don't know why. That's why. heh (If you're a current student . . . Don't try. I'll feel bad for the few seconds it takes to hit "deny," then I'll get on with my day.)
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My Interests

Audio production (I do a lot of podcasting and such), writing (finished my first full-length audiobook/novella in 2006 and am currently writing a sequel), science fiction and dramatic storytelling, etc.

I'd like to meet:

People who, y'know, don't suck. Sucky people need not apply.

Music:

A little of everything. As long as it actually SAYS something, I'll listen to whatever. Right now, my playlist is loaded up with mostly Papa Roach, Lifehouse, and random iTunes purchases. If I can sing it well, all the better. That's one of my big stress burners.

Movies:

Star Wars Trilogies; Back to the Future Trilogy; A Few Good Men; American History X; Frequency; Fight Club; 12 Angry Men; Rent; Scream Trilogy; Minority Report; and many more

Television:

Current series: Heroes; Studio 60; Battlestar Galactica and so on. Probably my favorite of all time would have to be 24, Aaron Sorkin's short-lived Sports Night, or Farscape.

Books:

Whatever works at the moment. Right now, I'm reading: David Simon's "Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets;" one or the other of the Lando Calrissian Adventures (for a roundtable discussion later); and "Hamlet" (yes, that "Hamlet"). The last thing I finished was Brad Meltzer's "Star Wars on Trial."

Heroes:

In terms of creativity: Aaron Sorkin; George Lucas; etc. If he were real, I'd say John Crichton, but he's fictional so . . . not so much.

My Blog

"Ooooh, Jazzy"

Okay, so the title might make it sound like having sex with Will Smith's former rap partner (ugh), but it's actually a thought about . . . a drink.When I was younger, I was thrilled to be able to have...
Posted by Nathan on Sat, 05 Aug 2006 11:17:00 PST

Happiness Is . . .

Sometimes, I'm a simple guy.Tonight, at 12:30 a.m., happiness is . . . Talking to Kat and being reminded of CDs that I needed to grab off iTunes:Nirvana's Nevermind and Pearl Jam's Greatest Hits.Ah, n...
Posted by Nathan on Wed, 02 Aug 2006 09:42:00 PST

Frustrated, Incorporated

When I was talking to some people yesterday about the music in Clerks II, we couldn't place the song at the very end. You know, as they pull out from Dante and Randal and stuff goes back to black and ...
Posted by Nathan on Fri, 28 Jul 2006 01:31:00 PST

Jeff Dunham . . . on a Stick!

Jeff Dunham! Thank you, YouTube!"Shutuuuuuuuuuuuuuup."...
Posted by Nathan on Wed, 26 Jul 2006 12:20:00 PST

Can You Name the Album?

Okay, time to prove your EXTREME 1980s/1990s geek cred. I found a collection of MP3s online for something I have the original tape for, still to this day. I mentioned it to Bryan, and he actually knew...
Posted by Nathan on Sun, 23 Jul 2006 12:06:00 PST

Nathan's General Blogging Policy Update

To be honest, I really haven't bothered to keep up with the blog much over the last couple of months. That's for several reasons:1. Much of what often goes though my head is about interpersonal relati...
Posted by Nathan on Sat, 22 Jul 2006 03:08:00 PST

THE SURVEY FACTOR (Yes, I created this.)

Before anyone else can take credit for my "brilliance," allow me to present my 150-question MySpace survey, "The Survey Factor," which should be showing up in your bulletins list "ad nauseum" in the v...
Posted by Nathan on Sat, 22 Jul 2006 12:32:00 PST

Auditory Irony

Just in case there was any doubt that the universe has a sense of humor:One of the things that I do for a hobby is what's known as "fan audio." I currently produce three online radio shows ("podcasts"...
Posted by Nathan on Thu, 20 Jul 2006 07:11:00 PST

Funny Funny

Lou (T'Bone) ended up one of the chosen captions for SW.com recently. I find most of these pretty amusing:Clickie...
Posted by Nathan on Wed, 19 Jul 2006 10:33:00 PST

The Ultimate Melancholy Buster

Okay, so a friend of mine was feeling "bleh" tonight . . . So, Ms. Friend . . . This is what I was singing around my apartment, in that strangely energied mood. If the sheer goofiness of THAT mental...
Posted by Nathan on Tue, 18 Jul 2006 08:11:00 PST