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Alex's Annotated Allegory of Alliteration

The left side of the bell curve scares the hell out of me.

About Me

I am (a/an): graduate student/teaching assistant of German, University of Kentucky. eventually working towards a Ph.D. in German (either Literature or Linguistics) and a teaching position at a university. engaged to be married in the beginning of August 2009. Life is good.
You Have A Type B Personality
You're as laid back as they come...
Your baseline mood is calm and level headed
Creativity and philosophy tend to be your forte

Like a natural sedative, you have a soothing effect on people
Friends and family often turn to you first with their problems
You have the personality to be a spiritual or psychological guru Do You Have a Type A Personality? I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4

My Interests

Stimuli

I'd like to meet:

I would like to hear Stephen Hawking read smut.

Music:

Bad Religion, Rammstein, Tool, A Perfect Circle, System of a Down, The Who, Sevendust, Disturbed, Pink Floyd, Mozart, Beethoven, Eminem, Nigel Kennedy, Victor Wooten, Mago de Oz, Bob Marley, Megaherz, Godsmack, Mudvayne, Matisyahu, John Lennon, Simon and Garfunkel, James Taylor, Gordon Lightfoot, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Social Distortion, Primus, Flaw, Prodigals, The Decemberists

Movies:

V for Vendetta, Full Metal Jacket, Four Rooms, Enemy at the Gates, Snatch, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Amadeus, The Blues Brothers

Television:

Bones, House, the Discovery Channel

Books:

Anything the Christian right has tried to ban, Kafka, Kant, history, linguistics, philosophy.

Heroes:

Mr.

My Blog

The New Graduate School Blog

Ok, here’s the news concerning my future education and future future, but first a little background to catch everyone up.  I decided I wanted to go to graduate school in the middle of last ...
Posted by Alex's Annotated Allegory of Alliteration on Thu, 20 Mar 2008 07:40:00 PST

Grad School

After months of stress from the GRE, letters of recommendation, applications, and then just waiting, I've been accepted to the University of Cincinnati and the University of Kentucky!!Cinci, so far, h...
Posted by Alex's Annotated Allegory of Alliteration on Fri, 22 Feb 2008 10:22:00 PST

I’m engaged!!

As you may have deduced from the title, as of October 13th, 2007 at around 6:30pm, Morgan and I are engaged.  We had gone to Niagara Falls, Canada to celebrate our 4th anniversary.  We ...
Posted by Alex's Annotated Allegory of Alliteration on Mon, 15 Oct 2007 08:26:00 PST

Vacation

I'll be in Cancun with Morgan and my parents from Tuesday, May 15 until Saturday May 19.  I'll be with my baby on the beach with a beer.  Could life be better?
Posted by Alex's Annotated Allegory of Alliteration on Tue, 15 May 2007 05:27:00 PST

Politics

I was watching the Colbert Report while working out tonight and it made me think.  Why does religion play such an important role in society's opinion of politicians and policy?  Isn't it mor...
Posted by Alex's Annotated Allegory of Alliteration on Tue, 06 Feb 2007 07:20:00 PST

Dieses Blog ist nicht auf Deutsch

Just so we're clear, the titles reads "this blog is not in German."  I figured I'd title it that so no one would avoid clicking on it for fear of the German.  Now that all of your fears are ...
Posted by Alex's Annotated Allegory of Alliteration on Thu, 18 Jan 2007 03:02:00 PST

Caringosity killed the Kerouac cat

In the spirit of my sister's oddness, I've titled a blog with a line from a random song I had stuck in my head.  Bad Religion's "Stranger Than Fiction," actually, but I'm willing to bet very few ...
Posted by Alex's Annotated Allegory of Alliteration on Thu, 11 Jan 2007 04:07:00 PST

new blog

It is Thursday, December 28th 11:54 am.  I have a headache, possibly from the beer I drank with Morgan and the pitcher of Warsteiner Dunkel I shared with Jett last night.  I'm glad he a...
Posted by Alex's Annotated Allegory of Alliteration on Thu, 28 Dec 2006 09:18:00 PST

News...

Ya know how I know I'm gay?  I'm in love with Audioslave.  The music, the singing, the orchestration..its all amazing.  Chris Cornell's voice sounds like sex.  It's that aweso...
Posted by Alex's Annotated Allegory of Alliteration on Sat, 18 Nov 2006 09:41:00 PST

One of those silly fucking things

Stolen from the infamous blog of Dirty Dan. A - Available: Parties and Bar MitzvahsA - Annoyance: Stupid drama====================++B - Best feature: shoulders/armsB - Beer: Guinness, Warsteiner, any ...
Posted by Alex's Annotated Allegory of Alliteration on Tue, 10 Oct 2006 08:23:00 PST