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Gilly

I love my child, He's got his momma's smile, I'm so fortunate.

About Me

I'm currently working on post-doctoral chemistry research at the University of Rochester with Rich Eisenberg. My research is focused on the catalytic activity of organometallic Iridium(III) complexes. It's the type of research that I've always wanted to study, so I'm really enjoying it! I live in Clarence, NY with my brilliant wife Jessica, our amazing daughter Zoe, and the brand new addition to our family, our son Connor (see photo gallery). They are my everything and have made my life so much brighter. To quote Christian Bale (heehee), "It's easy to accomplish great things with [my family] by your side."A IMG{ border-style:none;

My Interests

Hockey, hockey, and uh...hockey!!!
What type of hockey player are you?
Grinder
You work hard for what you want. You have no problem throwing the body around. You will push and push untill there is nothing more to push or the puck ends up in the net.

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Brought to you by YouThink.com quizzes and personality tests.I am a sports freak...love watching sports, especially live. I'll pretty much watch any sporting event that involves Penn State, UB, and/or Notre Dame. Die hard Sabres and Bills fan!!! I've played roller hockey for about the last 17 years now...there's nothing better than taking a goalie to school...or just knocking him on his ass with my slapshot!!! I also like to golf (which is like what you do when it's too hot to play hockey or something) and ski. I love listening to and creating music; I played violin for 10 years and picked up guitar shortly thereafter...I've been on that for about 11 years (and yes...I suck)...also have sang in a few bands. I love comedy...I love to laugh and make other people laugh. I'm always in the mood to go to a comedy club or just sit back and watch some improv.

I'd like to meet:

Carl Myers...on fire!

Music:

I'll pretty much listen to any style of music, with the exception of country. Fav artists: Stone Temple Pilots, Cold, Lennon Murphy, Loreena McKennitt, Filter, Army of Anyone, Linkin Park, Godsmack, Nirvana, Alice In Chains, (the old...) Adema, Papa Roach, Evanescence, Nickelback, Foo Fighters, Green Day, Velvet Revolver, Silverchair/The Dissociatives, Letters To Cleo, and OLP. I am pretty addicted to the "Batman Begins" soundtrack...it's pretty bus!

Movies:

Greatest movie ever = SNAKES ON A PLANE!!!! Other favorites include any of the Jurassic Park, Spiderman, Ocean's, Terminator, and Star Wars movies. I have a slight obsession with Batman Begins...it scares a lot of people. Miracle, Rudy, War of the Worlds, Napoleon Dynamite, Goonies, Princess Bride, Stand By Me, The Crow, Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story, A Christmas Story, The Polar Express and probably about 73295674975287480 more movies that I'm forgetting.

Television:

Usually my TV is tuned to the Sabres, Bills, Penn State and/or Notre Dame football, Hockey Night in Canada or ESPN. When there are no other sports worth watching...24, Lost, Grey's Anatomy, Desparate Housewives, Jericho, Heroes, Without A Trace, any CSI (though William Peterson sucks...sorry Jessica), Survivor, and Amazing Race.

Books:

I'm a big fan of Jurassic Park, The Lost World, Cantor's Dilemma, The DaVinci Code, and Catcher in the Rye. This however is a work in progress; I have a lot of reading to catch up on. Currently working on the Harry Potter books...I know, I'm pathetic.

Heroes:

My wife is the bravest, strongest, and most brilliant person I know. On top of that, she's a fantastic mother...everyday I learn more and more from her about how to be a good parent. My dad has a heart of gold; I can only hope to be as good of a father as he is. And of course, no "heroes" list would be complete without Optimus Prime!

My Blog

The Williams Group is Rubbing Off on my Wife!!!

Just like to let it be known that Jessica has been my wife now for just under 72 hours, and already somebody from work has called her Gilly.  Once again proving, the Williams Group...wise beyond ...
Posted by Gilly on Tue, 08 Aug 2006 07:04:00 PST

To everyone...

So now I'm really, finally, completely done...my thesis has been approved by my committee and the graduate school...there is no more work that is required of me by The Pennsylvania State University.&n...
Posted by Gilly on Wed, 10 May 2006 05:04:00 PST

ARE YOU FREAKIN' KIDDING ME!!!!!!!!

So this evening, I went to Champs by myself to watch the Sabres play the Senators in game #1 of the conference semi-finals.  While there, because I was of course sporting my Maxim Afinogenov jers...
Posted by Gilly on Sat, 06 May 2006 08:19:00 PST

So fun puttin' a hurtin' on the Flyers

So the last time that I went to a State College bar and watched a Sabres vs. [insert Pennsylvania hockey team here] playoff game...I left only to watch from home as my beloved Sabres were knocked out ...
Posted by Gilly on Sun, 23 Apr 2006 08:44:00 PST

WOW!!!

Okay, so I'm a little late...that just means that the post-defence celebration was beyond excellent and it took me a little longer to recover.  Seriously, getting to this point now is incredible....
Posted by Gilly on Wed, 19 Apr 2006 09:04:00 PST

Tick, tock, tick, tock, tick....

So here I sit, the final few days before my defence...I don't think I've ever felt this apprehensive about anything else in my entire life.  You'd think that with the 5+ years I've put in here, I...
Posted by Gilly on Sun, 16 Apr 2006 08:30:00 PST