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City: Chicago | Gurnee
State/Province: IL
Country: US
Age:
22
Height:
5' 5"
Weight:
125 lbs.
Hair Color:
Blonde
Eye Color:
Blue
Body Type:
Slim
Ethnicity:
White
Occupation:
Student | Dreamer
myInterests
Interests/Hobbies
Many:
People. Daydreaming. Entertainment. Vehicular, Architectural, Infrastructure, Commercial, and Construction Process Engineering. Renewable Energy/Plasma Gasification. Social Networking. Late night coffee fueled conversations. Rooftop getaways. Lake Michigan high bluff cycling. Singing in the shower. Trying my damnedest to put on bulk muscle. Eating--all the time...
Music I Like:
All over the board:
Muse. Of the Opera. Queen. Torche. Flaming Lips. The Beatles. Helen Stellar. Lovehammers. Ben Folds. Jack's Mannequin. Postal Service. Goldfrapp. Alkaline Trio. Mozart. Nickel Creek. Frank Sinatra. Angels & Airwaves. Michael Buble. Panic at the Disco. Tchaikovsky. John Legand. Bach. Andrea Bocelli. The All American Rejects. Beethoven. Josh Groban. Plus 44. Franky Valli and the Four Seasons. Benny Goodman. Aretha Franklin. Supremes. Billie Holiday. Greenday. Something Corporate. This goes on forever...
Films I Like:
Refer to Music:
Meet Joe Black. Death to Smoochy. Fight Club. Hard Candy. Running with Scissors. The Royal Tannenbaums. Crash. Donnie Darko. Million Dollar Hotel. 12 Monkeys. Thank You for Smoking. Pinapple Express. V for Vendetta. Moulin Rouge. Seven. Hotel Rwanda. Pan's Labyrinth. American Beauty. Eyes Wide Shut. Elephant. A Clockwork Orange. Requiem of a Dream. The Boondock Saints. The Departed. The Human Stain. Dead Poets Society. Drop Dead Gorgeous...
Literature I Like:
A plethora:
Poe. The Four Agreements. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. The Great Gatsby. Innovation Nation. Running with Scissors. Utopia. Dry. The Family...
TV Shows I Like:
BBC-World News. WGN Nightly. CNN Headline. Iconoclasts. Family Guy. Futurama. American Dad. Various Discovery, TLC, History, A&E, and Sundance Programs...and everything inbetween steering clear of most sitcoms and induced reality shows.
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aboutTheDodger
I'm probably insane.
I am a rather interesting person, at least I hope I am. I have a ton of energy and a short attention span.
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I would very much appreciate a message accompanying a friend request. I like to know you actually exist.
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This is not entirely typical; I regularly find listing points like this pestilential but, I'm in a mood. I will make an effort to avoid trite or inane notes. I have a feeling it may become an effete list of likes and dislikes. My apologies beforehand.
This is a variation of the viral 'Twenty-Five Points' open autobiographical questionnaire floating around the social networks, recently.
+ My given middle name is Joseph. I have changed it for a number of reasons aside from general disdain for the name itself.
+ I seem to be aligning myself with pacifism, for I absolutely despise activism in nearly every sense of the word. This does not mean that I agree or disagree with any current, former, or future conflicts or movements. I will always support those who make the decision to join the Forces; it's primarily (moderate to extreme) political and social activism I don't view fondly.
+ I have Lupus SLE (systemic lupus erythematosus). Problematic since 2003, diagnosed in 2007. Because no insurance will cover me for even close to a reasonable fee, I currently owe seven area hospitals ~$324,000. The bane is that 1)The debt counts against my credit, and 2)It will only grow larger since I cannot afford, and not many ever could, to pay out-of-pocket for my preventative care. I must wait until I become so ill or unstable that I have no other option than to go to the emergency room. It is unfair to myself, taxpaying individuals, hospital staff, and other E.R. patients. To add insult, I am am lectured on every such visit that I am choosing to neglect my health like this. It is interesting to note that the same doctors who lecture and treat me like a nuisance now, had phenomenal and accommodating bedside manner when I was an insured inpatient. Obvious personal reasons aside, I would likely endorse a form of Universal Health Care.
+ I am a fervent dreamer and idealist. I make no apologies for it. With it, comes a fairly extreme abhorrence to the term 'reality.' It seems to have become society's normative retreat from ambition.
+ That said, I will build a conglomerate to rival that of Virgin Empire, Google, Marmon Holdings, etc. (bad references, I'm aware). Ultimately, I'd like to change the way big business is structured and managed.
+ Philanthropy is paramount. Cliche, yes. I would like to change the world.
+ I believe that the concept of 'Don't fix it 'til it's broken' is far worse for a national and global society than fraudulent, immoral, or unethical behavior in public office, or business. Even more harmful than the current 'crisis' state of the economy.
+ I am incredibly detail-oriented. I like complex and maximal things. Those whom are matter-of-fact tend to find me insufferable.
+ Smoking is a loathsome, regrettable habit that I've had on and off since my twentieth birthday. I have found that I don't crave a coffin nail, rather, that I'm fidgety. The only negative occurrences I've noticed after stints without, are extreme appetite and short mood swings. Other than that, quitting altogether shouldn't be very difficult at all--Just haven't taken that solid step just yet; I have slowed remarkably since my SLE diagnosis.
+ I can be highly proficient in the art of procrastination. It's especially destructive, obviously. Though, during my bouts of productivity, I am altogether supererogatory.
+ My mind moves roughly 1.0x27^100 kilometers per hour. I regularly have trouble concentrating--Might be the causation of the aforementioned. Likewise, I have always had an issue departing on tangents during conversation. Before just recently, I would have trouble remembering how I left the original thought stream. I suppose that in my mind, it is important the get all the thoughts, and those attached, out and completed or I'll feel I'm leaving something pertinent behind or not painting the full image. I continue to work diligently at calming the extreme side of the of that ridiculousness.
+ I am finally becoming comfortable in my own skin. I have long despised, or loved depending on the hour, my appearance. Undoubtedly, the majority of that is social and/or cultural. Of course there are always things I can do alter my physical image, though hindered by an incredibly fast metabolism. Sizism* affects more than the overweight. I'm sure I have always been a more sensitive person. I seem to put a great degree of undue attention on negativity directed towards me. I know I shouldn't, it was much worse in grade and high school. I see that one cannot please the entire population.
+ Academia and I have a tumultuous relationship. I consistently score fantastically high on in-class work, tests, projects, etc. But, I rarely bring myself to do homework. Excuse I overuse is usually that I could better use my time doing something far more constructive or meaningful, though that unfortunately rarely occurs. I am searching for and considering alternatives; accelerated routes like private tutoring. The trick is making it feasible.
+ I have yet to meet a life coach, or counselor for that matter, that can handle me. Someone who can meet me in my world of extreme heights. I refuse to ever take just one major, career field, or goal. I normally work very well under pressure and with many things on my plate.
+ I am a happy bachelor. I have had a couple grand relationships in the past that I would never want to forget. I do not require an intimate relationship, I am not codependent; I certainly don't feel incomplete or worthless when not in one. Loneliness is completely relative, and of course I don't conspire to shutter myself to the privilege of an association beyond platonic bonds.
+ I have no fear of failure. I fear never actually trying. I find myself paralyzed when I get as far as I [think] I can go on a project, idea, etc., for the time being. The fear surfaces when I feel that I'll only ever be good at articulating and that I'll never move further along. It's a horrifying thought.
+ I vehemently hate how people treat one another with such malice and antipathy without regard for propriety or the individual, especially towards whom they hold a prejudice or malicious third party blatherskite. I've never met more disgusting personalities than at a former entertainment workplace, the caddishness and narcissism was unprecedented. Sadly, I know they lack the capacity to care even if they realized their err. Worse, the community that I am often associated with wears this behavior like a badge of honor. I know that I have been, and will be guilty of such unsavory actions; but, I make a conscious effort to decentralize that unfortunate norm from my own personality.
+ I worry that my generation is going to bury the Greats, and there won't be anyone worthy to fill their shoes.
+ I welcome the challenge to finally rectify pervasive generational dilemmas. Bandage solutions will no longer do in our lifetime. It would be unfair to us and rude to those that are to inherit the parcel from us, if we do not find transcendent and absolute solutions to the best of our ability.
+ I genuinely enjoy long, astute, profound conversations. As I'm sure you've gathered, I have an opinion on just about everything. Almost none are ever final, my view can change if I gain broader knowledge or new perspective.
+ I tend not to keep company with people my age, never really have. Outside of school, most of those I fraternize with average two to three or more years my senior.
+ I have, or at least like to believe that I have, fantastically prodigious ideas and goals spanning a multitude of fields; superficially including but never limited to:
* Advanced fire sprinkler systems
* Advanced infrastructure
* Aerospace
* Beyond DVR
* Carbon dioxide solutions
* Clearance beacons
* Clothing & accessories
* 'Coffee table' publication(s)
* College/conEd tutoring
* Design & engineering (architectural, automotive, civil, social, virtual)
* Entertainment (personal, properties)
* Fiber optic lighting possibilities
* Financial (brokering, investment)
* Human investment
* Logistics
* Niche risk taking factions
* Patent puchasing
* Periodical/wireless crossover
* Philanthropic endeavors
* Plasma gasification systems
* Private energy (solar, waste, wind)
* Pseudo universal health care options
* Rapid construction process(es)
* Real estate
* Think tank/consulting firms
* Ultra personalized gyms
* Vertical farming
* Web-based endeavors (networking, novelty, verification)
Please inquire if you'd like to hear about something in more detail.
+ I have highly eclectic tastes. I sometimes wonder if I should have been born in 1901 or 1941.
+ I am please I know so many different people, makes my life interesting. Though, it sometimes puts in perspective that I have very few confidants. I sometimes question their devotion, most of the time, unjustly. Even if I needed to have something validated, I doubt I would ever attempt to bring it up.
+ I am a walking HBO series. Curious and striking things occur regularly around me--such is life, I suppose. I used to think I had a rather droll existence... blessed curse.
"Learn as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today." -Machiavelli, Gandhi, Dean, etc.
Assuredly, I will aggrandize these in a later post upon request or when I discover intriguing insights worth the time.
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D_J_F_L_A
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Comment left on: 11/21/09 12:10 PM
I could say the same about you. And I love that you used
"bloody". How are you?
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andrew914
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Comment left on: 11/21/09 9:57 AM
If you insist ;-)
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swimmersMusL
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Comment left on: 11/21/09 4:58 AM
great profile and pics! thanks for the request...hows life in gurnee?
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Bam__Bam
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Comment left on: 11/20/09 10:33 PM
Yesss! It'll be an adventure =)
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jaekee
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Comment left on: 11/20/09 8:33 PM
Even though I haven't not seen any other PrideFest, I'm sure Milwaukee's
is the best :)
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Bam__Bam
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Comment left on: 11/20/09 8:26 PM
Oh yeah? ~_~ Well you found the right guy for that babe =)
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jaekee
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Comment left on: 11/20/09 7:32 PM
Ahhhh I always pay. A LOT. The prices are RIDICULOUS! What is it, $6
for a cup of beer? Uh, no. Are you going for 2010?
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hurrdler
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Comment left on: 11/20/09 7:16 PM
why dont you work at disney world? you got experience in that job thing
that you do that we are not allowed to mention lol.
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creem85
 Online now
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Comment left on: 11/20/09 6:52 PM
Thanx for the add.
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z0mbie12
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Comment left on: 11/20/09 6:30 PM
what's your natural color, if i might ask? sometimes looking different
for a moment is cool. you can look back and be like,"damn, i could
pull off blonde again." or whatever...
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