everything! music - both playing and listening, space, fusion, geology, anthropology, literature, reading, writing, camping, star wars, women's basketball, Marine Corps, spirituality
Music
Favorite bands, in semi-random order: Sarah Mclachlan, Ellis (Minneapolis musician), Butchies, Ash Riot (you're the best!), Melissa Etheridge, Matchbox 20, Team Dresch, Bon Jovi, Echoset (austin band), Winger, Dixie Dregs, Heart, Pink, Kelly Clarkson, Nelly Furtado, Miles Davis (early stuff), Count Basie, Stan Kenton (Malaguena!), Tchaikovsky, John Williams, Murmurs, Indigo Girls, Moody Blues, Guns N Roses, Slaughter, Ani DiFranco, Led Zeppelin, Melissa Ferrick, Police, John Mellencamp, U2, Lunachicks, and many many more...
Movies
Harry Potter, Star Wars, Finding Nemo, Elf, Better than Chocolate, Prey for Rock and Roll, But I'm a Cheerleader, Charlies Angels, Tomb Raider, Girl Interrupted, The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love, Girl Play, DEBS (wow I'm gay)
Television
Buffy!!!!!!!!!!!!!, Bones, The L Word, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, King of the Hill, Rosanne, Ellen, Family Guy, National Geographic channel, MASH, anything about the Marine Corps, space, or anything scientific that shows how geeky I am
Books
Star Wars, Harry Potter, Orson Scott Card's Enderverse, Neale Donald Walsch's Conversations with God series, Dan Millman's Peaceful Warrior books, James Twyman, basically the new spirituality stuff, things that make me really think (yes, star wars makes me think lol) I can't wait till I'm finished with classes and can read for fun again!
Heroes
My Wife, One of my best friends, Ash, Sarah McLachlan, Tammy Lynn Michaels (Etheridge), Melissa Etheridge, Billy Joe Armstrong, Leslie Feinberg, Alix Olson, Bono, Carson McCullers
University Of Wisconsin-River Falls
River Falls, WISCONSIN
Graduated: 2004
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major: Physics
Clubs: Society of Physics Students, Sigma Pi Sigma, Gay/Straight Alliance, Shotokan club
2001 to 2004
University Of Evansville
Evansville, INDIANA
Graduated: N/A
Student status: Alumni
Degree: None
Major: engineering/physics
Clubs: Co-created the gay straight alliance.
1997 to 1998
New London Hi
New London, WISCONSIN
Graduated: 1997
Student status: Alumni
Degree: High School Diploma
Major: band and science geek
Clubs: Jazz band, show choir, karate, softball, tennis, outdoor adventure
I'm originally from Wisconsin but have lived all over including California in the desert, Florida and Indiana. I've also been to New Zealand and the South Pole, which was amazing. We're moving to League City, TX in March 08 where I'll be working at the United Space Alliance in the ISS Thermal Control Systems Instructor Group. Names like that are why everything has an acronym. ;-)
My wife and I were married in Thunder Bay, Ontario in march of 2004 after being together for 5 years. She's an amazing person.
Besides being into most anything science related I'm also really into music. I'm slowly rebuilding my drumming skills, and I'm very excited to get good enough to form a band in the next year or so once I'm not working 60 hours a week. Sometimes I write, basically when I remember to write or when I relax enough to be creative. So anyone in the League City area looking to form a band, drop me an email. I'm hoping to have a punkish band in attitude but with talent and musicality besides just raw energy.
The majority of my life is spent becoming a whole person in mind, body, and spirit. It's an amazing journey, with plenty to challenge me with along the way.
I do most of my journaling and such on my blog, so feel free to head over there and check it (me) out. Searching for my truth...
Who I'd like to meet: Melissa and Tammy Etheridge, Sarah McLachlan, Green Day, Bono, All the producers that worked on my favorite albums...I expect to meet all of these people some day. Well, maybe not all of the producers, but many of them. :-)
anyone interested in jamming/forming a band... basically if you play something besides drums, especially if you write and sing and are in the League City area, drop me a message!
Also, I'm amused by talking to people I knew in the past, so feel free to drop me a line and let me know how life is for you. Don't worry, I won't pretend we were friends or anything lol
Also, if you have a Wii and want to trade id's, drop me a line. Our id is 6790 5141 6768 8742.
Iraq is where I am going again, this makes number three. The weather is like Yuma when we get there but it gets cold yes. It doesn't seem nice as I am so used to the hot weather here. Not too bad though I guess.
I am doing good. Just getting ready to deploy again. Things are busy but going by fast. I can't believ I am over halfway to retirement. Glad work is going well for you. It is always nice to get past stuff like that. I am starting my next college class on Friday...woo-hoo. At least my military training covered most of my credits so I am like 8 classes from my associates and I have only done two classes so that will be pretty cool.
