Linguistics, Conlanging, Music (composing and playing keyboard), Sports (especially football and baseball), Humor, Learning other non-linguistic related things
Music
Canonical early 20th century classical (Stravinsky, Bartok, Schoenberg, Bernstein);
Minimalism (Steve Reich, John Adams (see friends :-) ) );
Bebop (Thelonious Monk) ;
Post-Bebop (Charles Mingus, Wes Montgomery, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hanock, Jaco Pastorius);
Film Scores -- the quirkier the better (Danny Elfman, Thomas Newman, John Williams);
Frank Zappa;
Prog Rock (Genesis, Pink Floyd, Air Conditioning);
Humor (Weird Al, Avenue Q)
Movies
Star Wars (all 6 episodes, more or less); Dark City; The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy; The 40-Year Old Virgin; Garden State; Whale Rider; Contact; Airplane!; Tommy Boy; The Princess Bride; A Christmas Story; Christmas Vacation; George of the Jungle; Beethoven; The Hunt for Red October; Blade Runner; Keeping track of how many movies I've seen; Reading and watching reviews of movies (and never actually seeing them)
Television
The Simpsons; The Office; 30 Rock; Jeopardy; Seinfeld; Saturday Night Live; Football Games (and other sporting events); That 70s Show;
Heroes
Marianne Mithun, Peter Sells, my grandmother, Uncle Keith
Stanford University
Stanford,CA
Graduated: 2009
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Ph D.
Major: Linguistics
2003 to 2009
University Of Rochester
Rochester,New York
Graduated: 2003
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major: Linguistics
Clubs: Wind Symphony, Orchestra, Pep Band
Greek:
Phi Beta Kappa
1999 to 2003
Arapahoe High School
Littleton,Colorado
Graduated: 1999
Student status: Alumni
Degree: High School Diploma
Clubs: Band, Band, and More Band; French Club; Knowledge Bowl; NHS
About me: "Everything I say is either funny or esoteric".
For a more informative "about me," see http://www.stanford.edu/~dball/ and/or http://tsketar.tripod.com/
Who I'd like to meet: In principle, any and all people who would be interesting to me. In practice, we should either know each other from RealLife® or your friend request should be accompanied by an informative message telling me a bit more about you.
...Oh...and also...we're going to Magic Mountain on Tuesday of that week so if you want to ride some coasters let me know!!! Again, I know it's a long drive but thought I'd check.
So Joe, Greg, and I will be in Santa Barbara from Wednesday May 30th (afternoon) through Friday June 1st (morning). I know that's still quite a way from you but in case you're down there for some reason hit us up!
Anyway it was great to see you again...I hope we can hang out again the next time you're out (or...maybe I'll just have to come out to Norcal myself...I know I keep saying this but this time I might be "for real" since Stever is graduating this May and I promised him a trip...)
Yeah...it was totally beautiful. I hope you can make it out there -- I'd suggest taking like an entire week and spending it all in the mountains for sure. The Alps made the whole trip worth it.
Hey man...I'm thinking of maybe making another trip up to San Fran with somebody (if I can find a companion!) -- are you gonna be around in the next few months?
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