: About Me

I'm a Social worker who works with troubled teens. Other than that I'm your average 20 something, still drifting somewhat aimlessly through life, trying to find a niche. The written word can be an powerful tool for personal change; and when you look deep inside of yourself, you manage to find the rest of the world as well....

My passion is ...

sleep

I know too much about ...

the television show LOST.

My parents always told me ...

"you're grounded."

My childhood ambition ...

was to become a writer.

My favorite memory ...

was college in general.

Why I write ...

is because I can.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

nothing.

My first job ...

was being a vendor at a ballpark.

My inspiration ...

is anyone who speaks thier mind.

Arts & Humanities > Literary Themes & Ideas Writers who influenced your life

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Kurt Vonnegut died a couple of months ago. It was probably his time, but nontheless, the news hit me hard. There went the man who inspired me to take up the pen again. When I picked up "Slaughterhouse Five" about a year ago, it really changed my life. I know that sounds so goddamn cliche but it's the truth. What struck me about it was his outlook on life, how he could take a horrific situation and just laugh at it. It's a very human reaction and it's something no one will admit to doing. I mean Jesus, the things we do to other human beings, it's just funny. That's all. I guess it struck me...

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