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About me

-Whenever I'm asked what I had for dinner, I always say "chicken."
-My day job usually keeps me dirty.
-I named my pet after an exclamation.
-I manage to keep myself one step away from being a coke addict.
-My new apartment is in a place where it snows in the morning and then is too hot to wear a sweatshirt in the afternoon.
-A cable box has been sitting on my TV for months, but I have never watched anything on it, besides my own DVD's.

Briefly me

My passion is ...

understanding that which is confusing.

I know too much about ...

what kinds of things lurk in a sewer drain.

My parents always told me ...

"Your problems are not the center of the universe."

My childhood ambition ...

To fly

My favorite memory ...

Cuddling

Why I write ...

I'm looking for

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

Ramstein

My first job ...

Grocery bagger, where I was arrested for shoplifting, years earlier

My best moment ...

is always rated 2nd, to my next one.

My inspiration ...

is often borrowed from others.

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