Pets: Three cats, Marbles, Momma and Mickey; and a dog, Montana

Hobbies: Reading, thinking, worrying, writing, daydreaming, playing with the computer, playing with my pets, listening to music, doing schoolwork, and procrastinating

Characteristics: Shy, considerate, practical, quiet, sensitive, open-minded, friendly, sarcastic, irreverent, compassionate, occasionally creative, and optimistic

Fave classes: Advanced Ceramics and Commercial Art

Fave places: San Francisco, Yosemite, Salinas, the redwoods, or anywhere on the coast

Fave reading material: Dave Barry, the newspaper, Reader's Digest, People, Biography, plays (which I've recently discovered a love for), and various books (I can't pin down my taste - I read whatever looks interesting)

Fave movies: The Truman Show, That Thing You Do!, A Christmas Story, Clueless, Edward Scissorhands, My Girl, While You Were Sleeping, Three Kings

Fave TV shows: "Felicity," "The Simpsons," "The West Wing," "Saturday Night Live," "I Love Lucy," "Jeopardy!," "Whose Line is it Anyway?," "The Wonder Years," "Freaks and Geeks," "Ed," "That's Life," "Grosse Pointe," and "Boston Public"

Fave music types: Modern rock (more than anything), classic rock, jazz, and folk

Fave artists: Third Eye Blind, Oleander, Simon Says, Green Day, Alanis Morissette, The Beatles, The Who, Jewel, CSNY, Aerosmith, Rage Against the Machine, Deftones, Smashing Pumpkins, Better Than Ezra, Stroke 9, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Live, Nirvana, Matchbox 20, etc. (see a list of all my albums)

Some of my all-time fave songs: "Cherub Rock"~Smashing Pumpkins, "Killing in the Name"~Rage Against the Machine, "Under the Bridge"~Red Hot Chili Peppers, "Smells Like Teen Spirit"~Nirvana, "Lightning Crashes"~Live, "Ceremony"~Joe Satriani, "Motorcycle Drive-By"~Third Eye Blind, "Letters"~Stroke 9, "Comedown"~Bush, "Won't Get Fooled Again"~the Who, "Meet Virginia"~Train, "Name"~Goo Goo Dolls

Current fave songs: "Beautiful Day"~U2, "Stupify"~Disturbed, "Babylon"~David Gray, "Yellow"~Coldplay

Fave actors/actresses/comedians: Dana Carvey, Steve Buscemi, Mark McKinney, Allison Janney, Natalie Portman, and Brittany Murphy

Other likes: History, satire, the '60s, rainbows, laughing, Christmas, cats, books

Contact: E-mail me (see below) or IM me at Parachute01