A Few things About Me...

Age:
I'm doing well, in my twenties.

Sex:
If you couldn't tell before, (I could be a very ugly, hairy woman) I'm a guy.

Pictures:
Yes, only one picture on this page. Want more?

Location:
I live alone, just south of Boston in my own wing of an old Victorian. I am a Tried-And-True Bostonian and while I love this city and never want to live anywhere else, it still closes too damn early. I tend to spend a lot of time in Montreal and New York, so if you see a tall, goateed guy with a book, that's probably me. I work at some place in some far-off city doing something that makes me $$$.  And if you don't love your work, money is sometimes all that you can judge your happiness by.

More Pictures:

Just in case you didn't get enough of my ugly mug on the front page, here are a few more pictures.

Stats:
6'3/191cm
270 lbs/105kg
Blue eyes
Shortish, wavy, brown hair
&
Really clean teeth

Audio:
You can listen to my voice.

The Point of this Website:

This is the closest I can legally get to publically exposing myself.

This site started as an experiment. Really, it started as a way to learn to write HTML back in '94, before the explosion happened. But something happened in '95, and my brain started to work overtime, and my creative side just...blossomed. Maybe it was puberty, maybe it was the Ginseng or even Lily dying, but whatever it was, I changed drastically overnight. I knew I could do more, and do it with the flair that I was developing. So, I learned, and edited and shucked and plastered and steam-rolled my nascent drips and drops of writing into a more palatable form. I wrapped the format around the poems I had written and the pictures I had taken, and it has eventually grown into what you see today. If you're interested in more than this ham-handed, non-technical explanation, try letting me explain it another way.

If you don't like poetry, I completely understand. Who wants to read text on a page, especially if it's poetry? Hell, I don't even LIKE poetry. Reading my own is bearable, because I understand most of what I was trying to say, but I don't expect anyone else to put any time into the deciphering.

When I was deciding on whether or not I wanted a site, there were too many little reasons "Why" and not really any "Why Not?". So, I did it.

I'd be lying if I said this wasn't at least partially an ego trip. I like to be able to meet people and when they ask a question that I answered so much more eloquently on this site, I can point here and say "There's your answer. There I am."

In programming, I would explain it as:

if (question == y){
doAnswer("What music do you listen to?")
}
return result;

Marital Status:

I'm single, but beyond that, it gets into murky water. I am pretty viciously defensive about my privacy, and I've had a few problems with a few wackos trying to track me down. So, I try to protect my privacy, and very personal questions like "Whom are you dating?" or even "Are you dating someone?" are not questions that I am willing to disclose to just anybody. Ask me, and if I get to trust you, I'll tell you.

Hobbies:

For a few years, I made my living as a writer and photographer. I included a few stories and a few pictures to give you an idea of what I used to do. I still write about many things and I photograph everything in sight but too much would be overkill, so the majority of my work is "offline".

For a few years I studied Tae Kwon Do under the then-World Champion and his mentor Billy Blanks (The Tae Bo Guy). I still practice it, as well as a few other tricks I've learned. I try to find some time to go out, read a few books, drink lots of tea, meditate, practice my Tae Kwon Do, play around on the Internet and write a few stories. Nowadays, most of my time has been learning the underpinnings of computers, and language, as well as writing an autobiography (still haven't decided on a title). It's not that I am horribly popular and my social demands are enormous, it's just that I work like it's going out of style. I need a raise and this is the way to do it.