Brian Hofmeister

Helen Keller Elem School, Attended 1980 - 1985, Class of 1987
Luther Burbank Elem School, Attended 1985 - 1989, Class of 1989
Reavis High School, Attended 1989 - 1991, Class of 1993

University of Illinois at Chicago, B.A.

University of Illinois - Chicago, Attended 1996 - 2000, Class of 2000, Bachelor's Degree, English Writing

poet, artist, optician and sometime musician

I ride with nine gangs.

music, art, writing, comic books, tattoos, piercings, beards, kabbalah, online identity, blogging, found objects, (mis)communication

Warren Ellis, Jane Smiley, Colleen McCullough, Dharma Bums, Hairstyles of the Damned, On The Road, Barbara Gowdy, Michael Cunningham, Judd Winnick, Brian Wood, Alan Moore, David Sedaris, Dan Savage, Ken Wilber, Shelley Jackson, Brian Bendis, Susan Sontag, Louise Erdrich, Kerouac, Whitman, Leslie Feinberg, Riki Ann Wilkins

Far From Heaven, Matrices, V for Vendetta, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Tetsuo the Iron Man, X-Men, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Pee Wee's Big Adventure, Amelie, Faster Pussycat, Kill! Kill!, Spellbound, Breakfast Club, Underworld, The Brandon Teena Story, Hotel Rwanda, Me & You & Everyone We Know

Xiu Xiu, cursive, hot water music, minus the bear, dakota dakota, postal service, an automotive, small brown bike, dead kennedys, descendents, fugazi, stereolab, appleseed cast, The Jazz June, Louie Prima, Haymarket Riot, Cap'n Jazz, The Ghost, Fugazi, Godspeed you Black Emperor, New Order, Inspiral Carpets, Liars, Bear Vs. Shark, Les Savy Fav, Bela Bartok

Simpsons, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, CSI, Six Feet Under, Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law, Family Guy, Space Ghost Coast to Coast, Battle of the Planets, West Wing, Law and Order SVU, Family Guy, 24, Lost, Heroes, Drawn Together

OK, I have just about had it with you sexy guys from Brooklyn. It makes my soul ache to see a profile with a handsome, interesting man over and over again and always have them be from Brooklyn. Can't you guys just come move here? I could put you up at my place for a couple days while you look for an apartment or something.

I am happy to experience new things, but sometimes, without noticing, fall into a rut. I am a creature of habit, but try to do things to force myself to not be habitual. I am at times a
voracious eater of information and at others, completely
out of every loop. I do not notice obvious things, only
subtle things. I am working to be a different person than
who I am now, but it's always a work in progress.

I recently went through my friends here on friendster and deleted everyone I either don't really know or who aren't somehow related (for example, I kept UIC, since I went to school there; but I've never "met" UIC). As a result, I only have something like 216 friendsters. Go figure.
Go ahead: AIM: bhofmeister13

Someone who knows the difference between fresh parmesan cheese and the parmesan cheese you get from the can, but who also isn't really concerned with which one he gets. Someone who, when I look at them, I feel this overwhelming sense of adoration and think to myself, "oh my goodness, this person is so amazing." No pressure or anything.