Andy Parker

Seminole High School, Attended 1993 - 1997, Class of 1997

Yale University, Attended 2001 - 2003, Class of 2003, Master's Degree, music performance
University of Rochester, Attended 1997 - 2001, Class of 2001, Bachelor's Degree, oboe performance

musician

experimental music, volleyball, beards, ancient civilizations, tacos, looking to the left, holy moments, hiking, roller coasters, movies, food, travel, art history, black holes, soft core porn, Cate Blanchett, things that are both green and good, xbox, martial arts, paradigm shifts, lucid dreaming, tearing up the dance floor, ignoring my senses

the Wheel of Time series, Ulysses by James Joyce, Catcher in the Rye, Salinger's 9 short stories, Invitation to a Beheading, any Roald Dahl, Cat's Cradle, Welcome to the Monkeyhouse, Marcus Aurelius' Meditations, Shakespeare's Othello(I know it's a play), Ender's Game, Instance of the Fingerpost, the Art of Dreaming, Dune, Wrinkle in Time

Waking Life, Donnie Darko, Onmyoji, Eternal Sunshine, the Big Lebowski, Heaven, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, The Shining, Being John Malkovich, Lord of the Rings, Tape, American Beauty, Before Sunset, Twin Warriors, most kung fu, Adaptation, LA Confidential, Dune

Bjork, Radiohead, Bach, Stravinsky, lamb, Schubert and Schumann, Beck, Oysterhead, Renee Fleming, Mr. Bungle, Portishead, Monteverdi, Guardian Alien, Bartok, John Adams, Jurassic 5, the Roots, Mingus, Mouse on Mars(thanks Amelia), Flaming Lips, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Mozart operas, Brahms

Battlestar Galactica, Weeds, Arrested Development, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Sealab 2021, The Daily Show, Spaceghost Coast to Coast, Simpsons, Conan O'Brien, Xena Warrior Princess(sorry--can't help it), Law and Order, Rome

Libra

I like leaving very strange and funny messages on friend's voicemails, or writing really cheesy, flowery poems for my close pals in which the language is so grandiloquent and florid that it masks the complete lack of content or meaning. This is a good skill to possess if in fact you procrastinate as much as I do when it comes to papers and such. The reason I procrastinate usually is not so much a lack of interest, but actually an overabundance of interest in either socializing, playing music, or exploring the deeper mysteries of the universe via myriad flora. Not fauna though.
The cool thing is, I'm a happy guy. I mean I am very content with my life and my past and future. A lot of it has to do with the unbelievable web of friends I have accumulated. They are all so ridiculously smart and engaging and loyal. It just blows my hair back...even when I'm battling the consternation I feel sometimes when I think about how spread out they all are.
It's really tricky describing oneself. I don't like doing it. Commercials are bad enough when the product isn't yourself. But, I will say that I am a very focused, centered person. I have very few inhibitions. I make friends very easily and keep them. And I am drawn to adventure and a party-filled lifestyle.
Here are a few things I have done that really blew my mind:
Climbed the third largest pyramid in the world
Played a concert with Yo-Yo Ma
Saw the Roots twice in concert
Saw Renee Fleming live
Almost got struck by lighting while sitting on top of an Aztec ruin
Played Rite of Spring with a bunch of my homies
been stung by a jelly fish
was an extra in Jaws 3
saw Bill Clinton speak at Yale
more to come later....

Anyone with an open mind, a deep penetrating intellect, or
a predilection for the bizarre