KaptainKrude

Booth Tarkington Elem School, Attended 1980 - 1988, Class of 1998
Oliver W Holmes Middle School, Attended 1988 - 1990, Class of 1990
Wheeling High School, Attended 1990 - 1994, Class of 1994

Northern Illinois University, National-Louis University

National-Louis University, Attended 2005 - Present, Class of 2007, Master's Degree, Secondary Education
Northern Illinois University, Attended 1994 - 1998, Class of 1998, Bachelor's Degree, Corp./Org. Communication

Teacher

Music, Movies, Sketch comedy, People watching, Laughing at the expense of others...

Christopher Moore, Tim Dorsey, James Patterson, Henry Rollins, Carl Hiassen, Neil Gaiman, John Sanford, Salman Rushdie, Paulo Coehlo, etc...

Marillion, Porcupine Tree, Nightingale, Opeth, King Crimson, Tool, Thornley, Peeping Tom, Pain of Salvation, Gnarls Barkley, Conception, Orphaned Land, Atheist, Slayer, Spock's Beard, Freak Kitchen, Nevermore, Katatonia, Scar Symmetry, Miles Davis, Monte Montgomery, John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk, Genesis, Primordial, The Flower Kings, The Gathering, The Dresden Dolls, Mindfunk, Agalloch, Iron Maiden, Bruce Dickinson, Green Carnation, Butch Walker, Wolverine, Strapping Young Lad, The Devin Townsend Band, Isis, Jorn Lande, Riverside, Fair to Midland, Threshold, Kamelot, Soilwork, Black Sabbath, Tyrone Wells, Muse, Brian Vander Ark, Redemption, Ulver, Enchat, dredg, ... and on, and on, and on....

Gemini

'm unapologetically me. You either dig that or you don't. If you don't, you're free to pound sand up your ass. If you do, you're bound to find that although my heart's firmly fastened to my sleeve in many ways, I can also be one of the most brash, bold, sarcastic, cynical and brutally honest people you'll meet. Apparently I've a penchant for calling things as I see 'em. I can live with that. I'm a habitual people-watcher who loves to laugh...and sometimes it just happens be at the expense of other people... Hey, with the world we live in, some days all we can do is laugh.

I'll try most anything...at least once. Work hard, play hard, laugh hard, love hard...can't ask for much more than that. Well, you could...but they're relatively simple ideals and expectations. I value family and friends above all else, and am drawn to those who are passionate, driven, brutally honest yet empathic, and all-in-all genuinely interesting.

Words are wonderful, but when it comes to people they mean far less than actions. Tell me all you want, but make it real by showing me. Garner my trust, respect, and admiration, and they're yours for life. Abuse and violate them, or endeavor to take advantage of me and...well, the outcome usually isn't pretty. I believe in second chances and that we can all make good on our trespasses against others, but everything and everyone has limits.

Blah, blah, blah... enough of this already. Face it, this little space isn't enough to articulately describe *anyone.* If you want to know anything more... ask.