About Me :)

I am the definition of a starving artist. I am a film student who is currently couch-surfing and selling used textbooks for my friends to support myself. This has made me realize that my goals are to make a lot of money and create art. That being said, these two goals are completely separate; I never want my art to become cold and calculating the way business affairs should be conducted. That is why I love experimental filmmaking. It is filmmaking for the pure art and poetry of it. It is not intended to appeal to a commercial audience of pimpled, teenagers filled with the angst of their inexperience; rather it is an art form that expresses the intangible longing of the soul of the filmmaker. (And of course, this only defines a small portion of the larger inexplicable experimental art form where the only rule is to break convention.)

I also love to sing and I have recorded several CD's with one in the making this fall. I love the performance arts and have participated in over 20 plays and quite a few independent films as an actor. Now I am focusing more on my performance as a money-making venture and I intend to expand my horizons to play at new performance venues around town and even regionally.

I have a chocolate Lab, Great Dane mix who is a little over 1 year old and weighs in at a whopping 100 lbs. But his stature should not fool anyone. He is the sweetest dog. In fact, when he broke his leg last January and had to go to the vet for surgery, some other dog bit him and he just turned around and gave the dog a big, slobbery kiss. This dog is the love of my life and I would do anything for him. He makes me grin every day when I come home and he wags his tail like I am Santa Paws. (Excuse me; I tend to get sappy and corny when I talk about my dog.)

There is a lot more that I could share about myself but I would rather limit the categories I willingly place myself within. Living without restraints and confines is so much more exciting.