cogito ergo doleo

I always feel a little pretentious writing about myself in the third person so I think I’ll just go first person on this one:

I’m a student of life, I write novels and I run constantly. I studied anthropology and art history as an undergrad and molecular biology as a grad student.

I love video games, soccer and mixed martial arts. I’ve played baseball my entire life. I absolutely love jumping out of airplanes and off of high things with nothing but ballistic nylon holding me in the here and now.

I don’t quite know what I want out of life except to say that happiness is the deciding factor; if it makes you happy do it. Or as my favorite professional surfer says:

“Do it ’cause it’s fun or don’t do it.”

Thank you Shane Dorian.

I guess I could always round this out with a dozen or so more quotes that really make people get me.

I’m not going to do that.

I’ll say this though, I’m just like everyone else. I’m the summation of a lifetime spent wondering and experiencing, traveling and staying put. I’ve pulled up, and put down roots at various times and I’m never afraid to try something new.

I like change, it reminds me that I’m still alive.

I have never feared death, but I’m not exactly rushing toward it either – it’s just another journey.

I’ve lived all over the world, courtesy of the United States Army. Europe, South and Central America, various bases all over North America: It was, without a doubt, the best way I can think of to grow up.

I firmly believe that life should be about those amazing moments that are of such startling intensity that you find yourself barely able to breathe; your mind whirling in a thousand different directions.

If you’re lucky enough to find a person that can make you feel like that, grab on and don’t you ever let go: that’s what a soulmate is.