But here are some simple details, ranging in importance from mildly to not at all.
At present, I am a senior history major at Middlebury
College in Middlebury VT. This will soon be a link to
a rant on the subject of history. This will soon be a link
to a rant on my history thesis. This may soon be a link to
a rant on the history department. This is a musing I wrote a while
ago about being a history major:
Sometimes I wonder exactly why. I prefer contemporary history, a time period I define as this century generally and WWII and later specifically. Formerly I focused nearly exclusively on American History, but have since progressed to seeking a broader scope of understanding just what has happened in the last sixty years. In my opinion, more events of significance occurred then than in most of the rest of history, in addition, we still have direct connections to those events to further the study of them. Many other historians feel that if the subject is still alive, it ain't history. Maybe not that drastic, but the general feeling is recent events aren't yet history. But I was in Berlin about six months after the Wall fell, and it was already part of history then. There was no currentness to the collapse of the Eastern Bloc (granted I would not have expressed it that way then), just the day to day troubles it had spawned. I guess it might be more appropriate to call me a student of history, and not a historian. (And others have said I am a political scientist, or cultural historian, or mathematician!)Anyway, besides being an unhappy history major, I am a Math minor. (If I fail my history thesis, I may up that to a major). Until the fall of 2000 I was the Editor of an art and literary magazine at Middlebury called Section Eight. I was also an editor of Eyes In The Dark, which was a web-based magazine adapted from high school. Both are now defunct as magazines, but Eyes In The Dark is being adapted into Something Cool, though precisely what is as yet uncertain. Hopefully that project gets going soon. Though my interest in my own writing has waned in recent years (particularly when I realized just how chaotic college life is), I still love trying to promote creativity, and the magazines let me do that. I miss them, even though each was a ton of work. I didn't really mind much (although if you'd asked me again near a deadline you might get a different answer...). I'm from Upstate New York. Nowhere near NYC. Hours away.
I still consider the small town I grew up in home, despite almost four
years at Middlebury. This may soon be a link to a rant about
Middlebury and my own stupidity in the college search process.
Some Interests and Some Links Sports: Soccer: I "played" in high school, and remain a fan (probably because i associate playing with watching, as I rarely got in a game. On the field, I prefered defense, though my coach threw in us third stringers at forward every now and then. In fact, it was my fault he did it so much, for the first time he did, I scored a goal, my only one in 12 years of playing.) I remain a fan of the US National teams, watch the MLS in eternally optimistic hope it will get better, and cheer every time Manchester United wins (to the chagrin of one of my closest friends, who is a Real Madrid fan). And I'm psyched that Alexi Lalas is playing again. Hockey: I admit it, I'm a hockey fan. Mostly a fan of Division III college hockey. The Middlebury men's team won it's fourth and fifth straight NCAA titles my freshmen and sophomore years, lost a very close quarterfinal series the following year after winning an intense N.E.S.C.A.C. final a week earlier. This year they are again ranked near the top in the country, and are in the NCAAs again. The women's team, meanwhile, has never lost a league game in the E.C.A.C., and last year won the first national title offered for women's D.III. hockey. I prefer hockey with more speed and skill and less pointless violence. And last year I found this site: uscollegehockey.com, with news and scores, and an extremely interesting message board. College Hockey Stats also has game results. Photography: As you might have noticed, I am extremely inerested in photography. It takes up most of my site already, and that amount will only grow. Check out my photography pages. Entertainment: I couldn't possibly list my all favorite movies, musicans, books, television shows, musicals, etc, but here is a sampling. Movies: I can and do waste hours looking though quotes, goofs
and trivia on the Internet Movie Database.
Books: Some of my favorite books/series/authors:
I'm sure I will think of more stuff to include at some point. |