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Everyone enjoys a good about section, don’t they? I want this to be more creative, but for now, it’s just accurate. I’m 30. My birthday is March 18th, and I was born in 1978 - the year of the horse, as I found out while dining at a Vietnamese restaurant a couple of weeks ago. I’m quite cultural obviously. I’ve also found out that I do have the majority of the typical Pisces traits. From 03.18.78 until 03.08.02, I lived in a town with around 20,000 people in the middle of Missouri. On that cold day in March, I drove to what I consider my home (for now) - Minnesota.

I bounced around the suburbs and the cities with a bevy of roommates, but have now found a place of my own in Minneapolis, where I’ve lived since February 08. It’s a lovely apartment where I can watch TV at 3 a.m. in the living room and not worry about who might walk in and see me sitting on the couch in the flannel pajamas pants I own that have a whole right in the crotch. Don’t ask.

Since I’ve turned 16, I’ve worked at a K-Mart, a Taco Bell, a pizza restaurant, a photography processing plant, an internet service provider, a telecommunications company that went bankrupt 3 months after I started, a major electronics retailer, and a software company. I don’t count the six hours I worked at Budget Rent-A-Car in the Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport. Right now, I’m unemployed, but could write a novel about the shitty business practices of my former company, and I couldn’t be more happy that I’m outta there.

Meet Riley. Riley’s a 2 year old (born 06.10.2005) boxer puppy dog. He’s the best roommate I’ve ever had and absolutely my best friend in the whole world. He leaves his hair in some undesirable places, but at least I know he’s clean. I’ve had him since he was 12 weeks old, and learned so much about him. We’ve dealt with puppy classes, separation anxiety, food allergies, and we’re currently trying to beat this whole paw-licking habit that he has. Riley’s the best, and I’m glad my other friends don’t get tired of me always talking about him.

I love sports - baseball (Minnesota Twins and the Boston Red Sox), NBA basketball (Minnesota Timberwolves), WNBA Basketball (Minnesota Lynx and L.A.

Even though I don’t watch college basketball during the season, I still fill out bracket come March Madness time. I always pick Duke to win it all. C’mon! Christian Laettner’s turn around jumper against Connecticut over 10 years ago gives me the confidence that they can win it again every year! Over the past two or three years, I’ve

I also love photography, or maybe I just love my digital camera. I love going outside. I love road trips. I love traveling. I love the internet, TV, reality shows, my couch, my new apartment, my watch, my family, tennis shoes, thunderstorms, good parking spots, pizza, polo shirts, watching movies, beanie caps, and Clay Aiken. And I love boobs. In 2005, I joined some friends in the Susan G Komen Breast Cancer 3 Day walk in Boston. It was easily the best experience of my life. Walking 60 miles over the course of 3 days is the least I can do to help increase breast cancer awareness and fight to find a cure for such a tragic disease. In 2006, my team raised over $20,000. And this year, our team is up to 19 members and have a team goal of $30,000 to raise by our walk on August 24-26. You can learn more about the cause and our team at teamboobylicious.com.