The details of my life are quite inconsequential.... very well, where do i begin? My father was a relentlessly self-improving boulangerie owner from Belgium with low grade narcolepsy and a penchant for buggery. My mother was a fifteen year old French prostitute named Chloe with webbed feet. My father would womanize, he would drink. He would make outrageous claims like he invented the question mark. Sometimes he would accuse chestnuts of being lazy. The sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and the insane lament. My childhood was typical. Summers in Rangoon, luge lessons. In the spring we'd make meat helmets. When I was insolent I was placed in a burlap bag and beaten with reeds- pretty standard really.
Those who know me have no need for my name, though I go by Jack. I'll be 26 in May. I'm an Electronics Technician Third Class in the US Navy (E-4, technically an NCO, non-comissioned officer). I've been back in the service for a little over a year. Previously, I was a linguist for four years. Did two years of civilian life in between where I did everything from selling stereos at Circuit City, cataloging books for alibris.com, and working in the reprographic department for the City of Reno. I'm happily married and have a four month old son, Dante. I'm currently in the process of moving to Norfolk, VA.
I'm a left-brained, introspective type. 147 verbal IQ (standardized and certified, composite IQ of 136... the last SAT I took was 590 math, 740 verbal). I have a very dry sense of humor, and I have the tendency to be kind of "out there" at times. Most of my views are rather liberal, but when it comes to military matters or the mid-east, I am somewhat conservative/hawkish. I loathe partisan politics, and I voted for Nader.
I'm 5'10" but have a huge torso. Long (by navy standards) brown hair, green eyes, medium complected. 200 pounds, but most of it frame and muscle, though I have a bit of a paunch. Like I've said, I'm built like a stonedowner.
I'm a geek at heart (in high school I did academic team, drama club, and yearbook). I watch a lot of sci-fi, used to read a lot of fantasy til I began to tire of the worn out plot lines and cliches of most stuff out there these days. I used to do some D&D type roll playing and was seriously into Magic the Gathering up until about '99. I play a lot of video games on my PS2, though not nearly as much as when I was younger. Love movies, but don't go as often now that I'm a family man. I'm not into sports, except the rare pick-up game with friends or volleyball on the beach and such. Used to rollerblade a lot (though I've never been into trick-skating), but haven't in a while since I lost my blades a few years ago.
I drive a purple '97 Chrysler Concorde, but only because that's what I got approved for (my credit sucked, so I took what I could get). I'm planning on trading it in soon for a new S-10 or a blazer. I've never been good with cars (not driving, I'm an excellent driver) or money, considering I never had much of either growing up (single mom, my little brother, and I... welfare life), though I'm starting to learn. For instance, I've replaced all the break pads and rotors on my car myself, including putting on new emergency brakes.
My friends are the most important thing to me besides my family, though I've lived a kind of isolated life this last year. I've lost touch with a lot of 'em, but not from lack of effort on my part.
Music keeps me going, though I'm beginning to feel old and not caring much for most of the stuff coming out these days. I'd like to think that has more to do with the state of media, but who knows.
Heh, suppose that's enough info?