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I'm sarcastic and brutally honest to the point that I can't believe I have any friends at all. I'm a sucker for trivia, impressive vocabularies, school fundraisers, cold beer, Shakespeare, and baby animals. I'm a serious perfectionist, but I don't mind- it keeps me busy and I'm never without goals. I swear too much, stress too much, worry too much, I hold grudges, and I'm an eternal pessimist. On a lighter note, I think I'm pretty damn hilarious.

The stats: I'm 28 years old. I joined the Navy at 18 and served a total of 8 years. I worked at the Pentagon and with a few SEAL teams (those guys are badass). I've been in the computer field ever since and currently work as a network admin for a local oilfield company, but my degree is in English. I'm married, no kids (just dogs and cats) and my twin brother is staying with us while his house is being built. I have a little brother and sister who are also twins. Weird. More than anything, I have to see Italy, publish a novel, improve my photography to my degree of satisfaction, run the Boston Marathon, and learn to accept my imperfections. After that, I can die happy.

What I love about photography is not so much the technical side of things but being in the right place at the right time and getting a good, solid shot- not necessarily a perfect shot. Perfection, I'm telling myself, is boring, afterall. I like to capture what makes us human, what makes ordinary interesting and what makes life worth living. With that in mind, I don't have a lot of equipment and consider myself a minimalist when it comes to my gear, but that's how I like it. I want to keep it simple, because I have enough complexities in my life, without adding more. :)