i have a small aquarium with a few fish and a frog, and two inside kitties: tima and janeane "beans" garofalo (who's actually a boy). i also live with, but do not have direct ownership of: a giant orange kitty named simba; a bearded dragon, ms. lizard pants; many other fish in a 30-gallon tank; two tarantulas; and many, many feeder critters (roaches, worms, etc.). this collection of animals is referred to the chet and pickles oakes memorial zoo, named after my late frog and hamster.

i played the clarinet for six years and tear up when i hear a good piece. as a result, however, i can type 90 words a minute with no errors, use an adding machine like nobody's business, and button pushing challenges in games just aren't challenging. i also have carpal tunnel syndrome, and it hurts. a lot. >_<

i'm obsessed with taking pictures and correcting your grammar. i have shelves full of linguistics books and those on the history of the english language (i ♥ middle english). you should ask for a copy of my papers on spelling reformation and the demise of second person personal pronouns. ;)

my goal is to one day own every video gaming system ever (i'm up to 16 at the moment).

you'll notice most (if not all) of my pictures are currently being taken using instagram. long story short, i have lost my photographing ways and oddly enough, instagram is rekindling that spark. i'm trying to do a 365 using only instagram, the portability and convenience of my phone making it easier to force my ennui into actually taking a picture of something, anything. so i promise in a few months i will be totally hating instagram. i'm already starting to dislike it, and i'm only on my third month as i type!