Here are the clues TheVoelkel has given about his personality.
People who get me know this...
I'm best defined by sarcasm, irony, and an inability to hold myself back.
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My career path... Currently, I'm a business analyst, headed towards actuary. Once the PhD is in hand, however, we're talking math professor. !
My spirituality... Zen Buddhist. !
Letters after my name... None yet. Forthcoming, though. !
My relationship status... In a relationship !
My relationship saga... Two engagements, one of which became a marriage of 8 years that ended in a fightless amicable divorce. Spent a little time after each engagement playing with toys, and am now with a woman who can make ischemia jokes. Life is good. !
My political leanings... far left !
My political views... Sociopaths run everything, and corporations are the bane of our existence. Nothing will change, however, because beer is kept cheap and sports are kept mostly free to watch. !
A link to my other profile... http://www.facebook.com/thevoelkel !
A link to great art... http://www.albion-swords.com/ !
A great song... Winterborn, by The Cruxshadows. I can't help singing along every time I hear it. !
An awful song... Any rap or hip-hop ever performed. It's the musical equivalent of nails on a chalkboard to me. !
A great movie... The Departed, No Country for Old Men !
An awful movie... Big Stan !
A great book... American Gods, by Neil Gaiman !
An awful book... Twilight, by Stephenie Meyers !
A great company... Google before their IPO !
An awful company... Wal-Mart, Monsanto !
Delicious food... Elk, blueberries, raw vegetables, cashews !
Terrible food... Grain, sugar, starch, corn syrup, legumes !
A great website... http://www.xkcd.com !
An awful website... http://www.myspace.com !
A great person... Dennis Kucinich !
An awful person... Your average executive or politician !
Proudest thing I ever did... I maintained a 4.0 GPA for an entire degree's worth of college while working full-time. !
Best time I ever had... The first date with my current girlfriend. We just clicked that well. !
Worst time I ever had... The last four years of my marriage, which were endured for no good reason. !
What Ive been up to lately... CrossFit! Also, I'm back in school and not coming out until I get a doctorate, have been to a lot of concerts and festivals, and am rediscovering the joys of life not married to a hermit. !
What drives me crazy... Incompetence, blind faith, and people who don't ask questions. !
What makes me glad to be alive... My girlfriend's smile, the rush after an intense CrossFit workout (once I've peeled myself up off my sweat angel, anyway), and knowing my brain works fairly well. !
I believe this... All is transient, ephemeral, and fleeting. !
My ethnicity as others define it... Caucasian, European, European-American !
My ethnicity as I define it... 90% German heritage, with a dash of Scottish and Irish stirred in. !
Gender... Male !
My career path... Currently, I'm a business analyst, headed towards actuary. Once the PhD is in hand, however, we're talking math professor. !
My spirituality... Zen Buddhist. !
Letters after my name... None yet. Forthcoming, though. !
My relationship status... In a relationship !
My relationship saga... Two engagements, one of which became a marriage of 8 years that ended in a fightless amicable divorce. Spent a little time after each engagement playing with toys, and am now with a woman who can make ischemia jokes. Life is good. !
My political leanings... far left !
My political views... Sociopaths run everything, and corporations are the bane of our existence. Nothing will change, however, because beer is kept cheap and sports are kept mostly free to watch. !
A link to my other profile... http://www.facebook.com/thevoelkel !
A link to great art... http://www.albion-swords.com/ !
A great song... Winterborn, by The Cruxshadows. I can't help singing along every time I hear it. !
An awful song... Any rap or hip-hop ever performed. It's the musical equivalent of nails on a chalkboard to me. !
A great movie... The Departed, No Country for Old Men !
An awful movie... Big Stan !
A great book... American Gods, by Neil Gaiman !
An awful book... Twilight, by Stephenie Meyers !
A great company... Google before their IPO !
An awful company... Wal-Mart, Monsanto !
Delicious food... Elk, blueberries, raw vegetables, cashews !
Terrible food... Grain, sugar, starch, corn syrup, legumes !
A great website... http://www.xkcd.com !
An awful website... http://www.myspace.com !
A great person... Dennis Kucinich !
An awful person... Your average executive or politician !
Proudest thing I ever did... I maintained a 4.0 GPA for an entire degree's worth of college while working full-time. !
Best time I ever had... The first date with my current girlfriend. We just clicked that well. !
Worst time I ever had... The last four years of my marriage, which were endured for no good reason. !
What Ive been up to lately... CrossFit! Also, I'm back in school and not coming out until I get a doctorate, have been to a lot of concerts and festivals, and am rediscovering the joys of life not married to a hermit. !
What drives me crazy... Incompetence, blind faith, and people who don't ask questions. !
What makes me glad to be alive... My girlfriend's smile, the rush after an intense CrossFit workout (once I've peeled myself up off my sweat angel, anyway), and knowing my brain works fairly well. !
I believe this... All is transient, ephemeral, and fleeting. !
My ethnicity as others define it... Caucasian, European, European-American !
My ethnicity as I define it... 90% German heritage, with a dash of Scottish and Irish stirred in. !
Gender... Male !
