About me huh?? This is not such the easiest thing in the world to ask. Presently, I am finished my BA in Ancient History at the UofC, the plan is to go overseas, preferrably England, for my masters and PhD. But presently it looks like I am going to end up staying here and altering my desired topic for my masters dissertation. Special interested with my studies are political and military history of the Greco-Roman world. Most of my studies so far have been focussed around Alexander the Great and his successors. Yes, I know the movie sucked ass, so its loudly stated the only two parts worth watching amount to 10 minutes of film, they are: the begginning scene with his horse Bucephelaus, that was taken word for word from Plutarch. And the second part was the battle scene at Gualgamela, some how with all the major historical problems they had with the rest of the movie, specifically how poorly done the battle at the Indus was, this battle scene was captured perfectly and justified me sitting the 3 hours through the movie.

The next major thing about myself is my sports, I play Basketball! Period end of story, yes I am only 5'2 but I still play with the boyz, why because last time i played with girls I ended up with surgery on my shoulder recently, still recovering, myself to a point where I could get back in a gym and work out for more than 30 minutes and not leave in tears. It was a step short of hell for a gym rat like myself to deal with, which is probably why i started clinging so seriously to my studies, I am not invincible In fact I am fragile and mortal, for the time being. I do play other sports with groups of friends and such but Basketball is my drug, yes drug, and I am andhave been addicted for years.

Next love is for my music and culture that follows, I am a soul baby. Give me the good B&G tracks by the classic soul artists and I will sit and listen to them for hours on end. I must admit i do listen to other forms of hiphop, jazz, blues, and reggae but at heart all i need is my soul. Piano melody with amazing vocals and thats what makes the world spin.

Current favorite track: Phat Black and Candace- "Bring it boy"

I guess the last thing that needs to be said is that I am a tragic romantic, I believe that there is one special man out there waiting for me somewhere
and if I am patient I will find him and live happily ever after. Until then I am prefectly alright with being independent and strong, contently waiting to be swept off my feet, fairytale style. Although sometimes to find the right one you have to go through a few wrong ones it helps youe determine what you really want instead of basing everything off of concept.

Sitting by the fireside on a cold snowy day with a good book
Hot chocolate and Candy canes
Good workout so my body is burning
The feeling of success after a job well done
Reaching a goal
Long talks with good friends about life and philosophy
Summer nights in my hottub under the stars
Those long lost stories my grandpa used to tell us
calvin and hobbes
asterix and obelix
friends obviously... the close ones who talk you through the most difficult decisions and are there with you regardless, the ones who understand when you have a bad day and yell at them.

Random quotes:
“To have no fear of anything, to want not, is to be a king. This is the kingdom every man gives to himself, as each man can.” -Seneca 1st century AD

“I was confident and happy in a life which most would think intolerable; now my fears return. My spirit falters and arrests my body; I am unwilling to go on my way.”
- Seneca 1st century AD

“The love escorts her, the companions of knowledge and inspirers of all the arts.”
- Euripides 5th century BC
“Try for nothing in excessive. The middle degree is best. You will win virtue, a difficult thing to attain.” - Theognis 6th century BC

“And you sleep, your heart is placid, you dream in the joyless wood; in the night nailed in bronze, in the blue dark you lie still and shine. The salt water that towers above your head as the waves goes by you heed not, nor the wind's voice, you press your bright face to the red blanket. If this danger were danger to you, your small ear would attent my words."
-Simonides 6th century BC

“Mihi cordis gravitas res videtur gravis: iocus est amabilis dulciorque favis; quicquid Venus imperat, labor est sauvis, que nunquam in cordibus habitat ignavis.”
- Cal Orff, Carmina Burana #11

“The inward fire eats the soft marrow away, And the internal wound bleeds on in silence.”
- Virgil, Aenied, 1st century BC

“To pacify, to impose the rules of law, To spare the conquered, battle down the proud”
- Virgil, Aenied, 1st century BC

“An old saying has been handed down that it is not men of average ability but those of outstanding superiority who destroy democracy.”
- Diodorus, 1st century BC

“As man consists of body and soul, all our possessions and pursuits partake of the nature of one or the other. Thus personal beauty and great wealth, bodily strength, and all similar things, soon pass away; noble achievements of the intellect are immortal like the soul itself.”
-Sallust, 1st century BC
“The mind, which we share with the gods, is the ruling element in us, while the chief function of the body, which we have in common with the beasts, is to obey.”
- Sallust, 1st century BC

“People are quite ready to accept what they think they could easily do themselves; but anything beyond that they dismissed as an improbable fiction.”
-Sallust, 1st cenutry BC

"Do not waste the balance of life left to you in thoughts about other persons, -for why do you rob yourself of something else which you might do."
-Marcus Aurelius, 2nd century AD

fake people
games people play
dishonesty
people who dont understand that life doesnt come served on a silver plater
being a toy
my emotions and fears