Not so long ago, in a galaxy right in front of your face, this one lady gave birth to me. I was pretty grateful, except for the fact that I was soaking wet with birth goop. Once I got cleaned up everything was all better, and I started gurgling and making those baby noises that people find so sickeningly cute. A few years down the line my mother thought it would be cool to have a girl named Megan. Wouldn't you know it, that's exactly what happened. This rounded out a pretty cool family of slightly overprotective mother, quick witted father, superklutz sister and, well, me.
In High School I run cross country, because I am an idiot. Really, there's not many other reasons I can come up with, other than it keeps me in some semblance of shape. I have to work hard each year just to be mediocre in races, and I may even be approaching the "below average" mark. But it keeps the pounds off and given that my ideal diet is steak or pizza and Mountain Dew, this is a good thing. I follow the Atkins Diet without really meaning to.
I also act in plays. Plays are the shit, unless they're Shakespeare plays. I've done one Shakespeare play, Macbeth, in which I was King Duncan. In case you don't know, King Duncan dies. Like, in the second act. This was actually nifty because none of us had any idea what the hell we were saying, so I just had to say less of it. Freshman year we did the Crucible. I was Sammy Parris, the reverend who couldn't make up his goddamned mind. Act One: There be no witches here! Act Two/Three: They be witches! Hang 'em! Act Four: NO WITCHES! MY BAD!
But by and large the best play ever is Arsenic and Old Lace. We did that not once but TWICE because we didnt have time/money for a new play, but I didn't mind, because I was JONATHAN, the evil psychopath who got screwed up and looks like Boris Karloff. Typical dialogue between Jonathan and his henchman, Dr. Einstein:
Dr. Einstein: (discussing Jonathan's kill count) You can't count the one in Phoenix. He died of pneumonia!
Jonathan: He wouldn't have got pneumonia if I hadn't shot him!
This year I also tried to golf. Notice the key word, tried. Our golf team is one of those "No one wants to do this, so sign up and you're on board" deals, kinda like the school itself. The end result was, I became a master at yelling "FORE!" Fore means watch the hell out because I just sent a golf ball careening in the wrong direction, which just happens to be where your head is right now. I was so good at yelling FORE that I was yelling it even before I hit the ball. I bet they could make a sitcom out of it.
As far as hobbies go I write like a machine. Most of my free time sees me at my computer typing away. I used to play video games a lot but not much is out there anymore. I read a helluva lot, mostly action, scifi, fantasy, and humor. When I do leave my cave it's to go to a movie, generally, or to "hang out" as we younguns call it. I always thought that was a stupid term. What exactly are we hanging out of? What exactly is hanging out? Why oh WHY did I ask that last question?
MUSIC--Evanescense is the best band I've heard in a LOOONG time. Every one of their songs is gold. Also the Goo Goo Dolls have it going on, same goes for Linkin Park, Breaking Point, Goldfinger and Reel Big Fish. Eminem is the only rapper I don't want to kill in nasty ways--his music is different and good. On the instrumental end Nobuo Uematsu of Final Fantasy fame is king, and Michael Giacchino (Medal of Honor) does some really nifty work. Bach's Fugue is also a classic. And of course, Weird Al reeks of cool.
But the best musician I've ever heard (and only recently) is a guy by the name of Ben Folds. He is THE MAN. I can't believe how much ass he kicks. I've only listened to one and a half CDs and it's the best stuff in the world ever, I swear. Ben Folds, or Ben Folds Five, find their stuff and buy it.
MOVIES--The Lord of the Rings movies are better than anything else that came out the last two years and thats all there is to it, don't give me that Chicago garbage. The Matrix Reloaded was the Disappointment From Hell. X-Men 2 OWNS. Magneto is GOD. Anything with Harrison Ford in it rocks the house. I'm going to see Pirates of the Carribbean and the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen soon, so they better not suck.
BOOKS--Tom Clancy and Robert Ludlum are awesome. Rainbow Six, Patriot Games, Without Remourse, The Bourne Trilogy, and The Matarese Circle are great reads. Over in Fantasy Land, Tolkein is champ, but Michael Stackpole's breathing down his neck, says I. The Harry Potter series is pretty damn fun, and the fifth book was worth the wait. James Morrow is an...interesting guy, too. Finally Dave Barry is one of the funniest writers out there. Read "Big Trouble" (but avoid the movie like the plague).
That's the general garbage, but I'm gonna put more stuff up here soon enough, stuff that's almost as silly as thinking someone actually read this far down the About Me page.
