About
Me
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Academic:
Currently double majoring in Graphic Design and Creative Writing at Seton
Hill University, PA
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Extra-curricular:
Editor-in-Chief/Design Editor of Eye
Contact, the Seton Hill University literary magazine since Fall
2004
Illustrator/Cartoonist/Columnist for The
Setonian, the Seton Hill University campus newspaper
Founder and Chairman of the Seton Hill University chapter of the College
Republicans.
Design Editor for InArt, the Seton Hill University art program newsletter
Writing Consultant at the Seton Hill University Writing Center
Tutor for Digital Imaging and Graphic Design at Seton Hill University
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Involvement:
Member of the Cellar Dwellers,
sketch comedy and improv troupe, since August, 1997.
Graphic designer for the Dwellers, including webmaster to their
website.
Co-writer and voice actor in Dodge
Intrepid and the Pages of Time radio show.
Actor in various R-Act
productions
Actor, writer, designer, and volunteer for the Outlet
for Creativity, Inc. A non-profit organization dedicated to supporting
the arts in the Beaver County Area.
Active member of the Beaver and Westmoreland
County Republicans, as well as participating member of the Bush/Cheney
'04 campaign
Participates yearly in various Mongolian Bloodsport Competitions...
with Jean Claude Van Damme
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Tranquility Lost:
This blog was first published November 20th 2003 on the Seton
Hill Moveable Type server and averages about 115 hits per day,
largely due to it's well categorized presence in the Google database
(something that is still unexplained to this day.)
The title "Tranquility Lost" first came about because of
my original impression of Seton Hill compared to my initial discovery
when actually moving to the campus. It was originally a reference to
the terribly loud and obnoxious dorm, Havey Hall, that I found myself
living in as a freshman. The title has since gone on to basically confuse
all who visit this blog, and further emphasize the fact that when I'm
at school I never get some peace and quiet.
"Tranquility Lost" holds a variety of content and unfortunately
doesn't fit into a specific blog category. The majority of posts are
satirical or humorous (and usually succeed in fooling folks into believing
they are non-fiction.) Once in a while things get a little heated on
here thanks to the occasional right-winged commentary or constructive
Seton Hill criticism (although the faculty rarely see it as "constructive".)
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Other writing:
Contributor to the Cellar
Dweller's Blog-O-Rama
Contributor to the Seton
Hill University College Republicans
Contributor to the New Media Journalism weblog.
Author of "5
Suggestions for SHU" for the Setonian newspaper, along with
other editorials.
Author of "The Savior's BBQ" featured in Eye Contact Magazine,
Fall 2003
Author of "Tragedy:A Brief Overview" featured in Eye Contact
Magazine, Spring 2004
Author of "Uneven Pants" featured in Eye Contact Magazine,
Fall 2004
Author of "The Case of the Priceable Picasso" featured in Eye Contact
Magazine, Spring 2005
Author of "Gran Duda Island" featured in Eye Contact Magazine, Fall 2005
Co-Writer of Dodge Intrepid
and the Pages of Time radio show and podcast.
One of the head writers for the Cellar Dwellers sketch comedy troupe,
and author of over 100 performed sketches over the past seven years.
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Skills:
Writing, acting, improvisation, computer design, web design,
minesweeping, various artistic medium including pencil, ink, clay, paint,
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Work Experience:
Freelance Graphic Design for the Tribune-Review
Freelance Graphic Design for various small business clients
Clerk. Busboy. Slave to the R-Zone at Toys R' Us
Tutor and Writing Consultant at Seton Hill University
Unqualified Bounty Hunter (that doesn't have a sweet motorcycle.) |
Recommended Reading List:
Monsignor
Quixote, Graham Greene
Of
Mice and Men, John Steinbeck
Screwtape
Letters, C.S. Lewis
Animal
Farm, George Orwell
Adventures
of Kavilier and Clay, Michael Chabon
Deliver
Us From Evil, Sean Hannity
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Recommended Viewing List:
Crimes
and Misdemeanors, Woody Allen
Everyone
Says I Love You, Woody Allen
Seven
Samurai, Akira Kurosawa
This
is Spinal Tap, Rob Reiner
Waking
Life, Richard Linklater
Planet
of the Apes, Franklin Schaffner
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What I Blog With:
Apple Power Mac G4 1Ghz, OS 10.2, Safari Browser
Apple iBook G4 1Ghz, OS 10.3, Safari Browser
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