Against my better judgment, I have started another blog. I have had at least four or five before this, all in varying stages of decay. I have decided to start this blog because I came upon the realization that my voracious appetite for everything just isn't going to stop. In light of my impending graduation, I know my English degree isn't going to be enough. One of my many passions is evolution and astrobiology--and turning to writing and literary theory in favor of science would feel like giving up a finger or a toe: I could make due without it, but it wouldn't feel right. There would always be something nagging at me, pulling at my shirt, asking me to come out and play.

In even worse judgment, I have decided to include (the closest thing to) my real name in the heading. Pseudonyms are pointless in these days of the interweb. The possibility of anything I write not being included next to my real name is rather slim--so what's the point? As a private person, I loathe the idea of people I "dislike" being able to read anything I write, but it's not about them. It's about me, and the fact that I have goals that can only be accomplished by putting my name on something. No shit? No shit.

So, in the hopes that I can actually manage to maintain this thing, I welcome you to my internet lair. As a budding polymath, you're likely to feel that this is a very scattered place--and you're right. As the subtitle says, I think of myself as an aspiring writer (fiction and non-fiction), scientist, literary theorist, film critic, entrepreneur, blah blah blah. The world is a big place, and I plan to have it all... for dinner.