| WHO ARE YOU? |
just some bozo.
I was about to say, “More specifically, just some bozo who was born a humble Jimski to humble loving parents way
back in 1975.” Then I realized that I had a different name when I was born. Then I realized that I also had different parents when I was born. Then I realized that was a pretty crappy way to begin a bio.
Anyway.
Three months after I was born, I was adopted by humble loving parents and christened Jimski. (Being adopted
seems perfectly normal to me, but other people seem to think it’s a big deal so I thought I ought to mention it.) A few years later, my folks picked up a sister for me, after which the four of us decided not to press our
luck with a fifth member. I was raised in that paradox of paradoxes, the metropolitan Midwest, and aside from an occasional jaunt to New York, Moscow, or the grocery store, I have essentially stayed put. I even went to college in my home town, but the less said about that the better; my ill-fated encounters with campus politics made me a bitter old man before my time.
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| WHAT
DO YOU DO? |
I am a consultant.
I love saying that.
Consultant. That’s me. I’m a consullllltant.
Sounds impressive, doesn’t it? I thought it did, which is why I decided to start saying it to people after I realized that explaining my actual job made even my eyes glaze over. Since it’s hard to type with glazed eyes, I’ll simply say that I work on web sites in a specialized way. I smile when I think that very few people on earth share my specialty, but then I realize it’s mostly out of lack of interest and stop smiling quickly.
No, I’m not a webmaster, nor am I a web designer (obviously); I appreciate the support, but if your cousin Zeke needs someone to run his home page or design his graphics or tell him why his printer doesn’t work, I am really not the one to send him to. Thanks anyway.
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| WHY
DO YOU HAVE THIS SITE? |
Why did I start the site? I was fascinated by the web from the moment I heard about it. When I was in school, they gave every student a free home page, and I wanted mine to be as completely unique as possible. After seeing every idea I came up with already taken, I had what I thought was a stroke of genius: No
other site on the web is about me! I am the world’s only expert in me! I’ll write a journal and put it online! Brilliant!
I thought I was Christopher Columbus. And I was, in the sense that hundreds of people had gotten there first.
But at the time, I didn’t realize I wasn’t the only online journal writer. I can now say, however, that mine’s one of the longest running. So, you know, there’s always that.
Why do I have the site now, even after all these years? Well, I do think about giving up on it
occasionally. The truth is, though, it gives me a chance to vent and share my life in a more or less entertaining fashion. I like getting things off my chest. I like the thought that people are enjoying the things I write. Plus, as long as I’m writing everything down, I’m free to go ahead and forget anything I like. |
| WHAT
ARE YOUR LIKES? |
Hmmm. I think what I enjoy most is a nice, casual dinner with friends followed by a movie that doesn’t suck (movies are probably my favorite pastime, although I am a pretty harsh critic). Actually, I take that back; it’s all right if the movie sucks. That gives us something to talk about afterwards.
I like DVDs.
I like living in the city instead of the suburbs or the country.
I like living in an apartment instead of a house, at least for now.
I like being able to go to work in a t-shirt and jeans.
I like my parents and sister a lot. I give them a lot of ribbing, especially online, but they’re great people
and at the end of the day I love them all very much. (Mom and Dad: if you’re reading this, don’t read the journal. It’s for the best.)
I used to like collecting action figures, but now I simply like being the kind of person who used to collect
action figures.
I’m also a sucker for exotic restaurants, news magazines, long-winded conversations that accomplish nothing, playing
devil’s advocate, bad cult films (a la Rocky Horror, not a la “The David Koresh Story”), playing video games despite being appallingly bad at all of them, getting pleasure out of cheesy things through irony, getting pleasure out of cheesy things sincerely when no one’s looking, self deprecation, being a homebody, badly practiced Catholicism, women
who make the first move, and pinball.
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| WHAT
ARE YOUR DISLIKES? |
My dislikes are numerous, that’s what they are. The journal’s peppered with them. |
| WHAT IF I DON’T WANT TO SIT AND READ 3+ YEARS OF YOUR FRIGGIN’ LIFE STORY, SMART GUY? |
Well, I'm proud of most of the journal entries on the site and naturally think everyone should commit them all to memory immediately... Or not.
I've put together a list of the entries that I think of as personal favorites and put those links here on the Highlight Reel page. |
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Should I have mentioned something else?
E-mail
me and say so. |
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