English teaching assistant, aspiring novelist, jazz trombonist (retired), Christian, unashamed [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic brony]] (and author of ''FanFic/TheSuccessors''), lover of ProgressiveRock music, and all-around fun guy. Occasionally blogs about various media at ''[[https://thestudyofeverythingsite.wordpress.com The Study of Everything]]''.

!! Some Tropes That Apply to Yours Truly:
* AbsentMindedProfessor: English teacher variant.
* AdjustingYourGlasses: All the time.
* ActualPacifist
* ApologizesALot
* {{Bookworm}}
* {{Christianity}}: Wesleyan
* ForgetfulJones: See AbsentMindedProfessor
* GeekPhysique: Of the scrawny, stick-figure variety.
* GoshDangItToHeck: Phooey! [[Music/DevinTownsend And double phooey!]]
* LargeHam: Back when I was into acting.
* MessyHair
* MrImagination
* NoSenseOfDirection
* NostalgiaFilter: Wears it often.
* RidiculousProcrastinator
* TheQuietOne: When in unfamiliar surroundings, I don’t speak up much.



! [[Theater/TheSoundOfMusic These Are a Few of My Favorite Things]]:
!! Anime and Manga
* ''Anime/CowboyBebop''
* ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica''
* ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena''
* ''Anime/HaibaneRenmei''
* ''Anime/SamuraiChamploo''
* ''Manga/FruitsBasket''
* Many Creator/StudioGhibli films, but especially ''Anime/PrincessMononoke''

!! Comic Books

* ''ComicBook/KingdomCome''
* ''ComicBook/TheSandman''
* ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}''
* ''ComicBook/AllStarSuperman''
* ''ComicBook/{{Bone}}''

!! Film

* ''Film/{{Stalker}}''
* ''Film/TheFall''
* ''Film/{{District 9}}''
* ''Film/TheSeventhSeal''
* ''Film/BackToTheFuture''
* ''Film/TheDarkKnight''
* ''Film/{{Casablanca}}''

!! Literature

* Franchise/TolkiensLegendarium
* ''Literature/TheBrothersKaramazov''
* ''Literature/TheWindInTheWillows''
* ''Literature/AllTheKingsMen''
* ''Literature/TillWeHaveFaces''
* ''Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy''
* ''Literature/BridgeOfBirds''

!! Live Action TV

* ''Series/ThePrisoner''
* ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration''
* ''Series/YesMinister''
* ''Series/DoctorWho''
* ''Series/{{Lost}}''[[note]] mostly just the first three seasons [[/note]]
* ''Series/EdgeOfDarkness''
* ''Series/{{Luther}}''

!! Music
* Music/{{Kansas}}
* Music/VanDerGraafGenerator
* Music/PinkFloyd
* Music/{{Rush}}
* [[https://bigbigtrain.bandcamp.com Big Big Train]]
* [[http://phideaux.bandcamp.com Phideaux]]
* [[http://echolyn.bandcamp.com Echolyn]]

!! Web Media
* ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner''
* ''Website/SFDebris''
* ''WebVideo/MarbleHornets''
* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}''
* ''WebComic/TheMeek''
* ''WebComic/DMOfTheRings''

!! Western Animation
* ''WesternAnimation/OverTheGardenWall''
* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender / WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra''
* WesternAnimation/TheDCAU, especially ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond''
* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls''
* ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends''
* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible''

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