My whole life I've never believed in God. My parents used to tell me about god and all that,and even when I was very young i remember thinking "sounds like total bull----". Today I'm working while in school with the goal of getting into grad school to study genetics. Everything science, especially biology and cosmology, fascinates my pants off. I'm right brained, I'm left brained, I'm a nerd, I'm an athlete. And on top of all that, a romantic introvert. I find small talk debilitating. I need substance to my conversations. Sure the occasional "shootin' the s---" is okay, but more often than not I need real material to work with. I'm an extremely thoughtful and empathetic person, I feel people's uncomfortableness and timidness and I try to counter act it. That goes for someone who's obnoxiously loquacious as well. I'm a great listener and often find myself the bearer of many secrets because of that fact. I'm really in touch w/ my emotions, some times to the point of them controlling me, but over the years I've gotten better at being the master of my domain. I also have a really silly side, but it takes a while for that to come out if I don't know you that well. IF I do act silly and goofy around you, then we're probably getting along pretty well 
I believe the purpose of life is to find happiness, what ever that is. Everyday I try to find something that inspires me and gives me a sense of meaning. It's a very hard thing, in this modern world, to find. Lately I've re-discovered running, it's a beautiful thing, running. Literally what we as a species were meant to do, and that fills me, oddly, with a sense of purpose. When I get home and want to relax I like to drink gluten free alcohol and go karaoke, live music or comedy, play video games, or relax with a movie. I'm young at heart, I'm a goofball, and
