[ AGE: 21; NATIONALITY: MEXICAN-AMERICAN; OCCUPATION: STUDENT/MAINTENANCE; STATUS: SINGLE AND NOT LOOKING; YEARS ON VF: 9; ]

Well, as stated, ive been on vf for about nine years. ive seen people come and go, and done my share of coming and going, but ive always returned.

I currently work maintenance in one of the many locations of the huge corporate empire that is walmart. yes, i clean shit. and pick up trash. although it can have its perks, the pay sucks. of course i have aspirations, but hey, we all have to make it somehow.

I also go to school. see? we're not all stupid. at least not too stupid. I am majoring in art, you ask me what in art? well, i am not too clear yeat as to what im doing with it. all i know is im doing it. i love/hate it. its a struggle, as an artist. art as a whole is very visceral, it comes from your innards.

when it comes to music i have extremely broad taste. my recent rift with the internet has me a bit backward when it comes to industrial music, and when i say backward i mean like.. back in 2006/7. my taste has sprawled into indie folk music. i know it might not be too popular with the kids, but i love me some banjo music. Great Lake Swimmers are one of my favorite! I've seen The National twice in concert, etc. i couldnt just name bands.. its hard. i've recently in the past year or so picked up on interpol and zwan, the white stripes, the rolling stones, David Bowie, etc. see? quite broad. i can listen to sopor aeturnus one second and go ahead and listen to the Drums the other.it just depends. i got tired of being a music nazi. i dont listen to linkin park, papa roach, bullet for my valentine and whatever else the radio and mtv are throwing at you these days, but thats just another tangent i will undertake in another paragraph.

the media is of course a huge influence in society today(any day for that matter). i dont do very much tv watching, i mostly just watch movies i buy when i have a chance, i'm collecting movies and shows of my interest. i am not a big film buff, but i love zombie movies, so anything i can get my hands on. i also have become a comic book enthusiast, lest we forget also the expensiveness of these things, so dont come down on me with Batman vol. five or something, im only starting; be gentle. haha.

Art is amazing to me. i go to museums as much as possible. the area i live in is blessed with the proximity of prolific art museums. thats not to say i dont also enjoy local art. i try my very best to make it to the local art walks and museums. as for my own art i have various images posted on my facebook page, which i'd share if i wasnt going to get flooded with friend requests.. vf is the only place you can be someone's friend with out actually adding them to your own list, which is fine and dandy, but i like intimacy. anyway, back to art. currently i am trying to perfect my drawing skills. i need to expand my mind a little and flex my creative muscle when it comes to conceptuality, but right now i am currently concentrating on drawing. humans are especially interesting to draw, i find that to draw someone theres an intimate moment the artist is having with it's subject, you're learning and jotting down their nooks and cranies, noting a dimple here, a fold there, really quite beautiful.

my favorite artists would include but isn't restricted to: Otto Dix, Van Gogh, Audrey Beardsley, Alfonse Mucha, Gris Grimly, Kathe Kollwitz, the list goes on.

when it comes to tv etc, all i really watch is cartoons, specifically the regular show and adventure time. I dont know why, but short of documentaries, which i dont watch very much anymore either, cartoons are the only thing that interests me. maybe its the imagery, im not sure. I also watch venture brothers and batman the animated series. movies in my collection include Titus, all of the Hannibal Lecter movies including Manhunter, Donnie Darko, Ghost World, The Man With No Name Trilogy, 50/50, The Labyrinth, Pan's Labyrinth, Edward Scissorhands, Sleepy Hollow, Corpse Bride, Ed Wood (okay, i know, this is alot of Tim Burton, but these are great films. although i do not care for Nightmare Before Christmas. Crucify Me.), There Will Be Blood, Zombieland, Sin City, The Green Mile, Young Frankenstein, all of the Boris Karloff Frankensteins, Lord of the Rings Trilogy, okay, you get the idea i guess.

When it comes to books, i am a book collector. I love Shakespeare, Titus being my favorite play, followed by Hamlet. I love Poe, of course, H.P. Love Craft, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Joseph Conrad, Ernest Hemmingway, Stephen King, William Blake, etc, if its a classic, chances are, if i dont already, ill like it.

okay, so ive bored you with all this information, chances are you wont get this far. in all honesty if i were to come across something like this i would have left in the first paragraph, given a ten then went on my own merry way, but kudos to you for having gotten this far. i guess i could go for some casual conversation. please refrain from being lude and obnoxious, im not afraid to report any one.

on a happier note: i love unicorns and goats, and llamas, octopuses and squids, platform boots, art supplies and good conversations. about history. and art. and your mom. :D