I've been an avid gamer since my grandpa brought home our first PC when he worked for Honeywell.  It had a 30meg hard-drive AND a 5 1/2" floppy drive.  It was a smoking beast. 

Since then, I've had a love affair with video games.  Advancing from the early Sierra adventure games and NES platformers, I soon found a passion for RPG's and strategy games.  Nowadays, I'll typically play anything with a good story, great immersion and good content. 

Currently playing Aion and waiting with bated breath for anything coming out of BioWare's studios (DA: Origins, Mass Effect 2, SW:TOR)

Aside from video games, I spend most of my time performing and creating music.  I'm play guitar and sing in a symphonic, operatic heavy metal band named Ara'Kus (http://www.arakusband.com) and I'm training as an opera singer.  I teach voice when times permits and pick up odd studio recording jobs when I can. 

I'm also in school for massage therapy.  It's nice to be in a profession where I can genuinely help people without feeling like I'm exploiting them. 

I'm currently living with my long time girlfriend (also an opera singer) in Seattle, WA.