because I can be kind of vain, that's why

My name is Joey. I'm young enough to still get carded, but old enough to have just started getting acquainted with hangovers. (Getting older sucks, got it.)

I live in Long Beach, California, where I have resided for most of my life; the one exception being a one-year stint in Orange County, California. (I've only heard the word 'stint' used in connection with rehab and prison, but I felt it worked here. This should give you a clue to how I feel about having lived in Orange County.)

I'm pretty ordinary in appearance, except for being very pale. The light skin tone (not pasty. Not pasty.) nicely offsets sketchy tattoos, of which I have several. Two of them have to do directly with whiskey, though I like to think that in some small way, they all do.

I currently work at a library, but I'm still trying to decide if it is the ideal career path for me. Good thing I'm investing a ton of money into a master's degree in library and information science then, no? (Anticipated graduation date: spring 2008.)

Regardless of professional uncertainty, I don't regret deciding to go back to school. I genuinely enjoy the subject matter (particularly old books and manuscripts) and my competitive nature positively shines in grad school, which I kick MAJOR ASS in (on a grading scale where anything less than 94% is a B, I have straight As).

I love whiskey, muscle cars, comic books, the Murder City Devils, and Tom Waits. If none of this endears me to you, then we may have a problem.