All about yourself!

[Jake]

Religion: Asatru

What's that?  I've heard of numerous religions but never that one.

Ilikeverin got it right, sort of. Asatru is a generic term for a number of very, very closely religions based on Germanic heathenism. I tend to follow the Anglo-Saxon branch, mostly because I'm 96% British, but Scandinavian and Pan-Germanic versions are also popular.

We are polytheistic, and believe in Woden, Thunor, Frigga, and such. And while Asatruars are generally conservative (infinitly more so than the ultra-liberal wiccans, to say the least), I imagine we'd probably scare the hell out of the religious right.

Tell me more, i'm interested.

[Jake]

Age: 16
Gender: M
Race/ethnic compostion: White 75% German, 25% Irish
Religion: Roman Catholic
Height: about 5'11"
Weight: 170
Location: NE PA
Where you were born: Laurel, Maryland
Occupation: still just a Student thank God
Person you most admire: Churchill, Ollie North, Gorbachev
Favorite Band: Beach Boys
Favorite President: Ronald Reagan
Favorite Sports team: Atlanta Braves, Baltimore Ravens, Maryland Terripans
Your other interests: Any kind of learning, especially history, geography, laguages, Golf, Baseball, Academic Bowls
Favorite Book: Fahrenheit 451 or Lord of the Rings
Favorite Movie: Godfather maybe, or Ben Hur
Favorite Show: Don't watch TV really at all, maybe Special Report

[Jake]

Age: 16
Gender: M
Race/ethnic compostion: White 75% German, 25% Irish
Religion: Roman Catholic
Height: about 6'
Weight: 170
Location: NE PA
Where you were born: Laurel, Maryland
Occupation: Starting my new job tommorrow
Person you most admire: Churchill, Netanyahu
Favorite Band: Beach Boys
Favorite President: Ronald Reagan
Favorite Sports team: Atlanta Braves, Baltimore Ravens, Maryland Terripans
Your other interests: Any kind of learning, especially history, geography, laguages, Golf, Baseball, Academic Bowls
Favorite Book: Lord of the Rings or Brave New World
Favorite Movie: Ben Hur, anything Heston related
Favorite Show: Don't watch TV really at all, maybe Special Report

[Jake]

Age: 16
Gender: M
Race/ethnic compostion: White/75% German, 25% Irish
Religion: Roman Catholic
Height: 6' even
Weight: 180
Location: NE PA
Where you were born: Laurel, Maryland
Occupation: Concession Worker at a Theater
Person you most admire: Tough, out of people y'all would know, probably Reagan or Curt Weldon
Favorite Musician: Marvin Gaye/Bob Seger
Favorite President: Ronald Reagan
Favorite Sports team: Atlanta Braves, Baltimore Ravens, Maryland Terripans
Your other interests: History, good movies, good books (usually mainstream science fiction or fantasy), staying up way to late
Favorite Book: Lord of the Rings is still good
Favorite Movie: Ben Hur
Favorite Show: I really do not watch TV anymore. Last non-sports thing I watched might've been an episode of Law and Order SVU about a month ago

[Jake]

Age: 17
Gender: M
Race/ethnic compostion: White/75% German, 25% Irish
Religion: Roman Catholic
Height: 6' even
Weight: 180
Location: NE PA
Occupation: Concession Worker at a Theater
Person you most admire: John Smoltz - fucking brilliant
Favorite Musician: George Strait
Favorite President: Ronald Reagan
Favorite Sports team: Atlanta Braves, Baltimore Ravens, Maryland Terripans
Your other interests: History, good movies, good books (usually mainstream science fiction or fantasy), staying up way to late, working
Favorite Book: Lord of the Rings is still good
Favorite Movie: Ben Hur
Favorite Show: I really do not watch TV anymore, though Quite Frankly with Steven A. Smith is good when I see it.
Favorite ice-cream: Oreo
Favorite song: Much Too Young - Garth Brooks
Favorite person on Atlas: Mitty and dazzleman
Favorite color: Red or Blue
Do you live by yourself: Nope
Do you have any siblings? Three
Are you married? Nope
What year did you join Atlas? July 2004
Favorite smiley face:

[Jake]

Age: 17
Gender: M
Race/ethnic compostion: White/75% German, 25% Irish
Religion: Roman Catholic
Height: 6' even
Weight: 185
Location: NE PA
Occupation: Concession Worker at a Theater
Person you most admire: Overall, Bobby Sands
Favorite Musician: I just started really liking U2; George Strait also.
Favorite President: Ronald Reagan
Favorite Sports team: Atlanta Braves, Baltimore Ravens, Maryland Terripans
Your other interests: History, good movies, good books (usually mainstream science fiction or fantasy), staying up way to late, working
Favorite Book: It's Tuesdays with Morrie now
Favorite Movie: Ben Hur
Favorite Show: I really do not watch TV anymore, though Quite Frankly with Steven A. Smith is good when I see it, and I've watched alot more Pardon the Interruption and Around the Horn lately.
Favorite ice-cream: Orange-Pineapple
Favorite song: Much Too Young - Garth Brooks
Favorite person on Atlas: Mitty, angus, and dazzleman
Favorite color: Blue
Do you live by yourself: Nope
Do you have any siblings? Three
Are you married? Nope
What year did you join Atlas? July 2004
What are you listening to now? Sunday Bloody Sunday - U2

[Jake]

What's up with everyone's aversion to marriage? Are you all still in the closet?

[Jake]

Age: 17
Gender: M
Race/ethnic compostion: White/75% German, 25% Irish
Religion: Roman Catholic
Height: 6' even
Weight: 185
Location: NE PA
Occupation: Concession Worker at a Theater
Person you most admire: Bobby Sands
Favorite Musician: George Strait, U2, Snow Patrol
Favorite President: Ronald Reagan
Favorite Sports team: Atlanta Braves, Baltimore Ravens, Maryland Terripans
Your other interests: History, movies, Age of Empires, baseball, golf.
Favorite Book: It's Tuesdays with Morrie now
Favorite Movie: Ben Hur
Favorite Show: I rarely watch TV, so I'll say Sportscenter.
Favorite ice-cream: Orange-Pineapple
Favorite song:
Favorite person on Atlas: Mitty, angus, and dazzleman
Favorite color: Blue
Do you live by yourself: Nope
Do you have any siblings? Three
Are you married? Nope
What year did you join Atlas? July 2004, two years yesterday
What are you listening to now? Rent Day Blues - The Frames
Politics Match Quiz Score:
--Personal Score   25%   
--Economic Score  60% 

[Jake]

Age: 17
Gender: Male
Race/ethnic compostion: White/75% German, 25% Irish
Religion: Roman Catholic
Height: 6' even
Weight: 175
Location: NE PA
Occupation: Concession Worker at a Theater
Person you most admire: Bobby Sands
Favorite Musician: George Strait, U2, The Killers, Snow Patrol
Favorite President: Ronald Reagan
Favorite Sports team: Atlanta Braves, Baltimore Ravens, Maryland Terripans
Your other interests: History, fantasy baseball, movies, Age of Empires, baseball, golf.
Favorite Book: Tuesdays with Morrie,
Favorite Movie: Ben Hur
Favorite Show: I rarely watch TV, so I'll say Sportscenter.
Favorite ice-cream: Orange-Pineapple
Favorite song: When You Were Young - The Killers
Favorite person on Atlas: Mitty, angus, Preston, and dazzleman
Favorite color: Blue
Do you live by yourself: Nope
Do you have any siblings? Three
Are you married? Nope
What year did you join Atlas? July 2004
What are you listening to now? Hey Ma, random rap
Politics Match Quiz Score:
--Personal Score   25% (-)
--Economic Score  62% (+2)

[Jake]

Age: 17
Gender: Male
Race/ethnic compostion: White/75% German, 25% Irish
Religion: I guess I'm still technically Roman Catholic, though I haven't attended mass since August.
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 170
Location: NE PA
Occupation: Concession Worker at a Theater
Persons you most admire: Bobby Sands, Baha'ullah
Favorite Musician: George Strait, The Fray, Snow Patrol
Favorite President: Ronald Reagan, Harry Truman
Favorite Sports team: Atlanta Braves, Baltimore Ravens, Maryland Terripans
Your other interests: History, movies, Age of Empires, baseball, golf, Thailand.
Favorite Book: Battle for Europe, Charles Spencer
Favorite Movie: Ben Hur
Favorite Show: I guess Sportscenter
Favorite ice-cream: Orange-Pineapple
Favorite song: Look After You - The Fray
Favorite person on Atlas: Mitty, angus, Preston, and dazzleman
Favorite color: A darker blue
Do you live by yourself: Nope
Do you have any siblings? Three
Are you married? Nope
What year did you join Atlas? July 2004
What are you listening to now? The Fray
Politics Match Quiz Score:
--Personal Score   35% (+10)
--Economic Score  62% (-)

[Jake]

http://www.nhlbisupport.com/bmi/

[Jake]

Not much has changed, but I'm bored and not tired.

Age: 17
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: White/75% German, 25% Irish
Religion: I've dropped the Christianity thing. Independent Theist would describe me best.
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 170
Location: NE PA
Occupation: Concession Worker at a Theater
Persons you most admire: Bobby Sands
Favorite Musician: George Strait, The Fray, The Killers, Kenny Chesney
Favorite President: Ronald Reagan, Harry Truman
Favorite Sports team: Atlanta Braves, Baltimore Ravens, Maryland Terripans
Your other interests: History, movies, Age of Empires, baseball, golf, Thailand, sports in general.
Favorite Book: I'm reading a book on European politics written in 1961 right now. Title escapes me. Pretty good though.
Favorite Movie: Ben Hur; More recently, probably Syriana or Munich.
Favorite Show: I've decided all regularly scheduled programming is to be avoided.
Favorite ice-cream: Orange-Pineapple
Favorite song: Up All Night-Counting Crows
Favorite person on Atlas: Mitty, angus, Preston, and dazzleman
Favorite color: A darker blue
Do you live by yourself: Nope
Do you have any siblings? Three
Are you married? Nope
What year did you join Atlas? July 2004
What are you listening to now? The wind is blowing like mad.

[Jake]

Gender: Male
Race/ethnic compostion: White; 75% German, 25% Irish
Religion: Believer in God; confirmed Catholic
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 175
Location: Wyoming County, PA
Occupation: Work at a Movie Theater; Student
Person you most admire: I don't know, JP II.
Favorite Musician(s) Kenny Chesney, George Strait, The Fray
Favorite President: Ronald Reagan, Harry Truman
Favorite Sports team: Braves in MLB, Ravens in NFL, Maryland in NCAAB, West Virginia in NCAAF
Your other interests: History, Fantasy Sports, Future Studies, movies, sports, travel
Favorite Book: Not really sure right now.
Favorite Movie: Ben Hur, Meet the Parents, Lord of the Rings
Favorite Show: Sportscenter is good, not much else.
Favorite song: If this is Austin - Keith Urban
Favorite person on Atlas: dazzleman, Walter Mitty
Least Favorite person on Atlas: Downwiththeleft, Deano, Jfraud
Favorite color: Darkish Blue
Do you live by yourself: No, my with folks
Do you have any siblings? Three
Are you married? No
What year did you join Atlas? July 2004
What are you listening to now? I'm not
Do you have any nieces, nephews? Thankfully no.
Who's your favorite 2008 candidate from the 2 major parties? Hillary Clinton and Rudy Guiliani I suppose.
What city did you grow up in? The one I'm in now.
Have you ever been attracted to someone of the same sex? No
If you could pick your own nationality, what nationality would you pick? I'm fine as an American.
Post the most recent picture of yourself here: They're from my birthday party and on the camera still. Sometime soon I guess.

[Jake]

Gender: Male
Age: 18
Race/ethnic compostion: White; 75% German, 25% Irish
Religion: Believer in God; confirmed Catholic
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 165
Location: Wyoming County, PA
Occupation: Work at a Movie Theater; Officially not a student anymore.
Party of Choice: Republican unless the Democrat is clearly superior.

Favorite Musician(s) I've found myself not listening to a lot lately.
Favorite President: Ronald Reagan, Harry Truman, Franklin Roosevelt
Favorite Sports team: Braves in MLB, Ravens in NFL, Maryland in NCAAB, West Virginia & Penn State (shudder) in NCAAF
Favorite Book: I really enjoyed You Gotta Have Wa recently
Favorite Movie: Ben Hur, Meet the Parents, Lord of the Rings
Favorite Show: Sportscenter is good, not much else.
Favorite person on Atlas: Walter Mitty, angus, Sam Spade
Least Favorite person on Atlas: Atlas really has brought in the trash recently; oodles of them.
Favorite color: Darkish Blue
Your other interests: History, Fantasy Sports, Future Studies, movies, sports, travel

Do you live by yourself: No, my with folks
Do you have any siblings? Three
Are you married? No
What year did you join Atlas? July 2004
What are you listening to now? I'm not.
Do you have any nieces, nephews? Thankfully no.
Who's your favorite 2008 candidate from the 2 major parties? Hillary Clinton and Mike Huckabee.
What city did you grow up in? The one I'm in now.
Have you ever been attracted to someone of the same sex? No
If you could pick your own nationality, what nationality would you pick? I'm fine as an American, though I would also accept Irish, Australian, and Bengali, mainly for sports reasons.
Post the most recent picture of yourself here: Give me 15 minutes and I will.

[Jake]

Here is the promised picture:



At the UMD tailgate Saturday.

[Jake]

Gender: Male
Age: 18
Race/ethnic compostion: White; 75% German, 25% Irish
Religion: Believer in God; confirmed Catholic
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 165
Location: Wyoming County, PA
Occupation: Work at a Movie Theater; Student at Community College
Party of Choice: Republican unless the Democrat is clearly superior.

Favorite Musician(s) It's more the song than who makes it.
Favorite President: Ronald Reagan, Harry Truman, Franklin Roosevelt
Favorite Sports team: Braves in MLB, Ravens in NFL, Maryland in NCAAB, West Virginia & Penn State (shudder) in NCAAF
Favorite Book: Mostly History and Science Fiction; no real favorite
Favorite Movie: 28 Days Later and Inside Man
Favorite Show: Around the Horn, though I don't watch any of them consistently
Favorite person on Atlas: Walter Mitty, angus, Sam Spade, Mr. Moderate
Least Favorite person on Atlas: 50% of people who post here could fit in this category
Favorite color: Darkish Blue
Your other interests: History, Fantasy Sports, Future Studies, movies, sports, travel

Last movie you've seen? I think it was Alvin and the Chipmunks actually. Going to try to see Cloverfield, Juno, and Atonement this week.
Last book you've read? Reading The War of Wars (Napoleonic Wars) and re-reading Battle for Europe (Battle of Blenheim) right now. Last one finished was World War Z (zombies).
Last trip taken? Went to State College this weekend and traveled to New Hampshire for primary day.

Do you live by yourself: No, my with folks
Do you have any siblings? Three
Are you married? No
What year did you join Atlas? July 2004
What are you listening to now? Watching Airplanes - Gary Allen
Do you have any nieces, nephews? Thankfully no.
Who's your favorite 2008 candidate from the 2 major parties? McCain and Edwards
If you could pick your own nationality, what nationality would you pick? I'm fine as an American, though I would also accept Irish, Australian, British, and most Western nations

[Jake]

Gender: Male
Age: 19
Religion: Belief in higher power as creator, iffy on afterlife, fairly spiritual
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 166 at doctor's office
Location: Wyoming County, PA
Occupation: Work at a Movie Theater
Party of Choice: Blegh; I'm not sure I have a coherent ideology.

Favorite Movie: 28 Days Later and The Namesake
Favorite person on Atlas: Sam Spade, Al, angus
Your other interests: Travel, kayaking, biking, history, fantasy baseball, the future, imagination, statistics
Favorite blog? probably sabernomics.com

Last movie you've seen? WALL-E; pretty deep for a movie aimed at children.
Last book you've read? I'm finishing Blue Mars piece by piece, but really doing little book reading.
Last trip taken? Drove to New Jersey for the day this week. Nothing special. Definitely looking forward to driving more.

What are you listening to now? Get Like Me - David Banner and assorted crunk rap

Last Picture? Last one is not suitable for posting on this site so here's a kind of recent one from before I got an awful hair cut and mangled my glasses.

[Jake]

Gender: Male
Age: 19
Religion: Belief in higher power as creator, iffy on afterlife, fairly spiritual
Height: 6'1"
Weight: High 150s consistently
Location: Frederick County, MD
Occupation: Not employed
Party of Choice: Blegh; I'm not sure I have a coherent ideology much less a preference of a political party.

Favorite Movie: 28 Days Later and The Namesake
Favorite person on Atlas: Sam Spade, Al, angus
Your other interests: Travel, kayaking, biking, history, baseball, the future, imagination, statistics, ultimate frisbee
Favorite blog? probably Division of Labour
Favorite music? Girl Talk, The Postal Service, Lil Wayne

Last movie you've seen? Uh, probably that horrible Star Wars movie. Last one I enjoyed was Definitely...Maybe
Last book you've read? I'm reading The War that Never Was in the bathroom at school.
Last trip taken? Eh, Philly I guess. Haven't done much serious this summer.

What are you listening to now? Trapeze Swinger - Iron & Wine

Last Picture?

[Jake]

You're not working at the theater anymore Jake?

College, ya know? Probably won't when I go back either. We're expanding and it'll actually require work.

[Jake]

Thanks States, i'm trying to kick some ass on the grades front.

[Jake]

I've noticed other D-NJ's on the board, some who have been labelled trolls and such

Yeah, D-MO might be the only avatar with a worse reputation. Maybe D-CT.

[Jake]

Gender: Male
Age: 19
Religion: Belief in higher power as creator, iffy on afterlife, fairly spiritual
Height: 6'1"
Weight: Low 160s; gaining weight with this horrible diet
Location: Frederick County, MD
Occupation: Not employed
Party of Choice: None; registered Republican, did not vote for a major party candidate this election

Favorite Movie: 28 Days Later, Inside Man, and The Namesake
Favorite person on Atlas: Sam Spade, Al, angus
Your other interests: Travel, statistics, baseball, the future, international stuff, movies
Favorite blog? Beyond the Boxscore, Division of Labor
Favorite music? Girl Talk, Lil Wayne, Rihanna, Peter, Bjorn, and John, The Postal Service, Ghostland Observatory
Favorite TV show? The Office, 30 Rock
Favorite Sports Teams? Atlanta Braves, Maryland basketball

Last movie you've seen? Quantum of Solace; it was kind of cool at parts.
Last book you've read? I read for school and that's it. Really don't have time for it.
Last trip taken? DC this weekend to chill.

What are you listening to now? Rehab - Rihanna

[Jake]

Age: 20
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: German/British Isles mix; must be some Greek/Italian in there somewhere
Religion: I don't like religion; I say thanks
Location: Northeast Pennsylvania for the last two months ever hopefully
Occupation: Student/Unemployed

Party of Choice: False
Favorite President: FDR
Favorite Candidates 2008: I voted for Nader
Favorite Teams: Braves (MLB), Ravens (NFL), University of Maryland (NCAA basketball)
Favorite Film: The Namesake, 28 Days Later, Meet the Parents
Favorite Album: Writers Block - Peter Bjorn and John
Favorite Music: Indie Rock, Hip-Hop, Electronic, Dance, etc.
Favorite Musicians: Peter Bjorn and John, Girl Talk, The Postal Service, MGMT, Passion Pit, Ra Ra Riot
Favorite Book: I have never been impacted by a book enough to say it's my favorite
Favorite Tv Shows: I watch live sports and really nothing else on TV; this will change when my roommate forces me to watch The Office
Other interests: Blogging, food, movies, everything involving baseball, statistics, the world, reading, biking, kayaking, team sports, remixes, drinking, travel, landscapes, sustainable living, and hypocrisy
What I admire: Michael Lewis's writing, Justin Upton's baseballing, Nate Silver's brain
Favorite people on Atlas: Al, angus, Sam Spade, walter mitty, Phil

[Jake]

I actually like Lady Gaga, Flo Ride, Black Eyed Peas, and I like to look at Kellie Pickler.

None of the three make good music though. At least not anything a teenager fooling around with autotune and a synth couldn't make.