i've thought a lot about including some kinda bio page on my website. what should i share?, i admit it was a strange process to undergo, so i coped out and just used all of those getting to know you emails i never fill out. i have more leeway online to say what i want i would tell you anything you ask in person as well. i've been trying for a few years to be more open and have had the best relationships i have ever known. this has been dangerous.

the five questions:

who: randy, often called randall, randolph and other things which are not my given name, other times called random which suits me so much better

what: 28 year old artist, graphic designer, counselor of lonely hearts, snazzy dresser, every girl's safe friend, ego booster, and general nice guy.

when: march 21, 1975.

where: southside pittsburgh pa

why:  because i can

meet me:

:: i have too much hair on my head. i really need a hair cut.

:: if i were an animal, i'd be a racoon.

:: i'm a packrat (someday i'll post random objects and stuff i have online).

:: i drive my friend tanya crazy with my insecurity sometimes.

:: i love photography, and i can't wait until i can get a new camera (or a nice old one....i am taking donations of lieca 3s if anyone is game).

:: my favorite food in the entire world is probably garlic chicken, with chili being a close second.

:: i just realized what a funny word 'coupling' is.

:: i like words.

:: my favorite drinks in the entire world are water, arizona green tea, mello yello, stout beer, and good wine.

:: my favorite flower is the sunflower.

:: a few of my favorite authors have been: neil gaiman, art speigelman, winston groom, kurt vonnegutt, brother lawrence, the apostle paul, c.s. lewis, dorathy parker, sylvia plath, e.e. cummings, pablo neruda, kevin smith,

:: where writing is concerned, i mostly enjoy history and poetry. 

:: i have met some of the most wonderful people to ever walk the face of the earth during my time in pittsburgh.

:: i love music. especially bob marley, dar williams, moxy fruvous, the story, jonatha brooke, the beatles, ccr, phish, ben harper, five iron frenzy, the suicide machines, operation ivy, the mighty mighty bosstones, norah jones, aimee mann, the ramones, the dead kennedy's, tori amos, ani di franco, the monkees, the afforbale floors, bob dylan, depeche mode, among others.

:: i don't have a tv but if i did the history channel, ifc, or iron chef would be on.

:: i'm always bad at talking about my favorite movies, but they include: the hudsucker proxy, the dirty dozen, the player, bob roberts, swing kids, oh brother where art thou, chasing amy, swimming with sharks, the apostle

:: i have a crush on a few celebraty types like: gillian anderson, kate winslet, janeane garofalo, kirsten dunst, and the entire female cast of riverdance (just kidding).

:: i just realized i forgot teri polo.

feed the need: random facts

:: i have 3 sisters and a brother.
:: i was born under very strange circumstances(ask me sometime).
:: i was due on june 14, but born on march 21.
:: i get the hiccups so bad they hurt.
:: i've been friends with theater-types and artists my whole life.
:: i knew tanya kalinsky before she became famous. (just wait.)
:: one of the most unpredictable people i know said i was the most random person he's ever met.
:: i love the smell of thunderstorms, spring, gasoline, new cars, and office carpeting.
:: i have special powers.  really.
:: i'm stubborn.
:: i'm right handed, too.
:: i have a habit of biting the fingers of my right hand.
:: i stuttered as a child, and couldn't pronounce my r's. 
:: i chew on pencil erasers, and like the taste.
:: 'fight for your mind' by ben harper is the most perfect album i've ever heard.
:: i fall asleep on whichever side faces the wall.
:: i've had several water-accessory incidents.  (tubes, ropes, canoes.)
:: i do not fear water.
:: i am irrational when it comes to fear.  almost neurotic.
:: i'm very pale.
:: when i die, i'd like to be creamated after i am left on the magic tea cup ride at disney for 30 days.
:: my shoe size is 10.
:: i sneeze strangely.
:: i can whistle well.
:: i've been in love three times.
:: i have hypoglycemia, which i take medication for.
:: i like girls.
:: a lot.
:: i like them with dark hair.
:: i also like redheads.
:: but, all of my loves have been blondes.
:: i think people who won't let themselves feel what they really want to feel are missing out on a lot.
:: i'm aviophobic, but love to fly.
:: i get nauseous very easily.
:: my mother almost named me mandi.
:: my friend mandi was born at the same time as me to the minute.
:: i wear glasses for close range.
:: i like names.
:: i hate kevin bacon. 
:: a lot.
:: e.t. scares the hell out of me.
:: i get insanely jealous when it comes to people i love.
:: i have panic attacks, but rarely.
:: photography is, and will be, my most expensive hobby.
:: i zone out when i walk.  once, conan o'brien walked right past me and i missed it completely.
:: i'm allergic to mushrooms.
:: i didn't get chicken pox until the last week of seventh grade.
:: i'm terrible at math.
:: i don't fall in love as easily as i used to, and that makes me sad.
:: i live in my head.
:: i have always wanted to be an actor.
:: i know who i am.
:: sometimes.

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