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Created on 2005-06-05 15:18:25 (#7336870), last updated 2009-11-15
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Basic Info| Name: | thegameiam |
|---|---|
| Location: | Washington, Dist. of Columbia, United States |
| Website: | The Franchise |
BioI was born in 1972 as David Woodworth, raised in a variety of Maryland locations until age 12 (with a not-so brief sojurn in Beirut), and then transplanted to Utah. I was in a series of truly bad rock bands in Utah (Peristalsis, The Sunmasons [note: The Sunmasons went on to be a good band many, many members later], BIS, The Indigo Guys). I sang with Makela for a couple of years, during the “Makapella” period.
I attempted to be a generalist at the University of Utah, but the office people insisted that a “valid career objective” was required. The answer “but rock star IS a valid career objective” did not sway them, so I ended up with a wide variety of half-majors (classical guitar, Persian literature, mathematics) and finished my degree at UMUC. I changed my surname to Barak for a variety of reasons in 1998.
I’ve lived in the Washington environs on a steady spiral inward [Baltimore -> Gaithersburg -> Bethesda -> Silver Spring -> DC :) ] since 1994, and have worked since that time as a restaurant manager, historian, network engineer, and consultant.
Music I’m into: Alice in Chains, Blues Traveller, Led Zeppelin, The Pat McGee Band, Bob Mould, Pink Floyd, Rush, Smashing Pumpkins, They Might Be Giants, “Weird Al” Yankovic
Interests include: Sarah, networking, military history, classical architecture, spinning, science fiction, comic strips, daf yomi, music, Kacy, & work
Disinterests include: stuff that sucks
Here's what I've been listening to recently:
I attempted to be a generalist at the University of Utah, but the office people insisted that a “valid career objective” was required. The answer “but rock star IS a valid career objective” did not sway them, so I ended up with a wide variety of half-majors (classical guitar, Persian literature, mathematics) and finished my degree at UMUC. I changed my surname to Barak for a variety of reasons in 1998.
I’ve lived in the Washington environs on a steady spiral inward [Baltimore -> Gaithersburg -> Bethesda -> Silver Spring -> DC :) ] since 1994, and have worked since that time as a restaurant manager, historian, network engineer, and consultant.
Music I’m into: Alice in Chains, Blues Traveller, Led Zeppelin, The Pat McGee Band, Bob Mould, Pink Floyd, Rush, Smashing Pumpkins, They Might Be Giants, “Weird Al” Yankovic
Interests include: Sarah, networking, military history, classical architecture, spinning, science fiction, comic strips, daf yomi, music, Kacy, & work
Disinterests include: stuff that sucks
Here's what I've been listening to recently:
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advanced civilization, babylon 5, battlestar galactica, bgp, bob mould, chess, crfh!!!, daf yomi, debian, drums, geek rock, guitar, history, is-is, judaism, kacy, larry niven, m4as, macintosh, music, networks, orson scott card, ospf, questionable content, robert heinlein, robo rally, routers, rush, sarah, science, science fiction, settlers of catan, six feet under, something positive, songwriting, space, space travel, starman, starryville, sushi, technology, the franchise, wallace & gromit, watchmen, webcomics, wine
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