Hello, and welcome. The purpose of this site is to provide a main 'hub' for all of my activities; personal, professional, and miscellaneous. But first, allow me to introduce myself.
My name is Evan Riley (although you may also know me as HumanBlade), and I live in scenic Sullivan County, New York. My house is about half an hour from the Catskill Mountains. I was born on November 23, 1983. I've lived in the area all my life and usually find it quite bearable, although there are occasional bouts of boredom. Unfortunately, though this is a 'tourist and resort' area (Manhattanites escape to the mountains...), there are very few things to do here that I actually enjoy. I hope to live in a large city one day.
As for what i do... well pretty much everything. I tend to be a jack-of-all-trades. I enjoy music, art, technology, literature, media, and even a few sports. I try to keep myself busy most of the time to stave off the insanity brought on by cabin fever. I also spend a lot of time on my computer. A lot of time. I'm pretty much a geek. I even like to code now and then. My favorite pasttime, however is probably learning.
With anything I do, be it for pleasure or work, i try to take something away from the experience. I don't live for the sake of living, and fuck knows I'm not living to be happy; so, I may as well live to gain knowledge. So far; I've worked on cars, electronics, plumbing, carpentry, woodworking, sewing, knitting, crocheting, painting, drawing, sculpting, singing, playing various instruments, learning French/Russian/Japanese and a little German/Italian/Latin/Sanskrit/Hebrew, and antenna/satellite deployment/downlinking.