Name: Michael Andrew Benedetto
Date of birth: 7/8/1976
Height: 5' 7"
Weight: Lingering around 140 lbs.
Ethnicity: Italian/British (yeah, a white boy)
Complexion: Pasty
Hair: Red and blond highlights, but mostly brown
Eyes: Blue
Eyesight: 25/20 under 6.5 power lenses, and partially color blind
City of birth: Rhinebeck, NY
City of rearing: New York, New York
Sexual orientation: Figure it out, genius
Filthy habits: Nail-biting, nose-picking, and that thing that's going to make me go blind
Religion: Quasi-atheist
Occupation: Couch potato Doorman
Previous occupations: College instructor, software quality assurance tester, editorial assistant
Software platform: Mac OS X 10.2.2
Machine: iMac DV, 400 mhz, blueberry, named "Brigadoon"
Goal: To own every English-language musical cast album ever issued on CD
How to help me: Hmm...

Education: A.B. 5/1998, M.A. 2/2002
High school: Hunter College High School
SAT scores: 680 verbal, 710 math
College: Vassar College
Major: Cognitive Science
Faculty advisor: Jan Andrews
College side jobs: Vassar College Copy Center, New Directions Publishing, Vassar College Office of Conferences and Summer Programs
GRE scores: 710 verbal, 740 quantitative, 740 analytical
Graduate school: University at Buffalo, Department of Linguistics
Faculty advisor: Jeri Jaeger
Graduate school side jobs: Cymfony, Inc.
Academic and professional honors: National Merit Finalist, Editor-in-Chief of "The Deep End" humor magazine (high school), Chief Bureaucratic Goombah of Nonhuman Student Association (college), Presidential Fellow, Secretary (1999-2000) and President (2000-2001) of Graduate Linguistics Association (grad school)
Value of all the above in the job market: Between zero and shit

Living situation: Staying with parents in the West Village
Kids: Don't have, won't have
Drinking: Too much
Drugs: Not enough
Smoking: Only in jest
Busy social nights: Pub Night (Wednesday), Trivia Night (Thursday), Date Night (Friday)
Favorite gay bar: The Duplex
Favorite straight bars: Blind Tiger Ale House, Rocky Sullivan's
Celebrity most resembled: Michael Maronna
Who? You know, the skinnier brother in the Home Alone movies. He also went to my high school
Started blogging: 11/22/2000
Blogger Code: B5 d++ t+ k+ s u f i- o+ x++ e++ l c-
Family: James (father, 64), Susan (mother, 57), Emily (sister, 23), Katy (sister, 23), Perry (cat, 11), Leo (cat, 6), Googie (cat, 8)
Closest personal affiliations: The Tribe, The NSO, TA 23, The GLA, The Samurai Squirrels, The BlogMeaters, The Pub Nighters

Hobbies: Musical theatre, science fiction, Macs, beer
Science fiction conventions attended: 7, 6 I-Con and one Non-Con
Number of alien costumes worn: 0
Favorite foods: Stuffed potatoes and London broil (medium), pizza from Joe's (fresh mozzarella), potstickers, dinner crepes
All-time favorite TV series: Babylon 5
Current favorite TV series: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Favorite movie: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
All-time favorite musical: Sweeney Todd
Current favorite musical: Urinetown
Favorite Broadway star: Brent Barrett
Favorite porn star: Kurt Young
Favorite porn flicks: Big Guns, Flesh & Blood, More of a Man, The Other Side of Aspen II
Preferred means of finding dates: Nerve Personals
Ideal love life: Long-term partner with freedom to stray
Will I date you: Possibly. Write me with a photo and some witty self-description and we'll see.

If there's anything else you really feel you must know about me, there's an excellent way to learn.