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Harold
Bensington
19 years old
Chicago Illinois, US
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I assign meaning to meaningless concepts with a smile on my face.
I'm always interested in making new friends.
| Credentials: |
 theBuzzMob.com Member
 Buzznet Music Guide
 Buzznet Original
 iTunes Plug-in
 Buzzmaker |
| Home: |
Chicago Illinois, United States |
| Age: |
19 |
| Sign: |
Virgo |
| Orientation: |
None Of Your Business |
| Religion: |
Other |
| Drink: |
No |
| Smoke: |
No |
| Children: |
Undecided |
| Education: |
In College |
| Occupation: |
Lab Assistant |
| Home Town: |
Alamosa, Colorado |
| Member Since: |
03/25/2007 |
| Y!®: |
ortega.john@rocketmail.co
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About Me:
My parents met in August of 1989. They fell for each other, hard, but there were complications. They were both just teens. My mother was a senior in high school, and my dad had just graduated and enlisted in the U.S. Army. My parents had a rendezvous embrace before my dad had a chance to go to basic training, and almost 9 months later, I was born! Despite the fact that my mother was never able to finish high school, she has never regretted her decision to become a teenage mother. My parents were wed on January 18th, 1990.
The year was 1990: rap had just begun to spring into action, synth pop and hair bands were at their worst and grunge started a revolutionary new chapter in the world of popular culture. I had no idea that I would even care about music at all, but fate does what it wants with us. After living two years with just me to take care of, my parents had another child, the best sister in the world, Kelli Rai. In 1994, my parents packed up their stuff and headed towards Kentucky, the state where my dad was stationed. We lived there happily for about a year or so until my father was transfered to Texas. We packed up and moved again.
While in Texas, I met people that have changed the course of my life. Just to name a few: Brittany Gile, Joshua Smith, Jessica Allison, Nancy Allison, Miss Esqueda. I even got a new sibling out of the move: my awesome little brother, Jim Troy! The nights were hot, and the spirit of my youth roamed freely. After living there for a good 4 years, we were then stationed to somewhere unthinkable: Germany. I was depressed to leave at first, but my family found out that the Allison household, our closest family friends, would be stationed not far from where we were for the 3 years we were supposed to be set there. Just knowing that we would know someone there helped me greatly.
Germany was the place where I really grew. Being exposed to such a wonderfully off-beat culture than the one that I had been used to up until then was such a shock. I like to think that it was a shock for the best, though. Some of the people that I'll always remember from there are Jake Purdy, Shabron Dorsey, Marina Ledesma and the dear town of Schweinfurt! I have had the best of memories there that I wouldn't dare trade for anything in the world! The good times have never stopped rolling while I was there. It was honestly like magic. I learned how to be magical, to be alive, in Germany. I owe a lot of my life to the years that I spent there.
Once we lived out our days in Germany, we moved back to the United States and chose Alamosa, Colorado as our hometown. We've lived here for the last 6 years or so, and I have grown a bit tired of seeing the same old place, day after day. So, I have packed up and moved to Chicago. I figure that a change of pace is what is best for me; it's what I've known my whole life. I am a student at DePaul University as off Fall 2008.
If you are ever in Chicago while I am here, hit me up and I'll totally set up dinner plans for us or something! I can promise to show you a fun time! You know you want to have dinner with a total stranger (not that I am; honestly, what you see is what you get). I am not too creepy, but I am neurotic a little bit. Buzznet has a wonderful way of weeding out the creepies. Anywho, the offer is out there for whenever; all you have to do is ask.
In closing, I have developed a mindset of pure happiness and optimism. If you are ever down or need someone to talk to, I am just about always here. Drop me a note, shoot me a message, hit me up with a comment: I am a listener. Through and through, I want to make things more cheerful. Give me a chance, and I can make you smile like you never have before. :*) |
Favorite Music:
3OH!3, 9mm, +44, 1997, The Academy Is, Aerosmith, AFI, Against Me!, Alesana, The All-American Rejects, The Almost, American Nightmare, The Amoreys, Amy Winehouse, Apartment, The Arctic Monkeys, Arma Angelus, Armor For Sleep, As Tall As Lions, The Audition, Avril Lavigne, Beach Boys, [the] Blackboard Decals, Big Deal, The Birthday Massacre, Black Eyed Peas, Blink 182, Bloc Party, Bowling For Soup, Boys Like Girls, Boys Night Out, Brand New, A Brand New Brand Of Energy, Bright Eyes, Burn The Port, Cartel, Chiodos, Circa Survive, The Clash, The Classic Crime, Cobra Starship, Coldplay, Corinne Bailey Rae, The Cure, Cute Is What We Aim For, Damnation A.D., Dan Andriano, The Dear Hunter, Def Leppard, The Descendants, The Detholz, Drop Dead, The Early November, The Editors, Elliot Smith, Equals 226, Escape the Fate, Fall Out Boy, Feist, Fergie, Fireworks, Flyleaf, The Forecast, The Format, Forty Piece Choir, Four Letter Lie, From First To Last, Funeral For A Friend, Gertrude, Get Up Kids, Glassjaw, The Graduate, Gwen Stefani, Gym Class Heroes, H.I.M., Haste The Day, Hawthorne Heights, Head Automatica, Heads We Dance, Hellogoodbye, The Higher, Hot Hot Heat, The Hush Sound, Imogen Heap, Incubus, Joy Division, June, Justin Lanning, Kato The Houseboy, Kelly Clarkson, Kent, Kill Hannah, The Killers, Killswitch Engage, Left Setter, Left Undone, Lifehouse, Lifetime, Lil' Mama, Madonna, Mamzers Dream, Maroon 5, Mayday Parade, Mighty Six Ninety, Mika, Modest Mouse, Morissey, Morningwood, Motion City Soundtrack, My Chemical Romance, Natasha Bedingfield, New Found Glory, New Years Day, Nick Drake, No Doubt, Now It's Overhead, October Fall, Panic! At The Disco, Paramore, Patrick Wolf, Paul Mabin, Permanent Me, Pierce The Veil, The Pink Spiders, Pistol Whipped, Plain White Tees, Powerspace, Premium, Puddle Of Mudd, Queen, ! The Red Fetish !, Relient K, Richard Neal Miller, Rick Springfield, Ripley Caine, Rise Against, Rock Kills Kid, Rooney, Run For Tomorrow, Saosin, Saves The Day, Say Anything, Scary Kids Scaring Kids, Sean Kingston, Seether, Senses Fail, Sherwood, Silversun Pickups, The Smiths, Smoking Popes, The Sounds, Soundstill, Stolie, The Strokes, Switchfoot, Taking Back Sunday, Thanatopsis, theStart, The Tiger Lillies, Thrice, Thursday, Timbaland, Underoath, The Used, Velvet Revolver, The Vincent Black Shadow, The Weakerthans, The White Stripes, Yellowcard
Favorite Books:
Hearts In Atlantis, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Papa, Great Expectations, A Tale Of Two Cities, Catch 22, Jack The Ripper: Portrait of a Killer, Number The Stars, Night, Pride and Prejudice
Favorite Movies:
1408, Across The Universe, All Over The Guy, Amelie, America's Sweethearts, The Bachelor, The Butterfly Effect, Chocolat, De-Lovely, Donnie Darko, Duplex, Encino Man, Final Destination, Final Destination 2, Final Destination 3, Frequency, Grease, Grease 2, Hairspray, Hannibal Rising, House Of Wax, Jacob's Ladder, Just Like Heaven, Kill Bill Vol. 1, Kill Bill Vol. 2, L'Auberge Espagnole, Mean Girls, Memory, Monster, The Mothman Prophecies, My Fellow Americans, Phantom, Pretty In Pink, The Princess Bride, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Shrek, Shrek 2, Shrek 3, The Stepford Wives, Titanic, Venom, Wilde, Zodiac
Favorite TV Shows:
Addams Family, American Dad, Andy Griffith, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Best Week Ever, Biography, Brady Bunch, Charles In Charge, Courage the Cowardly Dog, Cowboy Bebop, Dexter, Fairly Odd Parents, Family Guy, Friends, Futurama, Good Times, Green Acres, I Love Lucy, Inuyasha, Invader Zim, The Jeffersons, Law & Order, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Leave It To Beaver, Loaded, Mad TV, Queer As Folk, Robot Chicken, Sanford and Son, Saturday Night Live, Scrubs, Self Serve, The Simpsons, The Soup, Spongebob Squarepants, Tattoo Stories, Three's Company, Two and a Half Men, Will & Grace
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