A little about me.

I've explained the why, now I should explain the who.

My name is Otis, or O.J., or Camthan. I'll respond to all three.

Otis is my given first name. Otis James. I was named after my Grandfather who I had never met. He died shortly before I was born, and I was named after him. It's not pronounced Oh-Tis, it is pronounced Ah-Tis. That's not me trying to be cool, gen-x or anything (It's Ah-Mi not Amy!) it's just how his name was pronounced. Which leads to...

O.J. is what I have been called most of my life. Apparently my family would get kind of upset hearing my name, because it was an unusual pronunciation, and they were reminded of my recently deceased Grandfather. So they started calling me O.J. and it stuck. Jr. High and High School were hell. If I ever meet O.J. Simpson I will kill him. Just stay out of the fucking news already! If you make an O.J. joke in my presence I will glare and maybe hit you.

Camthan came from a random name generator. I used to play EverQuest (Tribunal), and upon starting my first character I had no name. So I hit the random name generator til I got something I liked, and moved on. Since then the name has followed me in every game and most internet communities. If you've met a Camthan in any MMORPG there is a good chance it was me. EQ2 (Mistmoore), WoW (Gnomeregan), FFXI (Carbuncle), Anarchy Online, DAOC, Shadowbane, UO, countless others (Umm, don't remember servers). I'm also Camthan Hax on Second Life, which is supposed to be followed by TM and R and all that stuff.

I'm a 28 year old male. I currently have a great boyfriend who I haven't met in person. I also have a lot of friends I haven't met in person. Don't take that to mean I don't have a real life. I do. I have quite a few friends that I hang out with in person and talk to all the time. I don't subscribe to the fact that someone has to be there to be real. Some people online have touched my life just as much if not more than people in my real life.

I'm a sophomore in college, at SIU:Carbondale. My major is Microbiology. People think that makes me smart because I study science. That's not really the case though. I'm intellegent enough to know that I am not as smart as I think I am. I'm good at science, I suck at history. I'm good at English, and I suck at Math. Things even out in the end.

I'm 28 and a sophomore because the year I took after High School turned into 8 years of me working retail and fast food. I don't see that as a bad thing, because I wasn't ready for college back then. I think most people should take some time off before college.

I'm pretty liberal, but I'm very understanding of people who aren't. I am not understanding of people who think their way is the only way. They are the ones who grind my gears.

I'm also an activist. I was a Co-Director for my schools GSA, but I recently stepped down for various reasons, the biggest being that I need to focus more on my schooling.

If I thought I could make a living being a Sociologist, I would switch my major. But I am fine being a Microbiologist and an armchair Sociologist.

Weird things happen to me all the time. Ask anyone who knows me at all. I don't know why, and maybe it's more my perception of things that make them weird.

I have a vast sense of humor. I'll laugh at just about anything; dry, dark, wet, light, stupid. If it involves anything causing a child to get hurt accidentally (exceptions being killed, beat, abused, permanently maimed) I will laugh my ass off. I can laugh at just about anything, and I can see the good side of just about anything.

I don't hate anyone and the only thing I really hate is Spongebob Squarepants (Which will eventually be explained). If I am in a position where someone would usually hate, I feel pity.

I won't lie to you. I see no reason to lie anymore. There were times in the past where I would lie a lot. Now I know that nothing is ever solved by lying, it only creates more problems.

I will sugar coat things. I'm very good at sugar coating things. If something I say is rough, I can sugar coat the hell out of it as long as the truth is still there.