about

hi, my name is eli. welcome to my fan club.

most of my life i’ve lived in the midwest: indiana, ohio, and kentucky. despite moving so much as a kid, i tell people that i grew up in noblesville, indiana (about 30 miles north of indianapolis). my family moved there (from milford, oh) just before my 5th grade year and i lived there through the end of high school. after graduation i moved to bloomington, indiana (about 45 miles south of indianapolis) and lived there for 4 years: 2 of which i was in college, and 2 of which i was a dropout. meredith (my gf) graduated the following summer (’05) and we moved to seattle the following january. we’ve lived in seattle for the past 2 years now, and we really enjoy it.

i’m sort of a nerd, and i like to take pictures. i’ve designed and programmed websites (and still do a bit), i’ve been a substitute teacher, an apartment maintenance guy, a pizza delivery boy, a kirby vacuum salesman (for about 5 minutes), and a game tester for Nintendo. currently, i’m traveling the world (New Zealand, Australia, Thailand) after working as a Dining Attendant (dish washer) at McMurdo Station in Antarctica for about 5 months. yeah, that’s right.

you can find me else where on the interwebs on facebook, myspace, twitter, flickr, dopplr, and digg.

at some point in my life i hope to buy some land in the middle of nowhere, build a small shelter, grow some food, and grow old on it. that will be my own personal heaven.