i'm a pretty open minded guy.  i enjoy meeting new people and am easy to get along with. i'm from a small town in west Wisconsin,i'​m 5'6, blonde/light​ brown hair, blue eyes. i do not have a picture of me on here for the reason that i want people to get to know me first instead of caring about what i look like, once i get to know someone than i will share a picture, if anyone is bothered by that or has a problem than that's fine and please say so if it makes you not want to talk to me. i have msn, aim, yahoo, and skype. if you want to chat for a while on here and then maybe move to one of those that'd be good.

i'm looking for pen pals from any country within 16 or 17 to 28 or 29 range.

i'm really into music, i've played percussion for twelve years in high school and college, i'm studying history and hoping to become a teacher.  i enjoy football, basketball and soccer.

i'll listen to any kind of music, except i have no interest in country, most rap music or heavy rock. feel free to ask me to be more specific if this is unclear.

anchorman, caddyshack, glory, master and commander, schindler's list, pirates of the caribbean, chroncicles of Narnia lion witch and wardrobe, Jurassic Park,  the longest day, casablanca, kingdom of heaven, dodgeball, braveheart, a time to kill, patriot, gods and generals, U571, we were soldiers, gettysburg, band of brothers, amistad, saving private ryan, my fellow americans, coneheads, star trek movies, star wars movies, lord of the rings, deep impact, armageddon, day after tomorrow, alamo, patton, titanic, crash, downfall, down periscope, 300.

Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Yoyager, Hogans Heroes, Newsradio, West Wing, Simpsons, Malcolm in the Middle, Law and Order: SVU, Monk, Whose line is it anyway, 4400, Family Guy, Friday Night Lights, 3rd Rock from the Sun, Office, House,Rome, The Tudors, NCIS.

timeline, all quiet on the western front, killer angels,last full measure, night, 1812.

"Our problems are man made, therefore they can be solved by man, for in the final analysis, our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this small planet, we all breathe the same air, we all cherish our children's futures, and we are all mortal"​. John F. Kennedy.
"It is well that war is so terrible, for we should grow too fond of it". Robert E. Lee.

"And i looked and i beheld a pale horse, and the name that sat on him was death, and **** followed him". Rev 6:8
"Bow down thy heaven O lord, and reach down and touch the mountains and they shall smoke, Blessed be the lord my strength who teaches my fingers to fight and my hands to war". Psalm 144:1,5.
"The ultimate weakness of violence is that it's a descending spiral. Returning violence with violence only multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars".​ Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Col. Wilhelm Klink: [annoyed] Colonel Hogan, I'm very busy this morning - dispatches from Berlin. What is it?
Col. Robert E. Hogan: I want to register a complaint on behalf of my men.
Col. Wilhelm Klink: [sarcastical​ly] Really? A complaint. Not sufficient entertainmen​t, perhaps.
Col. Robert E. Hogan: No, you're funny enough.
"It is better to be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt".​ Abraham Lincoln.
"Always​ forgive your enemies, nothing annoys them as much".
"You can't stay mad at somebody who makes you laugh".​ Jay Leno
"Friend​ship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. it's not something you learn at school. but if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything"​.
"No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world" The Dead Poets Society.
"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent"​. Eleanor Roosevelt.
Listening is not just hearing what someone tells you word for word. you have to listen with a heart. Anna Deavere Smith.
I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.Alber​t Einstein.
"I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter"​ - Winston Churchill.
"I'm not a king. Christ is King. I'm just a singer."​  Elvis Presley.
History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits
- Albert Einstein
We made civilization​ in order to impress our girlfriends.​
- Orson Welles
My choice early in life was either to be a piano-player​ in a whorehouse or a politician. And to tell the truth, there's hardly any difference.
- Harry S. Truman
"Democr​​acy has proved only that the best way to gain power over people is to assure the people that they are ruling themselves. Once they believe that, they make wonderfully submissive slaves."​​
Joseph Sobran
The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representati​ve​s of the oppressing class are to represent and repress them. - Karl Marx
Democracy consists of choosing your dictators, after they've told you what you think it is you want to hear. - Alan Coren
If you would not be forgotten.
As soon as you are dead and rotten.
Either write things worth reading.
Or do things worth the writing. -Benjamin Franklin