What I am going to do is take this opportunity to tell you a little bit about myself.
(I will never put a picture of myself online, for all intensive purposes this is what I look like)
First let's get the basic information out of the way. My boss always calls it job-interview-information because it's the kind of essential details you always need on a resume but really tell you nothing about a person's life.
My name is Jordan Morrison. I am 25 years old and I live in Iowa City. I grew up in a tiny northern Iowan town called Maple Lake and I graduated three years ago from the University of Iowa with a B.A. in Computer Science. After school, I decided to stay in Iowa City. Right now I work at Jackboot Turntables, a store that sells records, 8-tracks and other old technology. If you're really interested in that kind of stuff, that blog is here.
That all information that allows you to box my life into a general shape without actually telling you anything about me. Sometimes I think that's what the internet reduces us to, a string of numbers and locations. My name, my age, my location, and my job are not me. That's sort of what my project is about, but I'll get to that later.
Some people think I stayed in Iowa City because it was easier or because I'm lazy or stupid or something like that. That's not true. Well, I am lazy, but the rest of it isn't true.
My grandfather, who moved in with my parents when I was fourteen, had Alzheimer's and needed a lot of attention. His health deteriorated while I was in college and he actually died my senior year. It put a lot of strain on my parents. Not just because he had Alzheimer's, but because his relationship with my dad was complicated, even when he was healthy.
They're doing better now, but I was just happy to get away from for a few years. I go home every now and then, but me and my parents don't always get along. They kind of wanted me to be an engineer and that didn't happen for a number of reasons. The main one being I didn't want to be an engineer.
Right now, I'm just happy to have a place to call my own. Iowa City is the first place that has felt like home to me in a long time. I know this makes me sound like an emo 13-year-old on Myspace (does anyone still use that?), but it's true. Maple Lake is an incredibly small town and for whatever reason I just didn't fit in when I was growing up.
I worked for Jackboot during my senior and when Tim offered me a full-time job I took it up on it. My favorite two places in the world are currently Sanctuary, a bar/restaurant in Iowa City, and this pub in Scotland called Roger's Spot. I've entertained thoughts of living there someday, at least for a little while, but I'm really happy here right now.
I love my job and the people I work with, but I know this is something I'm not going to want to do forever. When I figure out what that is, I'll go for it. People sometimes tell me I need to get my life in gear or say that I'm wasting my potential at Jackboot. To them I have only two things to say. 1. Suck it and 2. Bite me.
But the routine does get to me sometimes, which is why I started doing this wonderful fantastic project. And I can't wait to tell you all what it is.
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