General info about Adam

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My background

• IN THE BEGINNING...
  I was born in Los Angeles, and lived most of my life in Thousand Oaks, California, a pretty cool (if a bit boring) distant suburb of LA.
• BRAVERY
  Courageously abandoning the heavenly sunny weather of Southern California, I did my undergrad at Northwestern University, double majoring in Communication Studies and Political Science.
• STUDIOUSNESS
  Continuing on in the midwest, I studied law and business (dual program for JD/MBA) at Indiana University, in Bloomington -- with a specialization in International Electronic Communications and Commerce -- and miraculously finished in four years

My interests

• MUSIC
  Performance (piano, choral) and composition (piano, choral, and other stuff when I'm feeling brave)
• OTHER CULTURED STUFF
  Going to the theatre, listening to good choirs, traveling
• OUTDOORS
  Swimming, horseback riding, the beach (well, at least when I was in warmer Southern California!)
• INDOORS
  Air hockey, pool, and hey, get your mind out of the gutter ;)
• SOCIAL
  Meeting a wide variety of people, though I value my alone-time as well. I especially love having long meals with friends. Good company and fine food... how can you beat that?
• DANCE
  Lindy Hop (swing)! My devotion is seemingly cult-like (including two pilgrimages to the Sweden, home of the largest swing dance camp in the world) but nonetheless fun and very social. I've also been getting into waltz stuff lately. It's a blissful dance!
• GEEKY STUFF
  Learning about new people-oriented technologies (particularly different communications tools) and of course, web page designing!

My future

• PRIORITIES
  I'm going to remember that my friends and family come first... I won't be consumed by my job. And yeah, I do cherish my personal free time, too. No "one week of yearly vacation" for me. My European friends are right: that's inhumane.
• MUSIC
  I'm going to always be involved with something musical, because that's my passion.  Currently, most of my music-time is associated with dancing, but I also hope to soon dabble in music composition once again.
• FITNESS
  I'm in better shape now in my 30's than I was in my 20's, logging 4+ hours at the gym and 6+ hours on the dance floor weekly. I recently won a pair of Reebok shoes for my involvement in 'Core' (fitness) classes, and I was a finalist in a related competition for a free trip to the Bahamas.