TeamAwesome is a partnership of James and Sarah. They met back in 2000 and started dating--they'll be getting married on their 10 year anniversary on May 1, 2010! They are both graduates with BAs from UW-Milwaukee (James=psychology; Sarah=sociology) and are now currently enrolled in graduate school at Roosevelt University in Chicago (James=clinical psych with a concentration in family and child psych; Sarah=industrial/organizational psych with a concentration in training and development). Currently James works at Apple computers doing what he loves best (analyzing people...and selling them awesome computers) and Sarah works for Z&H MarketCafe also doing what she loves best (playing with food and training, training, training!). Originally from Milwaukee, WI, TeamAwesome has found their new home with their very sassy tortoiseshell kitty (Lucy) in Chicago, IL.
I am Here for:
smart wrestling!!!
Hobbies:
going to the gym, watching wrestling, enjoying movies, listening to music, playing video games, going to concerts and concert-like events, attending grad school (and doing grad school related things), being personal therapists to everyone we know and random strangers to boot (the joys of being a psych major), arts and crafts, camping, trying to figure out the CTA, being foodies
Favorite Movies:
Shawshank Redemption, Saved!, Office Space, Amadeus, Kite, Dan in Real Life, Iron Man, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Superbad, Batman Begins, Secret of Nimh, Over the Hedge, Superbad, But I'm a Cheerleader, Dark Knight, In Bruges, Boondock Saints, anything that Mr. Spice HATES (haha), 300 Bitches!! (300, bitches not a movie about 300 bitches...) Sin City. Knocked Up, Juno, Superbad, Across the Universe, The Watchmen, Hamlet 2, Existenz, Lets go to Prison, Milk, Once, Paprika, Pineapple Express, Slumdog Millionaire, The Dark Knight, The Wackness, The Pursuit Of Happyness, The Wrestler, Wall-E, Wristcutters a Love Story, Etc.
Favorite TV Shows:
The Daily Show, Colbert Report, [adult swim] programming, Smackdown, ECW, RAW, 30Rock, Scrubs, True Blood, Weeds, One Life to Live, random nature/science programming on WTTW, American Dad, Family Guy, Simpsons, Law and Order, Top Chef, Heroes
Favorite Music:
a little bit of this a little bit of that. We like Techno, House, Drum & Bass, IDM, Independent Hip Hop, Folk, Eclectic Rock, Metal. That pretty much explains everything. Notable favorites include: Aceyalone, RJD2, Apathy, Atmosphere, AK1200, Black Star, some Blueprint, Common, Dead Prez, DJ Food & DK, Eyedea & Abilities, P.O.S., Fatlip, Rhymefest, Kanye, Ghostface, Little Brother, Madlib, Madvillian (and alter egos), Dangermouse, Soul Position, Supastition, Talib, Serengeti, Maximum the Hormone, Adele, Aesop Rock, Akufen, Arch Enemy, Audion, Matthew Dear, B. Fleischmann, Ben Folds (and Ben Folds Five), Black Mountain, The Boy Least Likely To, Carl Cox, Cara Beth Satalino, Cold War Kids, The Cool Kids, DangerDoom, Dave Ralph, Dead Prez, Deadbeat, The Decemberists, Deerhoof, Dear and the Headlights, Dieselboy, Dilated Peoples, DJ Danger Mouse, DJ Scott Stubbs, eMC, Florence and the Machine, Fucked Up, G. Love, Hot Toddies, Jack Johnson, Lamb of God, Little Brother, Lupe Fiasco, Lyrics Born, M.I.A., Matt Costa, Midwest Product, Nas, Prefuse 73, The Raconteurs, Ratatat, The Grates, Fucked Up, Thao Nguyen & the Get Down Stay Down, Modest Mouse, Ugly Casanova, Mason Jennings, Amy Winehouse, Estelle, Lily Allen, Bob Dylan, Deadmau5, James Amato, Mark Farina, Mr. Scruff, Mark Ronson,, Handsome Boy Modeling School, J-Live, Novel, Peanut Butter Wolf, Talib Kweli, Mos Def, The Fugees (and their earlier work as the Translator Crew), Elliott Smith, Weezer.....this list could probably keep going and going...
Favorite Books:
Sarah takes the same stance on books that Stephen Colbert has "I don't trust books, they're all fact no heart." However, James enjoys books...and likes The Invisibles, The Filth, Transmetropolitan, Last Night a DJ Saved my Life, A ton of philosophy he's mostly/half finished, fantasy fiction he hasn't read since he was a teenager, assorted graphic novels. Anti-Oedipus and other books by Deleuze & Guattari. Essentially anything by Grant Morrison, Warren Ellis, William Gibson, Frank Miller, and Neil Gaiman.
I Love:
Each other, our cat, living in Chicago, being awesome.
I Hate:
TNA and Dshban.
