Jesse's Introduction

Hey there everyone!

As my wife Amy has said, my name is Jesse. I am from Boelus, NE and I have been living in Lincoln, NE since 2002. I went to elementary and high school at Centura public schools, graduating in 2002. After graduation I went to school at Nebraska Wesleyan University where I got my undergraduate degree in theater arts and communication, secondary education and got an endorsement in language arts. I am very new to this whole blogging thing, so bear with me.

Me in a production of MacBeth at Nebraska Wesleyan in 2007

I am a man of many interests. I love literature, movies, cooking, exercise, and everything dealing with comics. I have a library that spans many subjects, covering everything from how to build a tuner car to the history of the opera. I have a large theater script collection and many fantasy books, but my favorite part of my library would have to be my antique books. I have dozens of old leather bound classics.

My movie collection is something that I could see myself blogging about fairly regularly. I have over 700 dvds in my collection, the crown jewel of which would have to be my 75+ comic book movies. I love superheros and everything to do with them. I am always looking for great titles to expand my collection. Feel free to post any suggestions for me!

Amy and I have been cooking a lot over the first year of our marriage. We will tell the cute story of how we worked to create our cookbook some time. It has been an amazing journey with food. I have found so many great new things that I love to eat now.

Cornish hens over winter vegetables with cornbread croutons

We have gotten into running lately and have already ran a couple 5K runs. I'm sure there will be more to come about that as Amy continues to find fun new venues in which to compete. She is always challenging me, mostly in a good way. :)

One of my bigger passions (outside of my marriage of course) would have to be comic books. I am a relatively late comer into the world of comics. I didn't grow up reading them. Heck, I didn't even pick up a comic until I was probably a junior in high school. However, the first one I ever read, The Death Of Superman, had me hooked. Such an amazing story of sacrifice and selfless bravery. It's easy to see why he is considered the perfect human ideal.

I recently picked up a sweet 45th anniversary edition of Action Comics No. 1.  The cool thing about my copy is it was published the year I was born.  It's meant to be.

I could go on and on, but I think I should wrap up this introduction. Thanks for the one or two of you that might give this a passing glance. Again, I'm new to this whole blogging thing, so be patient as I try to figure this out!