About jeem

So who is this jeem guy, anyway? Let’s begin with the basics.

I’m a twenty-eight-year-old geek-of-all-trades, living in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. I am gay, and live with my illegal husband Fred. We got married in Toronto in December 2006; as we all know, our marriage has left Toronto in smoldering, zombie-squirrel-infested ruins, because that’s just what gay marriage does.

We also live with two cats, Chip (the hyperactive one) and Dale (the evil, all-too-aware-of-his-own-cuteness one), and several fish. There are plants involved as well but they don’t respond to names quite the same. (um, not that I’ve tried.)

During the day you can find me in a biological research facility, keeping the various bits of computer hardware and software and network infrastructure and research equipment running smoothly. I’ve been at this job since late October of 2007, and so far I absolutely love it. Prior to that I worked for a large local non-profit agency, where I did a similar job but really didn’t enjoy it.

A couple nights a week you can find me at Saint Louis University, where I’m working on a degree in informatics. I may switch to another university soon thanks to a sweet benefit from my new
employer.

Apart from the above, my interests include weightlifting, cooking, Linux, Wikipedia, music, licorice, subtle humor, proper spelling and grammar, punctuation, hiking, backpacking, travel, disassembly (and on rare occasion reassembly), and odd movies. I have recently developed an interest in rugby, which may be enhanced by the possible formation of a gay rugby club (though this is still in very early planning stages).

I edit Wikipedia with the username Jredmond. I’ve also volunteered to handle incoming e-mail for Wikipedia and its parent dot-org the Wikimedia Foundation, and on occasion I’ll deal with the press as one knowledgeable in the ways of the English Wikipedia.

You can also find me on Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn, gay.com, Twitter, and last.fm if you are so interested. Please note, though, that this blog contains more updates than any of those profiles. (Yes, that is pretty sad.)

For the record, “jeem” comes from a trip to Montreal with a few friends. The local anglophones had no trouble calling me “Jim”, but said friends
got a kick out of the Quebecois pronunciation “jeem”, and the name stuck.

Questions? Please send me an e-mail using the address to the right. You can also use this snazzy form.