My name is Timothy Michael Hinkle and I was born December 14, 1982. I have brown hair that matches my brown eyes; both from my mother's side and today I am eighteen years of age. I try to keep my hairstyles different, often trying new things. For instance when I was in grade school my hair was long and don't ask me what I was thinking because when I look back on pictures I think twice now. My hair after that was cut short into a bowl style then was very lengthy for a while and now it is short again. I very much prefer the short style. Because my eyes are very small I often get comments such as “Are you Japanese?” or “Are you Mexican or foreign?” I am not. I am chubby. A fact that I think I have gotten used to now. I was very tiny as a child and very skinny. I wore newborn diapers for a long time. I find that fact kind of ironic now. After I got sick with something I still am not sure of, I started to gain weight. I am satisfied with my size now although it would never hurt to try to get a little healthier and lose a little more. I have a birthmark, a small brown oval, on the back of my knee. I am a little over 5'7” tall but I am not totally sure of that height. I wish I was taller and I hope to grow another inch or two. I'm about due for a growth spurt. I grew up in Craigsville, West Virginia with my mother, Debbie Hinkle and my father, Roger Hinkle. I, from stories of my childhood and things of that nature, can assume that early on my grandmother, Patricia and aunt, Donna took care of me a lot of the time. My childhood was average, I suppose, except that unlike most little boys I didn't get a thrill from hurting or hunting animals as many young males do. I tended to nurture or help them. This attitude continues for me today. I love animals and tigers and the feline family in general.

When I was small I had many cats, which my father “took care of.” So I didn't keep a lot of them I found or that followed me home. I think that to a lot of people that just may see me in the hall or that I have classes with will assume I am very shy and quiet. Some of the time I am, and I will admit if I don't know you that well I won't talk much. I am not a person that initiates the conversation. If people took time to get to me, the real me, they would see a polite, sometimes crazy, very humorous person. I consider myself a good friend. A friend is a person who listens to you and can give you positive feedback if you're feeling sad or put a smile on your face. I think I can do all those things. I think that I am a very organized person or at least I try to be. I cannot stand if something isn't in its place or is out of order. It has to be neat and plain and everything in its place. I'm not that clear on my future as to marriage, colleges, and working career. I know that I want to be an elementary teacher. I have changed my career goals so many times. I used to want to be an author then a librarian and an art teacher. I finally settled on a plain teacher, elementary maybe even younger. As for marriage, I am really unsure of that now. I think someday yes that will probably most definitely happen. I really don't want kids right away-I'm going to be a teacher and will have plenty there. I'm very open to the idea of adoption though. I lived in Craigsville for a long time, most all of my life, until, my parents' divorced. It was a very big shock to me and I felt a lot of different emotions but eventually came to embrace it. My mother dated again and found someone else, a sorted story I'm not going to go into. The relationship didn't last long and eventually she found the man she would later marry. We moved to Richwood, and at that time I was entering into my second year of junior high school, eighth grade I believe it was. I was very disappointed and sad because Richwood, West Virginia wasn't the place I wanted to be. After about four years here and

my mom's second marriage the old city grew on me and I was disappointed to move back to Craigsville. All in all, I still would like to move back to Richwood because of the friends and experiences I had made there. If you truly want to know me you have to understand the entertainment side. I love it; movies, music, books, magazines etc. I am very into the entertainment scene. I have always been very into magazines and things like that for some reason. I enjoyed putting them together and even created with the help of friends an entertainment magazine for about two years and twenty-five issues. I had to stop after I moved back to Craigsville. Another thing you must realize is that there are several celebrities that have been apart of my life for a long time. Their struggles and attitudes helped me deal better with mine. First, back in 1993 I was a huge fan of the show “The X-Files” and one of its leading characters, Agent Scully. I was a fanatic Gillian Anderson fan from that moment and continue to be till this day. Her struggles with her crazy past, a brother with an incurable disease and dedication to many organizations have really been an inspiration to me. If I would ever get to meet a celebrity it would most definitely be her. Next, is the wonderful and talented actress from “Titanic” Kate Winslet. I love Kate so much not

only for her talent but because of her own struggles with weight problems and her whole attitude that you don't have to be stick thin to enjoy life. She really raised my self-esteem. There are two more ladies I really admire, Britney Spears for her durability and talent, and Ricki Lake. Ricki also hasn't had an easy life. She has had the weight issue's just as Kate has. I admire her for being such a talented actress, overcoming her weight and being involved in so many great organizations. I wouldn't be me and a lot of people will tell you I wouldn't be me if I'm not talking about these four ladies, there actions or how they have effected me some how. I just want to talk about some things that make me who I am; my favorite things and some of my views about certain topics. Some things about me I think I'll mention are that my favorite shows are “The Golden Girls,” and “The X-Files.” I value my friendships over most everything. I think I have been in love before. A big topic I argue with people about a lot is about abortion. Myself, I don't agree with this at all. I think that this practice is simply the murdering of innocent children and should be stopped. I get a lot of arguments about why it shouldn't be such as `the mother's health.' For some abortions the procedure itself is more dangerous than actually carrying and giving birth to the baby. Another topic I discuss a lot is because of Gillian Anderson and that is AIDs prevention and also race relations in general (African Americans and gay people) and other differences. I have very strong feelings about these topics. I am not a racist and don't condone their behavior. Something else I have been dealing with lately and debating is religion. I am a Baptist because my parents are Baptist. I haven't had a chance to decide for myself on this matter. I'm confused about it. I know I do believe in God and Heaven and Hell. But I have seen a lot of church going religious people that preach one thing and act another way. I find

a lot of religious people, not all of them, agree to love everyone and treat people with respect but are against gay people or people that do not believe the same way. It's hard for me to understand why they believe or say some of the things they say because most of them don't take time to get to know people or research it. They are automatically judgmental. Those are just some of my views on certain topics. Well that is basically me! A shy guy with a humorous outlook on things who loves cats. That is probably me in a nutshell. If you don't agree with my view that's fine, I love to hear other people's POV and maybe even change mine after I get all the facts. I love to do art, draw, read and write and am very into the internet and emailing, chatting and creating websites. So that's it…that's ME! :)