Birth Name
Anand V Patel

Nickname
Alex

Mini Biography
Anand V Patel was born early one August morning during 79', in Chicago, Illinois, to Vitthal and Vimla Patel. He has two older sisters (Neela and Shilpa) and one younger brother (Adarsh). Patel spent the first few years of his life in a small slice of heaven known as Des Plaines, Illinois and the rest stumbling down the East Coast. He has lived in ILL, NY, NJ, MD, GA, and FL. His childhood was happy and marked with many moves, schools and biannual summer visits to his father's village Dantali in Gujarat, India. Anand attended Florida Southern College, where he majored in Biology with a minor in Chemistry. He was reportedly last seen playing "Doctor" in Atlanta.

Interests
Paintball, tennis, golf, chess, occationally surfing (long board tri-fin) and running. Pop, Modern, and Abstract Art, Museums. Theater, Filmophile, Music Junkie, Stock Market, Botony, Computers, Gadgets, eBay, Traveling, Religions, and Politics (I lean toward Libertarian/Republican views).

Music
Alot of 80's, Heavy Hard Classical Rock, Ska, Alternative, Latin Jazz, Some Pop, and a handful of classic Hindi songs.

Movies
The Godfather Triology esp Godfather 2, Full Metal Jacket, Payback, Snatch, Pulp Fiction, Fight Club, Blade Runner, Soldier, The House Of Yes, The Wizard of Oz, Sin City, 300 and anything Independent, Foreign, or related to the syndicate with dark undertones oh and of course anything Tarantino. Sassy Girl.


Television
The Office, The Daily Show, Colbert Report, I Love Lucy, I Dream of Jeannie, MASH, Kids in the Hall, Monty Python, Seinfeld, Newsradio, Scrubs, South Park, Family Guy, Futurama, Robot Chicken, Man vs Wild, Korgoth of Barbaria, Bravo and Flix Channel.

Books
The Art of War, The Odyssey, War and Peace, Ivanhoe, Beowulf, The Origin of Species, Wurthering Heights, The Communist Manifesto, 1984, Animal Farm, The Great Gatsby, The Old Man and the Sea, The Lottery, Dune, A Brief History of Time, and Bhagavad Gita.

Heroes
Frank Zappa and Andy Rooney

Trade Marks
Black resin glasses.
Dark humor, factitious nature, unsuccessful sarcasm, and pseudo-intellectual babble.

Dislikes:
Clowns.
French.
Eggplant.
Cheese.