BIO

For the record:

PERSONAL:

REAL NAME: Benjamin
AGE: 27
BIRTHDATE: 6/21/1976
ZODIAC: Gemini-Cancer Cusp.
BIRTHPLACE: Cobb County, GA
GREW UP IN: Buford, GA
CURRENTLY RESIDES IN: Atlanta, GA
SEX: M.
HAIR COLOR: Light brown.
EYE COLOR: Blue.
HEIGHT: 5'8
WEIGHT: 175
DISABILITY: Cerebral palsy.
MARITAL STATUS: Single.
SEXUAL PREFERENCE: Gay.

EDUCATION:

COLLEGE: University of Georgia
DEGREE: ABJ, Newspapers. Class of '98. Minor in Drama.
EXTRACURRICULARS, AWARDS, HONORS: Member, Phi Kappa Literary Society; Alumnus, The Red & Black; Alumnus, Lesbian Gay Bisexual Student Union; Winner of 1995 Student Employee Award, Athens Commission for People with Disabilities; Member, Phi Kappa Summer Trivia Team in 2001.

PROFESSION:

FULL-TIME: Reporter, McGraw-Hill Companies.
PART-TIME: Music and Book Salesperson, Barnes & Noble.
FREELANCE: Essayist, features writer, movie critic and fiction author.

TRIVIA:

PSEUDONYM: Riley McCarthy
ORIGIN OF PSEUDONYM: Asked by a friend to come up with something pretentious - a stage name that I would use if I were ever in an adult film, I chose this name using the titles of two of my favorite songs, The Lightning Seeds' "Life of Riley" and R.E.M.'s "Exhuming McCarthy."

E-MAIL: rileymccarthy@yahoo.com
AOL: rileymccarthy
Y!: rileymccarthy
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