Billy Corgan made me who I am

In fact, I think there's a very straight line to be drawn between my mild Smashing Pumpkins obsession in middle school to my quite total emo persona during high school to my overly-sensitive Wes Anderson and literature-preoccupied college years.  In all honesty, the impact of the Smashing Pumpkins in my life deserves a much larger blog post.  And it all started with one guy who comes from... Chicago.  The influence continues even today.