MWAH! troupe member Jake Smith speaks to an audience at River Ridge High School near Hanover, Illinois, on October 18, 2010, about the suicide six months earlier of Dylan Wagner, age 15, from Batavia, Illinois, and the options available for teenagers during times of sadness and despair.
(photos by George Bookless Studio in Galena, Illinois)

My name: Jake Smith

    (As of: November 9, 2010)

My date of birth / sign: 15 / Capricorn

Where I was born: Naperville, Illinois

My home town: Oswego, Illinois

My school / year: Freshman 2010-2011

My favorite subject in school and why: Choir.   However, my favorite main subject is science because I have a cool teacher!

My favorite food: I love my Mom’s chicken pot pie!

My favorite TV show: Mythbusters because I don’t watch TV too much.

My favorite actress / actor: Heath Ledger. I don’t have a favorite actress.

My favorite musical artist or group: Michael Jackson.

My hobbies: I like to play football with my friends and sing with my buddy Mason.

My personal hero or heroes and why: My Dad because he has always been a role model for me and I could not ask for a better Dad!

My best friend and why: One of my best friends is Mason Dean Ridenour because he and I normally get along great and always have a blast together. Another is Rob Delgado because he’s a wack kid and a funny kid. One more is Austin Hellyer. He and I hunt together and he tells the best jokes!

What you’d probably find in my iPod: 84 Michael Jackson songs. lol. Also some Beatles, country, hip hop, and rap.

What you’d probably find under my bed: Nothing!

Most of my time on the computer is spent: Checking my emails and YouTube.

In my free time I: Hang out with friends and listen to music.

My most humbling experience: When I went to Mississippi as part of a Hurricane Katrina relief trip two years ago.

The best advice I ever got: "Tell someone and leave the rest in God’s hands." -- a kid named Carl Spangler.

The best day I’ve had so far: When I flew a plane for the first time.

The worst day I’ve had so far: Finding out that my Grandfather had passed away.

What makes me laugh: "That’s what she said" jokes! lol

What makes me mad: When people are fake and do things they may regret.

My proudest moment so far: Dancing with the MWAH! troupe. It’s pretty cool.

One thing I simply can’t stand: Homework!

One thing I’d like to change about myself: Actually being able to dance!

Fifteen years from now I want to: Be a private airplane pilot for someone famous.

The reason I want to is: I have a passion for being in the sky!

The three words that best describe me: Funny, understanding, and kind.