Meet the peta2 Staff: Jason

Hometown: Elgin, Illinois

Fave bands: Nine Inch Nails, Bauhaus, Voltaire, Joy Division, New Order, The Cure, Depeche Mode, The Damned, Black Tape for a Blue Girl, Echo & the Bunnymen, HIM, London After Midnight, Placebo, The Sisters of Mercy, The 69 Eyes

About me: I've always wanted to do something important with my life and to make as big a positive impact on the world as I possibly could, and there's no better way to do that than by being a full-time animal rights activist!

I like: Being able to spend every day working full time for animal rights, the peta2 Street Team, animal rights activism and outreach, Halloween, spooky things, Edgar Allan Poe, vampires, the Chicago Diner

I hate: Exploitation of anyone, hypocrisy

Why you went veg: I went vegan when I found peta2.com, watched "Meet Your Meat," and realized that with every meal, I was paying for the suffering and death of animals who are just as capable of experiencing pain, fear, and suffering as we are.

Favorite foods: Anything pumpkin flavored (there's nothing better than vegan pumpkin spice chocolate chip cupcakes!)

Favorite books: Animal Liberation by Peter Singer, Free the Animals by Ingrid E. Newkirk, Dracula by Bram Stoker, everything by Edgar Allan Poe, the writing of Percy Bysshe Shelley, Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

First concert: The Misfits' 25th anniversary show at The Rave in Milwaukee, Wisconsin