Philip Porter

In 2005, Porter was studying political science at the University of California, Berkeley. Alongside his education, Porter was working as a barista. Throughout college, Porter remembers “continually going to class dressed like a guy from California: jeans, t-shirts, and flip-flops.” In the summer of his junior year,

Porter attended the Officer Candidate School, later commissioned as an officer in the Marines after graduating from university. America was at war, and enlisting seemed like the right thing to do. Later, he pursued higher education in a new interest: theology. Originally, Porter was an atheist, but he recounted a “boring story,” from 2012.

“I realized for the first time, maybe it’s all true,” Porter said. “That was the kind of thing that went through my head, and then immediately started studying theology.”  

Playlist: Led Zeppelin, Guns N’ Roses, Eminem, Dr. Dre, Jay-Z

Celebrity Crush: Not Applicable.

Generational Slang: Going big (go big or go home)

Fashion Trends in the Early 2000s in America: Y2K, low-rise jeans, heavy makeup, blonde highlights for both men and women.