I've been in Seattle for nearly 3 years after I finished grad school in the east side of the state and moved here for my current job at HUD.

Graduated from the Mountaineers alpine scramble class this season, and currently doing their basic climbing class. Next up: making sure I can belay escape and rappel competently. At least I finally have all my gear. Oh, except snowshoes, rock shoes for gym climbing, maybe a snow probe, some quickdraws...

I owe my soul to the company store, and it's REI.

I'm tall and wiry with unruly blond hair. I'm a pretty quiet person until I get to know someone, but once I do I love to talk. I have the uncanny ability to look like I'm smirking in practically every picture taken of me (see above).

Books I've Been Reading Lately:

There is Power in A Union: The Epic Story of Labor in America by Philip Dray, The Terror: The Merciless War for Freedom in Revolutionary France by David Andress, Twilight of the Elites: America After Meritocracy by Christopher Hayes, The Signal and the Noise by Nate Silver, Failing Law Schools by Brian Tamanaha, The Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague in History by John Barry

Picking favorite movies off of my Netflix ratings list at random:

Dr. Strangelove, This is Spinal Tap, Goodfellas, Shaun of the Dead, Groundhog Day, Hot Fuzz, Aliens, Moon, Ghostbusters, Let the Right One In, the Indiana Jones trilogy, Pan's Labyrinth, The Thing, Stranger than Fiction, Clue, Ken Burns: The Civil War, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Fargo, The Lives of Others, Labyrinth, Best Worst Movie

Most recent movies I've seen:

The SIFF Oscar Snubs Marathon! 12 glorious hours of movie classics, meals, happy hour, and some great caramel corn. They showed A Star is Born, Fargo (which gets better every time I see it), The Thin Man, Do the Right Thing, Blazing Saddles, and a Secret Snub that we're not supposed to reveal for...unclear reasons.

Favorite Shows:

The Wire, Arrested Development, Rome, Yes Minister, Blackadder, Sons of Anarchy, Deadwood, Breaking Bad, Mad Men, BBC Sherlock, Archer, The Black Donnellys, Parks and Recreation

Books, limitless coffee, movies (bad and otherwise), conversation, Theo chocolate (or Fran's, tough call), the woods

Reading, watching a movie, going out for drinks with friends, taking a walk around the neighborhood...

On a RECENT Friday night, I was at the Uptown watching the R. Kelly "Trapped in the Closet" sing-a-long. It was incredible. They're having an encore showing! Stop what you're doing, get out your wallet!

I've read almost all of Stephen King's books. Yes, even
Tommyknockers and Dreamcatcher. His best book was the The Long Walk; I say it's a Vietnam allegory.

...you feel like talking about movies, books, history, psychology, economics, politics...

You like dry humor, snarky comments, over-analyzing things, and hiking.

...going to a 12-hour movie marathon sounds like fun to you.