Someone once said, "Breed crows, and you'll have lots of crows."

I guess that's certainly true. Below the surface level, I have no idea what that means. I also have no idea what I'm supposed to write down in this little box. I'm a native San Diegan (well, Escondidian originally... or Providencian if you want to get technical), and while I don't plan on propagating bird species anytime soon, I hope to meet some interesting folks.

At the moment, I suppose I'm just trying to work on my craft. I'm a decent piano player. Jazz is mostly what I do, although I play other sorts of music as well. I make a painfully modest living at it, and enjoy my work immensely. I compose a bit as well, and would like to start leading my own groups again. For the time being, though, I'm a subsistence gig-er, freelancing on various jobs, mostly for singers. It's a living, and a pretty fun one at that.

I hope I'm relatively good at making music. If nothing else, I'm trying to get better on the daily. Besides music, I suppose I'm a passable conversationalist and a so-so writer. I'm also not too terribly bad at near excessive modesty.

I would love to say my sense of humor or something about me being charming (I'm not sure how true either of things are, really), but it's most likely my blonde-ness. I am incredulously blonde. I'm also so pale you can actually watch me get a sunburn.

I'm reigning it in a bit, but...

Books: The Once and Future King, Naked, and East of Eden
Movies: The Manchurian Candidate (1962), The Host, and Blazing Saddles
Shows: QI, MST3K, and (somewhat recently) The X-Files
Music: Most things jazz, and most other things as well. I always like discovering and digging on new music. That said, I think dubstep is awful. I don't understand why it's popular.
Food: Sushi and beer, the latter of which totally counts

1. My family and friends
2. Music
3. My five senses
4. New things to nerd-out on
5. The ability to travel and have new experiences
6. A home I can always come back to

Besides music? I suppose where my life is going, how to be a better human, and (usually when I'm driving) the way the world's put together, and why it's that way.

... usually playing somewhere, and usually quite late, although there are always exceptions to both. I miss out a lot of Friday night happenings, but sometimes the Friday-night gigs are the best.

My moustache has it's own Facebook page. I should take this time to point out that not only do I no longer HAVE a moustache, I had nothing to do with the creation of said Facebook page. It literally has taken a life of it's own. According to it's last post, it's, "Just been backpacking in the Galapagos for the last six months and silently meditating every day." ADHD version: I have strange and wonderful friends.

... if you can figure out the meaning of that thing about crows.