A loong time ago, I had an afro and sometimes I miss it, aroun' these parts they called me " 'Fro ", but that was another life. I mostly enjoy getting away from the area for scenic drives or traveling out of town, up and down the local trails . Thankfully in the bay area you're out in total green in about an hour.

I'm all about camping and getting away from civilization. I went to Burning Man last year and just got back from this year's BM, adapting to city life after roaming around the playa is too hard. One day my badass playabike will make it back there.

But mostly, I'm waiting for summer to get here so I can load up the car and go hit up the many music camp-outs happening this summer.

I'm always on the hunt for excitement. One time I snuck into an abandoned prison for a photoshoot, but the situation ended up turning into a sort of action movie sans slow-motion bullet diving.

Planning out a short story, it's amazing how inspiration will hit you in ways you least expect and where it'll take you.

I don't enjoy being idle. I like to be busy, on the move. I also freelance, it's great and a fun way to make a living. I used to work a 9-5 gig at a mental clinic but gave it up to pursue the brilliant life of a photojournalist. I haven't covered any wars or zombie outbreaks, but I'm workin' on it. So far the coolest things I've done as a freelancer have been snooping around abandoned mansions in the woods and covering riots.

Actually the day of the Oscar Grant riot in Downtown Oakland last year I was on the ground seeing everyone get tear gassed and arrested by OPD. Got a bunch of photos that day, ended up getting home hours before having to make a 6 hour drive down to LA on assignment.

Besides writing, School is where I'm at.

Being the man with the plan, or fixing cars or bikes. I've also been told I'm a pretty good writer. Or taking photos.

I've got a wide taste in music, from funk music to mambo and latin jazz. Drum and bass, hip hop, rap, classic rock etc. My current flavor is instrumental hip-hop. I always branch out, I'm currently enjoying the works of David Axelrod, love his work.

Currently listening to: whatever awesome chill music is on my Pandora account.

I bought most of the harry potter books when I was a kid and I just finished reading "The Club Dumas". I don't read as much as I should be. Nowadays I'm trying to challenge myself into reading more Spanish novels, amazing what 10 years of English only classes will do. And I just can't stop loving all things Sci-Fi. Speaking of Scifi, I freakin' love Battlestar Galactica. Started reading more scifi, bought Leviathan Wakes. Awesome book.

My favorite "bad movie" ever is House of the Dead, that really bad one where some kids get eaten while taking magic mushrooms at an island rave. It's so bad it's goooood. There's a part where they're just jumping in the air shooting zombies in slow-mo. I need to watch again.

But I have a list of movies I horrible movies I gotta see and Troll 2 is at the top.

endorphins
good company
music!
a full tank of gas

Space, the final frontier. And how awesome it'd be to transform my car into a time traveling sports car

This usually depends on what kind of week I just had or how busy I was. Am I under deadline? At home writing like a mad man. Just finished a bunch of work? I'm out and about, exploring Oakland's new nightlife.

I'm actually Spider Man.

You have a cool story bro