*Life update: I'm planning (planning is maybe too strong word that implies more proactive preparation, how about 'expecting') to move out of the area in the near future (hopefully to Baltimore, where I don't know anyone). Just in case you live in the Jersey/Philly area and thought we might fall in love and get married and spend our lives together. Sorry.*

I've moved back to the New Jersey area after a few years in Virginia and, wouldn't you know it, it seems that most of my friends have moved off. So I've gotten bored enough to fill out one of these profiles.

I'm pretty big on reading, or at least I try to convince people that I am. I'm particularly fond of Raymond Carver, Jonathan Franzen, Kurt Vonnegut, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and a few others, but I try to vary my genres and authors.

I love music. A lot of folk and folk-rock or even folk-inspired-indie-rock these days. But I love alternative hits from the early nineties, too.

I have a law degree--and one in philosophy and literature too, for that matter.

Also, I like that this site has an 'enemy' rating, but I haven't found a way to sort through potential nemeses. Could you be my arch enemy? I've always wanted one.

Not a whole lot.

The limbo. Seriously, the last time I lost was December thirty-first 1999. You can challenge me, but loser buys drinks.

I'd really like to say, 'my dashing good looks,' but I guess there's a picture up and you're not likely to be fooled.

I can be pretty loud when I'm in uncomfortable social situations. That probably gets some attention.

Here are a few...

Books: Italo Calvino's 'If on a winter's night a traveler,' Jonathan Franzen's 'How to Be Alone,' Donna Tartt's 'The Secret History,' and Raymond Carver's 'What We Talk About When We Talk About Love'...

Movies: The Royal Tenenbaums, The Princess Bride, Brick, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Graduate...

Music: Magnolia Electric Co., Bon Iver, Elliott Smith, Okkervil River, Jeff Buckley, The Weakerthans, Neutral Milk Hotel, Broken Social Scene, Josh Ritter (you can get a pretty detailed look at what I listen to at: http://www.last.fm/user/sinisterjeff)

I don't need this or this. Just this ashtray. And this paddle game, the ashtray and the paddle game and that's all I need. And this remote control. The ashtray, the paddle game, and the remote control, and that's all I need. And these matches. The ashtray, and these matches, and the remote control and the paddle ball. And this lamp. The ashtray, this paddle game and the remote control and the lamp and that's all I need. And that's all I need too. I don't need one other thing, not one - I need this. The paddle game, and the chair, and the remote control, and the matches, for sure. And this. And that's all I need. The ashtray, the remote control, the paddle game, this magazine and the chair.

Zombies and sad robots.

How is the zombie apocolypse going to start? How long am I going to last? Will I think they're so awesome then?

Why are the robots so sad? Are they out-dated technology? Or are they just lonely, like we are?

I'm actually a super-hero.

You are a writer, artist, poet, or musician. I am none of these things, but I am incredibly attracted to the creative process and, vicariously, to the people involved in it.

If you're just an interesting person who wants to help keep me entertained. I have been frustratingly bored, but it's not so hard to peak my interest.

If your favorite line from On the Road isn't the 'The only people for me are the mad ones...' but, instead, "A pain stabbed my heart, as it did every time I saw a girl I loved who was going the opposite direction in this too-big world."