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My self-summary Propose an edit

I'm a fairly laid-back guy in an open polyamorous marriage with my wonderful wife, who currently works as a research analyst. I spend my days going to door to door drumming up money for the Democratic National Committee. I'm a writer, and I like writing fiction and poetry, and I keep a blog about webcomics, though I don't have the talent to do one myself - at least not a good one. And I wouldn't do one if it weren't good. Or at least, I wouldn't do one that I myself wouldn't like.

I also love music. both listening to it and recording my own lopsided brand of pop/rock, which you can hear at my website if you'd like: http://www.jon-eric.com .

I own four degus. What's a degu, you ask? Well, it's not quite a chinchilla, and it's not quite a guinea pig, but it's... well, they're something, alright. They chirp and climb and chew and wreak all kinds of havoc. Yep.

I also read a lot, watch a whole lot of TV, and sometimes I enjoy playing video games. I played a lot of tabletop role-playing games in college, but now I don't know enough people in Austin to play, and that makes me kind of sad.

I was raised in New Orleans, and recently graduated from Kenyon college.

I'm not very good at concluding paragraphs.

What I'm doing with my life Propose an edit

I'm working for Grassroots Campaigns, raising money for the DNC and reveling in Obamarama. In my off-time, I continue to look for a slightly better job that I'll be able to hang onto past Election Day. In the meantime, I continue to write stories and record songs.

I'm really good at Propose an edit

Writing
Making music, playing piano
Certain video games
Crossword puzzles
Surfing the Internet

The first thing(s) people usually notice about me Propose an edit

Varies from day to day, I think. Sometimes, it's my frizzy hair. If I've slicked it down, they might notice my goatee, though I think I stood out a little more back when I had the full beard (like in all of my photos up here; the goatee is a relatively recent development). Or maybe they'll notice what I happen to be wearing -- many of my shirts are rather provocative or otherwise eyecatching. Or it might be my high voice.

Yet most people notice that I look an awful lot like someone else they know. I don't know why, but it seems everyone out there already has a friend who kind of looks like me.

My favorite books, movies, music, and food Propose an edit

There's a lot, and I mean a LOT, in each of the four categories, but you know what I've found? Taste in movies and music and food don't really matter. You'll get to know them as you get to know me, and my taste doesn't really affect my personality, so why bother writing up a long list? I'm open-minded about all of them, except that I have a low tolerance for trash-lit, I'm not that into techno or country music, and I can't afford to go see movies that often. Plus, it all changes from week to week anyway.

...You're STILL reading this? Fine. One TV show I've been watching at every available opportunity is Monk. The best movie I've seen in recent memory is The Dark Knight (oh, yeah, a real risk-taker, that guy, affirming his unpopular taste in film, right?). The most recent book I completed that I would recommend would be The Yiddish Policeman's Union, by Michael Chabon. Lately I've been digging on Elvis Costello's new album pretty hard. And seriously, I'll eat anything.

The six things I could never do without Propose an edit

My wife
My keyboard (or at least *some* musical instrument)
The Internet
My degus
TV
...There have to be six? I'm a man of simple taste!

I spend a lot of time thinking about Propose an edit

Basically politics 24/7 these days. With a dash of "How will I pay the rent this month?" thrown in for good measure.

ACL just ended, and I didn't get to go because of an unexpected veterinary emergency, but it got me thinking about how out of touch I've become with the music industry. I used to track new releases and seek out new music all the time. I just found out that in the last month, three of my favorite groups have put out new albums, and another one has one forthcoming, and it caught me completely by surprise. I kind of miss those days when I listened to everything I could get my hands on... even if I don't remember most of the music I listened to back then.

On a typical Friday night I am Propose an edit

Until election day, the typical Friday will see me out on the street, knockin' on doors till dark, or shortly after dark. Then back to the office to fill out paperwork. I get back home close to 10:00, at which point Allyson and I will light some candles and share some wine. Then I'll take a shower and we'll do something quiet till it's time to sleep.

If it sounds boring, it's only because the question specified Friday night, and not Wednesday or Saturday. :D

The most private thing I'm willing to admit here Propose an edit

Go look up "private" in a dictionary, will ya?

Oh, fine. It's probably that I've run a couple of campaigns of the Serenity role-playing game (the one based on Joss Whedon's Firefly universe). But how private can that be? I did it with, like, 14 other people!

You should message me if Propose an edit

You should message me if you know what a chupaqueso is.

You should message me if it drives you crazy that "biweekly" can mean "twice a week" OR "every two weeks."

You should message me if you sometimes wonder why the alien overlords from The Matrix couldn't have just used cattle.

You should message me if you possess that rare ability to entertain an idea without accepting it.

You should message me if you're curious about how this "open marriage" stuff works.

You should message me if I message you first. Otherwise I'll stay up all night worrying.

You should message me if you've ever wasted hours just clicking through http://www.tvtropes.org.

...Or if seeing that link caused you to.

But most of all, you should message me because it's why we're here! Isn't it?

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