I love dense cities and I like spending time in the company of others. I come from a family of teachers and think education is an awesome profession. I just sort of like thinking about others and making sure things go well. Do beautiful.

I'm a business reporter for a legal paper called The Daily Journal. I write about corporate lawyers and the deals they work on. I'm also starting to freelance on the side as a music writer. I graduated from Stanford last year with my masters in journalism.

I have no idea if I'm necessarily "good" at it, but I adore writing. Not just journalistic, but creative writing, too. I know I want to keep doing it for a long time.

Glasses. People ask if they can wear them and then ask me how they look. I don't know. I'm not wearing my glasses.

Books—As I Lay Dying, Cannery Row, One Hundred Years of Solitude

Movies—Boogie Nights, Kill Bill Vol. 1 & 2, Darjeeling Limited

Shows—Breaking Bad, Home Movies, Parks and Rec

Music—Bob Dylan, The Beatles (and their separate careers), The Mountain Goats, Sufjan Stevens, Of Montreal, Crystal Castles

Food—I can do sandwiches for days. Tacos. Food, in general.

1. Song
2. Dance
3. Words
4. Loved ones
5. Cereal
6. Whale sharks

When I'll finally switch from being a part-time writer, full-time journalist to full-time novelist, part-time reporter. I also think about space and sea creatures and buildings and when I'll finally buy another pair of yellow hi-top Chucks.

out with friends in San Francisco, having dinner or going to bars or just catching a movie, or at a show or somewhere else. Not home.

carbohydrates are impossibly underrated in today's American society.

you're double dope!