Many people I know think I'm a workaholic and quite serious, but in truth there is little more that I value more than fun and a richly lived life- a hard day's work can do a lot to achieve unexpected whimsy. I get to travel, build crazy things, wear crazy costumes, test myself, stress myself, please myself, and maybe make the world a better place along the way.

I care a lot about personal responsibility and growth, so I think of where I want to be and how best to get there in all contexts of my life. I think having an open mind is key to being a worthwhile animal and reconsider my beliefs often. This makes me seem vague at times, or directionless, but sometimes its just about not fighting the awesome around you. I think it's important to realize that a near totality of the obstacles and restrictions we face in life are self-imposed. I think that the simple and the complex have equal virtue and are often coincident. I don't assume a difference between thought and emotion, idea and inspiration, asset and liability, or fear and love- not that I feel them all the same, but rather I've a wide notion of their nature.

I spend a lot of my life outdoors- with all the plants and animals and stuff. I guess I take it for granted having spent a lot of my life without the normal four walls and a roof, but it seems that to most I'm a bit of a nature-boy. I enjoy my technology, clean home, and urban affluence very much, but still I am an animal. I think we need time with silence, slowness, emptiness, and more. ...I mean less.

I don't have expectations about the people I meet or the relationships we'll have. Experience has shown time and time again that it never goes how you expect, so I enjoy much more the surprises of life. I know that as long as I breathe, walk, and talk, I don't really have anything to loose, so I'm open to all manor of extreme occurrence... "Fortune favors the bold" they say- I'm willing to take chances in life and on people.

Wow... Kind of a lot going on. This is what I can think of:

Maybe it's not the preferred way to define yourself by your activities, but I mostly do what I'm interested in.

I'm at UCIrvine till March, but split my time between OC and LA. Decided to pick up an engineering degree before moving on to other projects.

I work with a team of international bamboo builders.
(http://www.flickr.com/photos/59159254@N02/sets/)(trying to get that page updated soon- some galleries are much more interesting than others) They take me around the country and the world, we build stuff that I'm amazed we're allowed- and paid- to build, and have an awful lot of fun along the way.

I work as a real rigger on a fake pirate ship. It pays the bills... (PiratesDinnerAdventure.com)(Don't ask me if it's good.)

I'm in the running for an internship at a research and education oriented 3D printing company. (RapidTech.org)

I'm in the running for an internship at a tensile structure company. (FabriTechStructures.com)

A TV and festival production guy I know wants me to take over his business after I graduate. Might be fun. Those details are on hold for now, but the offer is quite compelling.

I used to rig full time. I was also a Trol, a monster, have taken massage and bar-tending courses. Been a personal trainer, a stilt-guy, a guard, and plenty of other things I can't recall now. I like to learn and create and will probably always be adding to that peculiar list of experiences.

School and a previous injury have seriously hindered my fitness, so after I finish I plan on and international climbing trip, 140.3 triathlon, and much other conditioning in an effort to regain balance. Physical and mental fitness are equal partners in my life and there's a whole mess of activities I want to revisit.

The opportunities in my life for projects, pastimes, and professions have rapidly grown in the few years, but most of them are on hold until I finish school and can do things right. Where I'll be in three years, I have no idea, but it promises to be all good.

Also, since discovering the serial comma, and the disagreement that surrounds it, I've been re-inspired to embrace my judicious use of the comma based on the subjectivity of language, and its ability to suggest more accurately how I would be inclined to speak a sentence. Big thoughts for an engineer, I know, but I'm reckless...

Discovering rational methods and solutions without sacrificing
emotional intent and experience. I get stuff done and have fun doing it- analytically and artistic ingredients equal measures.

Competence- that thing where you do what you say you will, you can figure out how to do it correctly and effectively, and people can count on you for real help when their other 'friend's' drop the ball.

Doing a lot with no help, and leading a group to good affect to
quality results when help is abundant.

Teaching things to people who didn't think they were capable of learning them- or so they've told me.

There's been growing interest in my designs (related to my works from above and others)- I look forward to having the time to do some projects to really be proud of.

When I have the good fortune of knowing someone well, I'm good at making them laugh, giving them opportunities to see their lives and their selves in new ways, and finding ways to help achieve their goals that might have otherwise been written off as just too far out- I can find a realistic path to any goal.

Also, anything involving rope.

I'm tall, skinny, bald, wear a beard, and have big holes in my head. I guess it's not a great leap to guess it's one of those.

I'm not too worried about those who judge hastily. Saves me the time of suffering the narrow-minded.

Its so painful to go on about what's really so trivial- how about the most recent three of each- an insufficient sample, but still interesting.

Books:
Brave New Worlds: An Anthology of Distopian Short Stories, We, The Handmaids Tail

Movies:
Mirror Mirror, Jiro Dreams of Sushi, The Raid: Redemption

Shows:
Cirque Du Solei: Iris, Quakes (I think that was the title...),
probably also some acts at the festivals I've built at. Or by shows did they mean TV shows?

Music:
Not my forte but if you can identify Bela Fleck, Leonard Cohen, and Glitch Mob, then you probably know more than me. My music collection has been called schizophrenic, but I think that was a but of an exaggeration. I love having good music around and my interests are broad, but I just don't follow it that closely.

Clearly it's not intended literally, but I still don't care for the
question.

I put a high value on flexibility, acceptance of the immutable, and the ability to roll with the punches.

What really couldn't I live without? How about some things I really would like to keep in my life?

My tools allow mento do very fun, interesting, and lucrative work.

My legs are good for walking, I like running with them a lot, and they're pretty useful when I climb.  Sometimes I fantasize about losing them- I'm not sure why it's so compelling- but I'd still rather keep them.

All my senses. Man, the world would be rough if I had now way to perceive it...

I guess hands are pretty cool too. I like to touch things.

Something or someone to grow for.  You're either growing or your dying.

Things related to what I spoke of in the "What I'm doing with my life" section. I've had the good sense in the past to learn about the peculiar things in my life that have interested me. Thanks to that, I've developed valuable niche skills and I make an easily livable wage doing the stuff I actually like. From this I'm fine with what I spend a lot of time thinking about changing frequently. Threads inevitably develop.

In the same vein, I also think about what I'd like to do in the future and how to get myself there. Life is a lot of fun when you accept that you really can achieve amazing things with some openness, dedication, and persistence.

I think a lot about the big issues and ideas of the world, but mostly just for fun. I don't expect that that is the way I'll make things better.

Also partnership. I find life much more fun to live with a cohort. I don't suppose I need to count the ways, but I think partnership is a substantial pursuit in life.

Oh- and stuff I want to build. That maybe most of all. You should see my clock ideas- unlike anything out there. And how to top Frei Otto. And a bunch of other stuff too.

A social gathering is ideal, but homework or one of my building projects would be typical. Go out- stay in- fun is where the heart is. I don't depend on a particular day of the week to schedule my fun or have a fixed notion of where it will come from.

I think I'm pretty open about my ways.

I'm happy to note anyone with something to say or ask, regardless of any romantic interest. Life is a funny thing and connecting to more people usually only makes things richer. I'm busy, but can certainly make time for interesting and fun correspondence, and for a particularly compelling person, time will always be made for more.

If you're like me, we may have some great common interests to explore. If you're not like me- that may be even better. I'm open minded to things I didn't expect being better than I could have planned.

You believe that intellectuality and emotionality are not enemies and, in fact, serve to advance each other. Your nature is constructive rather than destructive- whatever form that nature may take. You enjoy the outdoors, technology, understanding, art, and everything else in the world around us- boring stuff included. Most importantly: a whole bunch of other things I couldn't hope to predict with a short list off the top of my head. (I'm not making check-lists here, just do what you feel.)