I'd like to think of myself as an enthusiast. I'm enthusiastic about a lot of things: cooking, music, sports, art, movies, etc. Not to say that I'm good at or an expert in any of the aforementioned things, but I'm enthused by them.

I'm an extremely nice person who looks serious. I like to laugh more than I really should. I'm also ridiculously well-read and traveled (through Europe, that is).

I'm not snobby, loud, angry, or lazy. I am, however, fragrant. I smell really, really good. Like minerals, grapefruit, oranges, and pepper. That's what I smell like.

Oh, and I'm an uncle...and I love it.

Fun Facts:

* I grow a beard in the fall/winter
* I wear a lot of plaid shirts and boots in the winter
* I am hirsute
* I have been described as "retrosexual"
* I am much stronger than you and most people you know
* I have large callouses on my hands
* I used to build gigantic towers/powerlines for XCel.
* I am a lot like Gaston from "Beauty and the Beast"...except I read a lot...and I don't hunt...and I won't lock your dad in an insane asylum while attempting to date you....and I won't try to murder your horned anthropomorphic bear-man boyfriend...uh, I guess we're both men?
* I suffered a traumatic brain injury when I was 17 and I can barely smell anything now.
* I like inside jokes
* I am slowly going gray and I love it
* No one was more bad ass than Prince circa 1985
* I make lefse
* I am a horrible singer
* My ringtone is "West End Girls" by Pet Shop Boys

In law school at the moment and not really enjoying it much. Sad to say, but I miss the real world. I don't know if I'm sticking with the law or going in another direction.

Lately, my roommate and I have decided to write a sprawling definitive account of the black experience in America. We're using my experiences from when I visited my WASP-Y nouveau riche cousins a couple of years ago in Ventura Co., CA as a reference point. Sample dialogue:

"Hello, fellows! Does anyone wish to participate in sport?"
"Yes, surely! But pray, allow my chums and I to finish telling our raps, for we are rappists."

It's shaping up to be the "Roots" of the 21st century.

Making people laugh, pop culture references, getting along with all kinds of people. I'm also really good at Jeopardy!

Sense of humor...and my body, face, clothes...

Books
East of Eden, American Psycho, Walden, The Sun Also Rises, Zeitoun, The Sound and the Fury, White Noise, Freedom, Notes From Underground, Empire Falls

Movies
First three Indiana Jones, Good Night and Good Luck, The Deerhunter, American Graffiti, Stand By Me, The Illusionist, There Will Be Blood, Back to the Future, A River Runs Through It, Fargo, Pulp Fiction, Boogie Nights, Drive, Silver Linings Playbook

Shows
Colbert/Stewart, Girls, Game of Thrones, Mad Men, Minnesota Sports, Food Network,

Music
A lot (Talking Heads, Joy Division, New Order, early Strokes/Interpol, Prince, The Rolling Stones, Computer Magic, The Smiths, The Cars, Blood Orange, Craft Spells, Grimes, Belle & Sebastian)

Food
Chimichurri, bolognese sauce, salsa, Chipotle

Books
Good beer (emphasis on good)
Family
Friends
Traveling
Comedy

Law school and how much it f*cking costs

Depends on the Friday. Might be the bar, might be a sporting event, might be the movies, might be a night in.

I have no idea what life is about...is it candy? Is that what it's about? Then, well, delicious.

You like being around someone interesting who will actually listen to what you have to say. I'm open to doing most things, so there's that, too.