I'm never quite sure who I am, where I am, or what I'm doing... but I'm always That, There, and Thrilled with what's going on. At least that's my goal. Sometimes I get it wrong, but I'm learning every day....Oh, and I'm pretty gangsta.

Currently, I am raising funds for a non-profit group based out of Tacoma...that's what I do for money. What I'm REALLY doing though, is creating time to play saxophone in my band, writing and reading, honing in my pool game, winning money playing cards, breaking even playing chess, and taking walks whenever possible. Most of these things are done while drinking.

Books: I'm of this generation, so I like Vonnegut and Tom Robbins. Henry Miller and all that jazz. Airtight Willie and Me, Bear v. Shark, Where the Wild Things Are, Umberto Eco, T.S. Elliot, Langston Hughes, Gwendolyn Brooks, James Baldwin, Dark Tower Series, Isaac Asimov, Illustrated Man, Chris Eton, Amir D. Axil...hold on, I need to go look at my book shelf.

Movies: I Heart Huckabees, Kubrick, Twin Peaks, Bill Murray, Pi, Sam Mendes, Jesus is Magic, Edward Scissorhands, Tim Burton (see previous), David Lynch (see above), Harold and Maude, Welcome to the Doll's House, John Waters, Lost in Translation (see later above), other good stuff which I forget

Music: Coltrane, Tom Waits, Leonard Coen, Raphael Sadique, Jill Scott, Weakerthans, Roots, Dangerdoom, Boom Bap Project, Aquaduct, Bjork, Pixies, Elvis Costello, Solomon Burke, Joe Henry, Randy Newman, Mark Lanegan, Common, Snoop, Mountain Goats, Saul Williams, DJ Spooky, Thelonious Monk, Wilco, Old 97's, Storm Large and the Balls, Ben Folds, Dexter Gordon, Avishai Cohen, Ornette Coleman, Pinback, Wolf Parade, Modest Mouse, Mclusky, Prayers and Tears of Arthur Digby Sellers, The Physics of Meaning, LCD Sound System, Nick Cave, John Walker, Perceptionists, Grayskull, Belle and Sebastian, James Brown, Al Green, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Stevie Wonder, Tim Fite, Cold War Kids, KEXP