I love this city. We understand each other quite well, and it affords me opportunities for all kinds of mischief/misadventures.

Before I made the move out here I grew up in Sacramento, graduated from Cal in 2007, and moved out to Nashville to spend several years as a recruiter / educator for membership based organizations. The wayward son returned to his home by the Bay about two years ago. I am very active - I run, cycle, and play tennis and kickball (I'm in a league - it's an awesome way to meet people and to party at all the wrong times). Weekends give me very little rest - they are usually packed full of whatever shenanigans my friends and I can get ourselves into (ie: wine tasting, Tough Mudder, Tahoe trips, camping, dishing out our own brand of costumed vigilante justice, etc.)

I love to travel. In the last 5 years I've made about 200 visits for work or play to around 75 cities in 24 countries. Most recently I went to Vietnam, Laos and Thailand, and am always planning the next one.

My family (mom, dad, brother and two sisters) lives in Sacramento, and is important to me. It's another perk of being back in CA - I can see them more often.

I spent several years as a traveling recruiter / recruitment trainer for membership organizations while I was based out of Nashville. The work was satisfying, but the heavy travel began to wear on me, so I decided to make a change. I moved out to SF, I work in sales for a big IT company.

Those are just the specifics. Most of what I have done has been motivated by community and people. I moved to TN and traveled in part to grow the outer rings of that community by meeting thousands of people across the country, and moved back to CA to focus on building and strengthening a more core community of friends and family. I spend a lot of time interacting with people either way.

Picking up new hobbies for 3 months and then moving on to the next, tennis, running, public speaking, remembering people's names, self-deprecation, adapting to situations, doing backflips after drinking, accents (try me)

That they get along with me. That they laugh a lot. That I can turn a phrase.

Also that I tend to jog from place to place regardless of setting or attire.

I read a lot and use my commute to listen to books on tape. Sci Fi is my guilty pleasure genre (Orson Scott Card, Frank Herbert, Kurt Vonnegut are some favorites). Also love anything by Christopher Moore, Neil Gaiman, or Terry Pratchett.

I read a lot of self development/inspirational books: Leaving Microsoft to Change the World, The 4-hour Workweek, Never Eat Alone, Rich Dad/Poor Dad, Outliers, The Tipping Point, etc.

I like seeing movies at the Kabuki theater on Post and Fillmore. They serve drinks there.

TV: It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, 30 Rock, South Park, Arrested Development (Nothing will top it. RIP).

Most everything, but no metal. Living in Nashville turned me into a country lover (Zack Brown Band, Eric Church, Dierks Bentley...). I listen to classical music when I'm in a relaxed mood or working. I've recently gotten really into live music, and have been paying more attention to Indy music. I love upbeat music - gotta love that serotonin release. One of my favorite things is road tripping to a good soundtrack with the windows down, belting songs without regard for who can hear. Examples: Passion Pit, Geographer, Imagine Dragons, M83, Foster the People, Vampire Weekend, Mumford & Sons, Girl Talk, Walk the Moon, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, Muse.

I will eat anything and usually like it. I love food, and eat out a lot - living in SF affords unlimited food options, which has been awesome.

1. Travel
2. Shenanigans / Tomfoolery
3. Witty and/or bullshit banter
4. Irreverent jokes
5. Sunshine
6. Movement

My to-do-before-I-die list. It's about 75 items long and categorized by time-frame of completion.

How to keep growing and improving intellectually, emotionally, physically and financially. What I'll be doing next weekend. The great stories that came out of last weekend. My next trip. How lucky we are.

Either out at the bars on Polk or in North Beach or out in whatever other city I've decided will host me that weekend. Chances are abnormally high that I'll be in a costume...

Cracked.com is my favorite news source.

You're a fan of adventures. You like to banter.

You would like to learn more or meet up.