i love film - chaplin, godard, billy wilder or tom tykwer - just as long as it's original. same goes for theater. really, i'm interested in everything - from poetry to politics, philosophy to philanthropy, art to astrophysics. when i was little, the thought of doing only one job for the rest of my life was as impossible to imagine as the fact that i'd someday grow old. i try to maintain that sense of wonder about the world but it's tempered these days by a heavy dose of cynicism (which makes it critical to keep a sense of humor about the whole thing). i love wine. i love to cook. i know the difference between it's and its (but don't feel the need to prove it). i'm usually willing to give people a second chance. i'm a firm believer that there's no better feeling than that little frisson you get from meeting someone you just click with.

i'm a writer and also co-founded a company dedicated to getting kids involved in community service through music. they volunteer for 4 hours and in return, get a ticket to a concert that we produce.

keeping the bad shit away through humor

my sparkling wit.

my sparkling eyes.

my commitment to sparkle motion.

Recent Books:

Decline and Fall, Team of Rivals, The Thin Man, Kafka on the Shore, Prep, Brideshead Revisited, Wind-up Bird Chronicle, The Great Gatsby, Prague, Heart of Darkness, See No Evil, 100 Years of Solitude, A Tale of Two Cities, Lolita, Hyperion, The Long Run, Heat, The Maltese Falcon, The Big Sleep

Favorite Movies:
Breathless, Annie Hall, All About My Mother, Intacto, Hudsucker Proxy, Amelie, Fletch, Delicatessen, The Great Escape, The Taking of Pelham 1, 2, 3 (original version), Animal House, The Seven Samurai, Blade Runner, Wintersleepers, Manhattan, Donnie Darko, The Limey, Casablanca, All the President's Men, Iron Giant, Serpico, Groundhog Day, Dog Day Afternoon, Godfather, Lonestar, Office Space, City of Lost Children, Z

Favorite Music:
Radiohead, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, White Stripes, Beck, Cinematic Orchestra, M. Ward, Nina Simone, Rosie Thomas, Madeleine Peyroux, Viva K, Hendrix, Blonde Redhead, Aqualung, The Strokes, The Afternoons, Zeppelin, Postal Service, Massive Attack, Clapton, The Kinks, Mussorgsky, Sinatra, Zero 7, Nat King Cole, Great Northern, Wilco, Lance Bass (but only the early stuff)

Favorite TV Shows:
Dexter, Californication, Lost, Flight of the Conchords, Mad Men, Curb, The Office, The Wire, McLaughlin Group, Wire In The Blood, The Vice, Meet The Press, This Week, Weeds, Pushing Daisies, Chuck, 30 Rock

good company
solitude
amazing wine/food
caffeine
music
comedy

"I've stopped answering hypothetical questions..."

ok, fine - things i appreciate in a woman: someone who's not TOO high maintenance (but i am realistic). i think that attraction is physical but it's also mental. intelligence is key (but you knew that...). i tend to prefer a dark sense of humor to the constantly cheery, but i'm always happy to try something new. intensity, passion, conviction, open-mindedness -- all good qualities to have.

in a perfect world it's not life and death for you if we're apart for a trip to the grocery store but a few days away makes you feel that little pang. most important - you've got to be able to laugh at yourself.

(oh... and at me).