I am an easy going guy who doesn't take life too seriously. I tend to be turned off by things with mass appeal, and believe that TV melts your brain. I like things of high quality and artistic ingenuity, but am not materialistic. I lived in Costa Rica for about 6 months, and have traveled through Central America and most of Europe. I enjoy travel of the spontaneous variety. Experiencing the wonders of the world through a Hilton is not my cup of tea. I like taking things slow, while getting to know new people and places intimately. Not much for itineraries. I have had more fun hitching a ride in the back of a puckup truck filled with chickens and goats in Panama, as I have at the louvre. I'm into stuff that most people aren't into. I collect vintage reggae on vinyl, I dig old school delta blues, and almost any movie with Bogart. I spend hours on ffffound. Somedays I am afraid I will turn into Bukowski. Other days, I am afraid I wont. I like checking out new hiking and Mountain Biking Trails. I am a sucker for a banjo or mandolin. I dig road trips and anything Noir. Frank Miller and Neil Gaiman do it right. I like to treat every day as an adventure.

Left my job as an Auditor for a large company in Asheville. I would rather jam blunt objects into my eyes than spend another day working as an accountant. I am looking for something a bit more meaningful or creative. Doing Freelance writing and bartending to pay the bills at the moment.

Knowing how to make people laugh, fixing things, talking people into doing things regardless of impact on physical or emotional well being. Making coconut chicken curry. Getting Lost.

That I am, in all seriousness, the Cats Pajamas.

Sam Cooke, John Coletrane, Peter Tosh, Midnite, Howlin Wolf, Johnny Cash, Doc Watson, Old Crow Medicine Show, Tom Waits, Bob Dylan, The Infamous String Dusters, Jurrassic 5, Bill Withers, 16 Horsepower, Atmosphere, The Sound Providers, Sublime, Jose Gonzalaz, Kings of Leon, Mgmt, Millencollin, MIA, Wilco, Eek A Mouse, Burning Spear, Israel Vibrations, Gladiators, Toots And The Maytals, Fela Kuti, Muddy Waters, Miles Davis, 311, Ben Harper, Thelonious Monk, Mississippi John Hurt, Albert King, The Specials, The Clash, Pearl Jam, A Tribe Called Quest, Wilson Pickett, Weezer, Tumi and The Volume, Otis Redding, Outkast, Brett Dennen, Beastie Boys, The Abyssinians,
Movies:
Key Largo, Being There, On the Waterfront, Big Lebowski, Amelie, City of Lost Children, The Big Sleep, The Maltese Falcon, Streetcar Named Desire, Casablanca, Y Tu Mama Tambien, Lost in Translation, No Country for Old Men, Rio Bravo, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Harvey, Rear Window, Life Aquatic, Bottle Rocket, Triplets of Bellville, Raging Bull, Indiana Jones, Back to the Future, Barfly, Royal Tenenbaums, Pulp Fiction, Snatch, North By Northwest, Yojimbo, A Very Long Engagement, Crumb, American Psycho, Basquiat, High Plains Drifter, Blade Runner, Good night and Good luck, Sin City. American Splendor, Twelve Monkeys, What About Bob, Groundhog Day, The Fifth Element, O Brother Where Art Thou, Sideways, Goonies, Field of Dreams, Maria Full of Grace, The Big Chill

Authors:
Bukowsky, Hemingway, Eliot, Cormac McCarthy, Vonnegut
Books:
Catcher in the Rye, Peter Pan, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Middle March, On The Road, Great Gatsby, Ham on Rye, 1984 Brave New World, Tropic of Cancer, Animal Farm, Old Man and the Sea, A light in the Attic, All The Pretty Horses, The Road, For Whom the Bell Tolls, Where the Wild Things Are, The Sun Also Rises, Naked Lunch

Music, Dogs, Good Beer, Good Friends, Creme Brulee, Lazy Summer Afternoons.

Moving to back to Central or South America, or maybe even Eastern Europe.

Going to see some good live music, or packing up the truck for a weekend camp, or having some friends over for some dinner and a movie. (Last time it was Repo Man, the time before that, the Big Lebowski). I especially like seeing music at the Town Pump, Gray Eagle, and having a respectable beer at the Thirsty Monk, if you are from around here.

I can't be trusted as banker when playing Monopoly. I'm not willing to go into specifics, but the glory of committing the perfect crime takes over my better judgment. I for one blame the Movie Bottle Rocket.

Your not into taking life seriously, and think people are almost as ridiculous as the platypus.