I grew up all over the place with my little sister and two radical history professor parents. Then I got a job jumping from city to city working for a labor union. It shouldn't be a big surprise that things turned out this way.

Cooking with lard.

Making a toast
Cooking
Keeping my apartment neat and my bar stocked
Being lost
Attacking a hangover
Telling a story
Fighting loneliness, smiling all the time
Running amok
.........that was a lot of -ings. I don't know about this.

Things I'm getting better at:

Being still
Appreciating

I'm not dressed up like a goofy hipster.

Music

Childhood: The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, The Doors, Michael Jackson, The Beach Boys, Santana, Bob Dylan, Sly and the Family Stone

Adolescence: Pearl Jam, The Smashing Pumpkins, Nine Inch Nails, TOOL, Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, B.B. King, Fiona Apple, Radiohead

Young Adulthood: Lauryn Hill, Dr Dre, DJ Shadow, Massive Attack, Tricky, Bjork, Portishead, Mos Def, Cee-Lo, D'Angelo, Talib Kweli, Outkast, Sigur Ros, Eminem, Max Richter, Erykah Badu, The Roots, Otis Redding, The Wu-Tang Clan, Beck, Jay-Z, Wilco, Prince, Missy Elliot, The White Stripes, 2Pac, Notorius B.I.G., Kanye West, Loveage

Now: Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Alaska in Winter, The National, Mike Gunther and his Restless Souls, Gogol Bordello, The Black Angels, Amy Winehouse, NaS, Sleigh Bells, The Gotan Project, Art Brut, The Black Keys, Arcarde Fire, Puerto Muerto, Louis XIV, Tom Waits, El-P, Girl Talk, The Hold Steady, Interpol, J Dilla, M.I.A., Ataxia, Charles Bradley, Spoon, Thee Oh Sees, The Pixies, Killer Mike, Kendrick Lamar

Television

HBO: The Sopranos
Showtime: Dexter
Network: Friday Night Lights
International: Trailer Park Boys
Inter-galatic: Battlestar Galatica
AMC: Mad Men/Breaking Bad (shuddup, yeah I can pick two)

Whiskey based cocktails
Bubble baths
Going all in
Internet
Comfy pants
Thematic playlists

Three things I could do without:

Those commercials that are one long montage of a bunch of different movies
Soulless money chasers
Vodka

Living with a purpose is a blessing, but that's all it is.

Transitioning into my 30's.

I gave Kanye West a life time pass after "George Bush doesn't care about black people." I never thought he'd test it so much

Please, like I mind getting messages.

Note of import: As a gentleman, I will only write you once without getting a response.