I'm a teacher and a writer. There's nothing more rewarding than telling a story and being able to inspire others. Also, teaching gives me the opportunity to watch Finding Nemo once a year. Gotta love that little fish.

In the past year, I've spent a few days in Napa Valley (being a wine snob), ordered a piece of pie blended into a milkshake (worthy of a Nobel prize), asked for a San Francisco Handshake (the drink, that is), and paid tribute to the Boston Harbor in the snow (because apparently it's always snowing in Boston).

While the U.S. has been awesome to me, if I had it my way, I'd be living in the Caribbean, writing all kinds of novels, and cracking open the occasional coconut.

After growing out a beard for a charity "competition" during the month of December, I'm taking a long break from facial hair. I'm writing for Dust Jacket Dispatch, wrapping up grad school, and working on a young adult fiction novel.

standing on one foot.

My laughter makes other people laugh. I'm also incredibly modest. The most modest, really.

Movies: Reservoir Dogs, Good Will Hunting, The Shawshank Redemption

TV: The Wire, Pushing Daisies, Episodes

Books: This Is Where I Leave You, The Magicians, A Short History of Nearly Everything, anything by Neil Gaiman

Music: Minus the Bear, Third Eye Blind, The Format, Now Now

The 9:30 Club, Trader Joe's hummus, Midnight in Paris, dim sum, empathy, Fahrenheit 451

my next meal, my next article, and why creative television shows get canceled so frequently.

on the metro headed towards U Street, H Street, or China Town.

I'm one of those guys who knows the difference between a wingtip and a half-brogue.

you know the difference between your and you're, you like spicy food, and you've laughed at an off-color joke in the past five days.