I just moved to Berkeley from Ohio. I did a similar fresh start blank slate move when I was 24 to Chicago. I am acutely aware that this time I am not 24 and now I have to figure out a new place while behaving like an adult. I am a little freaked out. If you have figured out some trick of adulthood in the East Bay, like your favorite places or things to do that keep you level, and you would like to bestow your knowledge on me, I will take that knowledge, for sure.

Seriously, please write me with your favorite places/things to do, even if you want nothing to do with me. This wandering aimlessly through Berkeley is very uncomfy for me.

Making a podcast about awkward sex stories called.....wait for it....The Awkward Sex Show Podcast. (you can search for that on itunes and listen to how my voice dropped over the last year).

Figuring out relationships. In a brief hiatus from therapist school while I move to a new state.

standup, active listening, thinking deep thoughts, public speaking, getting people to tell their life stories, waiting tables

I have pretty good hair most days.

The last great book I read was "Woman on the Edge of Time."

The last great album I bought was "Good Kid M.A.A.D. City."

The last great meal I had was this crockpot chicken-lentil-sweet potato stew I made.

The tv show I'm doing right now is Friday Night Lights.

a belief in magic

flattering pants

time to free write

coffee

beyonce's catalogue

smart friends

Moving across the country.

Ethics and relationships.

How I could be working harder to bring down the system and be a hero forever and ever and ever until the sun explodes and there's no one left to impress.

who knows? in cleveland I watched a lot of Friday Night Lights. I've only spent one friday night here, I went to a queer open mic and then a comedy club.

you need to kind of a dick for me to like you.

You have a tv and access to friday night lights, and want to spend a weekend day rooting for Coach Taylor. All day.

You used to check all the books about ghosts, witches, and aliens out of the library when you were little.

You get frustrated with always being the funniest person in the room.

You're either smarter than everybody else or having some kind of episode, and you're never 100% on where you stand on that issue.

Hey fyi buddy, i'm f to trans-masculine spectrum super special snowflake. I like "he" as my pronoun. And okcupid says I'm looking for bi girls only, not true, that was the best search filter I could come up with but just because it was best doesn't mean it is accurate. Girls, Boys, Snowflakes- if you're smart, funny, and ask some questions when you meet a new person I'm down.