I have a tail. It's no whale tail, but it sure ain't no pug tail. Once, I put my pants on backwards and my tail stuck out of my zipper all day. You may not get to see my tail, but be assured it is there.

I love to travel. I do not get to travel as much as I would like, but I still manage to get out a bit.

I did Peace Corps and I will do it again someday when the timing is everything but perfect.

I'm a Gemini, so I simultaneously want to be an outlaw and a sheriff. Go figure. This also means I could very well be the life of any party. Things have changed and I have become much more mild/mature/responsible with my oldmanhood. I could have my head in the oven and my feet in a bucket of ice water and I'd tell you I feel average.

I crave knowledge.

I like old things. Old bikes, typewriters, stools, paintings, artifacts, candlestick holders, people and the such.

Hardwood over carpet EVERYDAY.

I'm a dabbler, so I'm always diving into something, seeing how it works and possibly moving on to the next thing...physically and figuratively.

I work at a not for profit in education for the children of migrant farmworkers. I crisscross the state during the summer. I love it. If it were abroad, I may love it even more.

Happy hours and jokes. I'm pretty good at patience, sometimes. I have a really hard time being mean (to any degree) to anyone, so maybe I'm good at being nice.

My briefcase full of unmarked 100s handcuffed to my wrist.

I'll get to this later, seriously (lie). Okay, here are a few movies: Coffee and Cigarettes, The Story of the Weeping Camel, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Persepholis, To Be and To Have, Capote, It's the Great Pumpkin, others....gosh, leave me alone.

Music: Tom Waits, Arcade Fire, NPR, Leon Redbone, Bebe, Julieta Venegas, Jorge Drexler, Jarabe de Palo, others...again, leave me alone...

Food: Pupusas, Pequod's, others...

Fermentation, humor, entropy, photosynthesis, travel...those are the only five things I need.

what I should eventually type here.

somewhere along the spectrum of going to bed at 9pm after reading something and preparing to get up very early, to getting completely wobbly with some friends and a few too many cocktails.

My Mother's maiden name is Hanson.

After reading this riveting profile you think you want to get coffee or a drink.