I find it hard to take this sort of thing seriously. It seems vainglorious to essentially be writing an advertisement for yourself, and really how can anyone be expected to accept it all as true. Well either way thats sort of the point, so it is what it is.

I think that the entire world, all its peoples, traditions, concepts, beliefs, et cetera, are things that should be broken down, dissected, and examined. We should foremost know ourselves and always question the world we live in. That is, to put it in an entirely pretentious way, I am an inquisitive intellectual. I temper this with an extreme degree of lazyiness though.

But dont let that fool you, I try my best to attempt to just be a normal person. I value humor above most things and I am pretty crude and cynical in my own jokes. I try and pretend to be a pretentious hipster by liking french new wave cinema, reading philosophy and listening to indie music. I cant manage the silly clothing though so I fail at this entirely. The truth might be that I am just a nerd though; I play more then enough video games and browse the internet relentlessly.

I like to go out to museums or on hikes through the woods and things like that but really I will do anything.

I am really into fitness right now as well. I think that it is terribly important to nurture your body as well as your mind so I eat a healthy diet and do power lifting for exercise. Someday I may even be swole.

I apparently don't have any idea how to write something like this and sound like a normal person though so I will quit while I'm ahead.

Wait I know what wrongs. It sounds like I take myself seriously! Thats about as far from the truth as you could get. I'm completely silly and irrelevant most of the time.

I've realized that what I am most proud of about myself is that I do not judge people. Not anyone, not ever.

Working. I make orthotics. Its not great but its better then retail or food services. As a side effect of this job I know way to much about feet, and I have seen some feet that would give you nightmares.

Who knows. Reading other people, perceiving what they want and how they are feeling. Both for good and evil. Also deadlifting(no I just wish that).

My height perhaps, or my accursed red hair and pale skin. Probably the latter.

Books: On my to read pile are Diary of a Young Girl, Dublineers, Otaku: Japans Database Animals(not anime a critical study of japanese post modernism.), Umberto Eco's Foucault's Pendulum, an anthology of TS Elliot poetry, and an anthology of Ernest Hemingway. Take this all as you will. I have recently added Gravity's Rainbow as well as Anti-Oedipus.

Movies: I will watch and enjoy basically anything, which might mean I have bad taste. However what I really love are auteur films. Godard, Kurosawa, Wes Anderson, Arronofsky, Von Trier, Bergman; to name a few. I really love French new wave right now, Pierrot Le Fou being one of my favorites. I basically like anything a pretentious art housey person would like. But I also like scifi, crude comedy, modern drama, even romantic films. I just love movies.

Music: Again I try and be pretentious as possible. I love most of what could nebulously be called indie. My favorite artist is Joanna Newsom who is basically the best anything ever. After that my top five might be something like Bonnie Prince Billy, Neutral Milk Hotel, Godspeed You Black Emperor, Decemberists, MIA. Things like that, as close as those are to each other. Despite my intense love of music the only thing ever on the radio in my car is NPR.

Television: 30 rock, arrested development, stella, lost, battle star galatica, always sunny in Philadelphia, the wire, deadwood, bored to death. Basically any hbo series and high brow comedy.

Fat, Proteins, Carbohydrates, Water, Oxygen, probably something else I need to live.

The future, global welfare, human rights and dignity.

Hanging out with my good friends, watching a movie or going out to eat or just talking.

I am not a private person. I am happy to be emotionally intimate with anyone. I thrive on it. I will admit that I probably have no idea how to relate to strangers. Which wont help this sort of thing!

If you think that its worth taking chances in life to try and make things better, even if you might fail.