I am penny-wise, pound-foolish, and puzzled.
My Self-Summary
My favorite thing is to be exhausted after a hard day's work for a
good cause. I wish I got to feel that way more often.
My second favorite thing is to laugh so hard that I pee my pants
and go blind. This is theoretical, since I've only managed one of
the two.
I'm not sure what my third favorite thing is.
My fourth favorite thing is to put an old LP on the record player
and find out that I can still hear the music through the
crackling.
My fifth favorite thing is to try out something new, find out that
I'm bad at it, and then do it anyway. Recently: swing dancing and
basketball.
These are a few of my favorite things, in lieu of a self-summary.
What I’m doing with my life
I am a
photographer. I use
large-format
cameras to make
black-and-white pictures of people and places. Sometimes I build
cameras, too. I would like, one day, to hold the world record for
the largest portable photographic
negative ever made (the current mark is
8 feet x 4.5 feet). To help with the yacht payments, I also work as
a
tutor.
I’m really good at
Given time and access to my folder of recipes, I'm a pretty good
cook.
The first things people usually notice about me
Beard!
My favorite books, movies, music, and food
I do like me some lit'rachure:
Sappho,
Shakespeare,
Stendhal, etc.
History, as well: recently, that of
ancient China and
revolutionary America. Recommend
something to me and there's a fair chance I'll read it (especially
if it was written before
World War I). I'm kind of nuts about
classical music
and old
paintings - I'll travel hundreds of
miles to hear my favorite pianist perform or see a landscape by
Shi-tao. I like some artsy movies (
The Seven Samurai,
Scenes from a
Marriage) and some popular movies (
Wall-E,
The Big Lebowski). I love to
cook food of all
different kinds with my friends. Um, and
eat it.
The six things I could never do without
A
large-format camera,
decent
peanut
butter, my childhood friends, tea, a car, and
Beethoven.
I spend a lot of time thinking about
what I'm going to do tomorrow.
On a typical Friday night I am
Tutoring; afterwards, perhaps
poker,
contra dancing, or
video games.
The most private thing I’m willing to admit here
I once ruined Christmas with a
staph infection. Bonus: I'm 2/3 the man I
used to be.
You should message me if
you don't mind that I'm sillier than I come across in these
answers. But I ain't the boss of you. Do what you want.