I'm pretty well described by the Tom Waits song, "Goin' out West," except I'm not looking to become an actor.

Things I do:

Make a living petting cats and choking people.

Honor my word.

Avoid television and commercial radio. This doesn't make me cool but it does make me happier.

Follow the John Waters rule about not fucking people if they don't have books.

Ride a motorcycle.

Avoid those who worship capitalism, consumerism and materialism.

Listen to music too loud.

Refuse to take things seriously.

Enjoying it.

Petting cats and choking people. Being physical, being witty, being genuine, being vulnerable, being.

Probably my tattoos. If you're into butts I have a really nice ass but you'll only notice that first if you're behind me. A friend recently suggested that my most noticeable feature is, "a grin that you want to either hit or kiss." I'm not exactly sure what that means.

I'm a voracious reader, mostly sci-fi and fantasy but I'll read anything you put in front of me. When it comes to nonfiction I like history, science and travel.

My taste in movies is all over the place but I will say that if you ask me if I want to watch Fight Club I will very rarely say no.

Shows? No. Not really...well maybe Archer and Metalocalypse.

I listen to underground hip hop, psychobilly, punk, metal, old jazz, old industrial, 80's wave, deathrock, classical. Please don't play any pop music at me, it makes me leave.

My diet verges on paleo because of my training but I'm not religious about it. I really like all of the food and you would not believe how much I eat for someone as compact as I am. It might freak you out a little.

There are no things that I could never do without, stuff is just stuff. That being said if I threw things in a bag to leave quickly they would include:

A multitool
My passport
A few books
My laptop

I would carry my cat. If things get dicey I'll drop anything but the cat. That cat has been there for me, man, you don't even know.

Ok, so that's only five things but at least I'm trying to get into the spirit of it.

Petting cats and choking people.

Social injustice and ending the rule of the monied elite.

My friends. There always seems to be at least one of them in some sort of crisis and I'm fiercely loyal and a worrier.

Travel. I would like to go to all of the places.

The possibility that the okcupid staff robot is insane or at the very least just phoning these suggestions in.

Doing any one of a hundred things in any one of a hundred places but not doing any of them too late since I have to teach a class on Saturday morning. Fooey.

I'm a hopeful romantic. That's not really private at all but I'm not really a private person.

You think I look like a good time.

You're in shape and you think we would admire each others' shapes.

You want to ask me a question.

You feel like it.

I reply to everyone even if the response is, "no, thank you," because my mama raised me right.