I am funny, creative, and myself.
My Self-Summary
* I am an easygoing person, and a bit shy until you get to know
me.
* My interests are broad, and I love to try new things-currently
into Fall gardening, Aikido, and thinking about building my own
tumbling composter
* I'm a creative person and sometimes feel like I don't fit in with
the work-yourself-silly DC scene.
* I'm also scatter-brained due to too many concurrent
projects
* Exercise is important.
* I am a fast learner when the subject matter is fun and
interesting
* Bullet points help me organize my thoughts
* I love making things and am pretty good with my hands.
Occasionally I revisit my design portfolio and think "I need to get
back into that."
What I’m doing with my life
I am still figuring that out, like many people our age. Have done
the 9 to 5 thing and found that (surprise) it's no fun! It's really
important to me to feel invested in what I do, otherwise I won't do
it very well, or take much pride in it. My goal is to work for
myself in some capacity, and towards that I co-founded a community
forestry business based in Panama....maybe one day it will pay my
salary? In the meantime, I manage marketing for a retail store in
DC.
*Perfect job: founder/member of a non-profit artisans cooperative
I’m really good at
*Keeping at least 10 Post-it notes on my desk at any given
time.
*Listening and building trust with people quickly. Seeing issues
from different angles and deferring judgment until I have a good
understanding of them.
*With the onset of cool weather, I've been rekindling my love of
cooking.
*Being a cheating husband for Halloween
The first things people usually notice about me
Ears.
My favorite books, movies, music, and food
Books:
* I'm Just Here for the Food
* Guns, Germs, and Steel
* Musashi
* The Conquest of Happiness
* Finite and Infinite Games
* Random Walk Down Wall Street
* To Have or to Be
* Books about design
* David Sedaris (to round it out)
Movies:
I don't watch too many new ones, so I'd say the classics that most
guys like: Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Top Gun. Japanese Samurai
movies.
Music:
Pandora stations: Blues, classic rock, Chopin...depends on what I'm
doing or how I'm feeling. Currently into the Avett Brothers, great
folk rock music.
Food:
I don't have a favorite cuisine, but sushi would rank pretty
highly, though, along with Italian. Right now I am on a granola
kick after figuring out that it's just oats and honey, and Whole
Foods charges $5/lb. for it. I like to cook, and am pretty
interested in the science behind it.
The six things I could never do without
Water
A creative endeavor (or many)
Optimism
Exercise
Pen and paper for working out ideas
Family
I spend a lot of time thinking about
* The overwhelming number of things I will try one day, and places
I want to visit.
* How it will be to work for myself
* What's important
On a typical Friday night I am
It depends on the work week. Sometimes a happy hour with
co-workers, then to Aikido practice. Sometimes I just want to go
home and cook dinner and relax, others I like going out with
friends.
The most private thing I’m willing to admit here
I browse the coupons that come in Wednesday's Washington Post. And
I roast my own coffee. No wait, I'm actually proud of those.
You should message me if
You think we complement each other.