"Welcome aboard, Mr. Pilgrim." said the loudspeaker. "Any questions?"
Billy licked his lips, thought a while, inquired at last: "Why me?"
"That is a very Earthling question to ask, Mr. Pilgrim. Why you? Why us for that matter? Why anything? Because this moment simply is. Have you ever seen bugs trapped in amber?"
"Yes." Billy, in fact, had a paperweight in his office which was a blob of polished amber with three ladybugs embedded in it.
"Well, here we are, Mr. Pilgrim, trapped in the amber of this moment. There is no why."

I think that most things in life boil down to subtext and maintenance.

I don't think you should take anything too seriously.

I work at a film production company, where I spend most of my time writing about other people's writing and whether or not it's any good at all. Most often, it's not.
My goal is that, one day, someone will pay me to write things that other people will then write about and tell their bosses if it's any good at all. Hopefully it will be.

As for the things I spend the rest of my time doing; that would be great sport for conversation and I don't want to smother that too early. Don't be hasty, Master Hobbit.

Rock-paper-scissors and talking in weird accents.

Choosing the most opportune moments to quote either Nacho Libre or Lord of the Rings.

Most of the people I know don't seem to appreciate these highly specialized faculties, for whatever reason.

I am not good at growing a beard, though I often try. All attempts have ended in failure. It's a huge disappointment.

I think that depends on who is noticing. But probably that I'm tall, sometimes silly, and I tend to bump into things.

These lists are by no means exhaustive. But somehow and for some reason, taste seems to broadly define personality. So, you know, whatevs.

books
Slaughterhouse 5, Brave New World, The Great Gatsby, Catcher in the Rye, Death of a Salesman, Harry Potter, The Screwtape Letters, Game of Thrones, I Wish Someone were Waiting for me Somewhere, The Martian Chronicles, The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, The Silmarillion, The Book of Five Rings, Magick in Theory and Practice, Konx Om Pax, Liber Al, When You are Engulfed in Flames

movies
I hate this question, but- Nacho Libre, Gentlemen Broncos, Moonrise Kingdom, The Royal Tenenbaums, Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Fight Club, The Godfather, The Lord of the Rings trilogy, District 9, Lars and the Real Girl, The Breakfast Club, Trainspotting, The Bourne Identity, Ondine, Black Swan, Whale Rider, Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, Seven Samurai, Throne of Blood, Todo Sobre mi Madre, Pan's Labyrinth, Old Boy, Annie Hall, Fargo, No Country for Old Men, Burn after Reading, There will be Blood, Blue Valentine.. this could literally go on all day.

shows
Modern Family, Dexter, The Office, House, Breaking Bad, Lost, Adventure Time, 30 Rock, Glee, The Mighty Boosh, Parks and Recreation, The Walking Dead, Mad Men..

music
Sufjan Stevens, Death Cab for Cutie, John Mayer, Jack Johnson, Of Monsters and Men, Blue Scholars, Anathallo, Bob Marley, Bon Iver, Iron and Wine, Calle 13, Fleet Foxes, Florence + The Machine, Led Zeppelin, Mumford and Sons, We Came as Romans, At the Skylines, August Burns Red, Young the Giant, The XX, The Weeknd..

food
J. R. R. Tolkien spent more pages describing food and feasts in his work than anything else. That's because he was a genius.

Musical instruments
Craft beer
A sense of humor
Nature
Books
Light

How to minimize the bullshit, spirituality and self, light in extension, other people, what I'm going to eat later, how I come off to other people, how to live in a moment, what I'm doing with my time, where I want to be, what I want to buy, what is really my favorite color, how to make sarcasm more apparent through the written word, and stupid things like "why the fuck are there mosquitos," or "how weird is it that people put food into their mouths and it comes out later as poop, and we actually call that process 'eating?'"

Jus chillin' wit my homies, John Jameson and Franziskaner. Sometimes Delirium Tremens tags along as well.

Everything is connected, everything is sacred.

If you can sing.
If you like to wear black.
If you are a fascinating person.