I've lived all over California, mostly in inner cities but also some backcountry. Child of the working poor, read some books, witnessed and instigated some troubles, wandered out and saw a good chunk of the world, learned alot, and continue to search for something, though I'm still not really sure what.

Despite my best efforts, I've found my roots are inextricably central to my person and sensibilities, even though my current circumstances are dramatically different than where I thought I'd be even a couple years ago. I consider this a good thing.

I revel in network culture and post-postmodernism. People today have more mobility and information than ever before. I try to take advantage of that by thinking and living independently.

I contain stereotypical multitudes.

Studied political science for a couple years, but my anticapitalist positions didn't go over well with most of the faculty, and the quasi-corporate culture was driving me insane.

Now I'm a metal fabricator (welder) for both art and industry. I love what I do. Any time I get home covered in dust and grease, having built something elegant or useful, it almost surely was a good day.

Work hard, build/create stuff daily, seek out unique and unconventional company, party whenever feasible, and take life as it comes, with few worries or expectations.

Deep voice
Dickies outfit
Listening more than speaking

Grew up in a grimey area of East San Jose, so I can be a bit rough around the edges. It sometimes throws people off when I start talking about art, politics, or some nerdy internet meme.

Pshaw on their biases.

- Will read anything that ain't right-wing propaganda. Special affinities for socio-political topics, art books, experimental fiction, cyberpunk scifi, complexity theory, and poetry.

- Cooking usually means a big pot of potato soup or bean stew. Lots of rice. Peasant food basically, hearty and cheap. Otherwise I survive on taco trucks, pho, and baguettes with olive oil.

- Listen to old-timey blues and bluegrass mostly these days. EDM and alternative hip-hop are cool too. Soft spots for punk, extreme metal, industrial, and hardcore gangster rap as reminders of bygone times.

+ I'll just put 'Tools' as one item, cause there's hundreds of em...
+ Coffee, as a hopeless caffeine addict
+ Afternoon naps
+ Solid boots
+ Notebooks, sketchbooks, and my preferred pens
+ Engaging reading material

What amazing art just inspired me
What smart idea or person just interested me
My current or next project
The emerging neofeudal dystopia
Autonomous Zones
How beautiful trees are
How vibrant graffiti is
Networked chaotic systems
Where the hell I left my lighter...

In a warehouse. This might involve working, partying, or some combination of the two.

I'm really not down for the username I chose when I signed up for this site years ago. But there's no way I'm gonna answer all those goddamn questions again. Hell naw.

-- Not hard requirements, but definite plusses --
You think Oakland is hella better than SF
You make stuff
You're independent, creative, or unusual
You sympathize with anarchist thought
You think TV is a mind-numbing and life-stealing opiate
You'll laugh with me at the absurdity of it all

I can always use more friends with artistic inclinations.....