Issuing supreme power to you...one moment.

My self-summary Propose an edit

Few sentences? Heh. At this rate, I'm going to max out this box one of these days...

I'm an anime fan, pinball enthusiast (own one machine), am skilled at cooking and mechanical hackery, and enjoy classic films and animated sitcoms. I've been a chef at a Mongolian barbecue, a temp, a press monkey, and a computer programmer. I've ridden a bicycle 75 miles in a day, driven 1100 miles in a day, flown from Milwaukee to New York City and back in a single day, but would rather travel by train than any of those. I take 3-d photos. I'll try just about any restaurant at least once. Most recent phenomenal experience was kaiseki at Sushi Taro in Washington DC.

I cook with meat and fish, peanuts, tree nuts, wheat, butter, MSG, coconut oil, and wines so you can expect to encounter sulfites as well. I can substitute some of these sometimes if I know beforehand. I'll happily cook rabbit, lamb, veal, venison, bear and buffalo as well as beef, pork, poultry, etc. I'm perfectly willing to eat something smarter or cuter than I am. I am searching for a meat market in my area that carries rabbit on a regular basis.

For internet stalkers, I'm trivially easy to trace. I've used the same email address since 1999, and the same login ID since 1990. The only big exception is AIM. Finding the current one for that is left as an exercise, but should present little difficulty.

I've never seen ET, and I never plan to.

Currently reading: C. S. Forester's Hornblower books. Belay the world! I'll be in me cabin.

What I'm doing with my life Propose an edit

Programming computers for a Very Big Company, playing Puzzle Pirates, watching fansub anime and visiting friends all over southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois.

I'm really good at Propose an edit

Cooking, arrant hackery, taking a lot of tests, ambiguous wit and bitterness.

The first thing(s) people usually notice about me Propose an edit

Black wardrobe and that I usually am wearing a hat. Possibly, my long hair.

My favorite books, movies, music, and food Propose an edit

Books) Elizabeth Moon's The Speed of Dark, Donna Tartt's A Secret History, most things by Terry Pratchett, Lois McMaster Bujold's Vorkosigan cycle, Elizabeth Peters' Amelia Peabody books, Maison Ikkoku

Movies) The Wizard of Speed and Time

Music) Oddly, I'm not terribly particular about music. I like mid-century jazz best, though, and novelty songs.

Foods) Anything I cook, within limits of experiments, and a good amount of Japanese and Sichuan and northern Chinese cuisine

The darned thing ate my reading list before...

Currently reading: A backlog of Shojo Beat and The Blackcollar by Tim Zahn, and I need more Hornblower stories.

The six things I could never do without Propose an edit

Computers, manga, my Crackberry, good weekends, my wok, and seasons changing.

I spend a lot of time thinking about Propose an edit

Very complicated relationships.

On a typical Friday night I am Propose an edit

Visiting friends, with refreshing beverages.

The most private thing I'm willing to admit here Propose an edit

I've an almost pathological aversion to talking on the phone, especially answering ringing phones when I don't know who's calling.

You should message me if Propose an edit

If there's anything on your mind.

If you lack a starter, consider:

You wouldn't be on okcupid if you didn't like at least a little brain-stretchy. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is the following:

Select a question from the "questions felt strongly about". Answer it if you haven't, and send me the question and your answer. I'll send back my answer and explain why it's important.

As usual, should you or any of your team be caught or killed, the Secretary will disavow all knowledge of your actions.

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