I am always curious, kind and courteous. I am fearless but not reckless. I am a work in progress and a fast learner.

I am creative and can fix things.. I talk to animals and though I am pretty sure they don't understand me, I do think they catch the drift. I am a prankster. I am opinionated but tolerant of others' views. I will be honest with you no matter what you ask me. I enjoy talking politics, art, film or the meaning of life. I make fun of myself a lot. I am not a consumer but I collect things that others find no value in. I appreciate art and beauty in found things. I hold the door open for others to pass through. I am good in a crisis. I love dogs, cats and just about any other poor hairy creature. Zoos make me sad. I am smart as well as a smart ass. I've got good style. Kind of a cross between Spalding Gray, Ben Stiller and David Cross. It takes a lot to shock me.

I am enchanted, slanted, and slightly askew

Sometimes a little and sometimes allot.

Volunteering in hospice.

Hoping to spend more time being creative for myself rather than creative for other people.

Working on equanimity.

Trying to live by the 5 precepts.

Staying in shape so I do not misshapen.

Becoming more of who I am and less of who I was not.

Contemplating making a pretty major tangential shift in my career.

Dreaming of a prefab modern house on a piece of land with various animals running about....

Building things, fixing things, designing things, photographing things, selling things, buying things. I can cook pretty well. I am usually good at picking movies and gifts. Talking things out. Complimenting you on your shoes and how nice you look in that dress. Being irreverent. Showing up. Meditating for extremely long periods of time.

My eyes.... my striped sox?

The last great books I read were:
Tuesdays with Morrie, Mitch Albom
The Road, Cormac McCarthy
House to House, David Bellavia
GUIDE TO ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE : New York Times desk reference,
The End of Oil, Paul Roberts
City of Quartz, Mike Davis
New York Trilogy, Paul Auster Ficciones, Jorge Luis Borges
Post Office, Charles Bukowski
When Things fall Apart, Pema Chodron
Sexus, Henry Miller
The Magicians, Lev Grossman
Seven Story Mountain, Thomas Merton.
Drama Of The Gifted Child, Alice Miller
A Game of Thrones - A Song of Ice and Fire - George R Martin

Movies: Some all time favorites...Breaking Glass, Withnail and I, Evil Dead, American Movie, Harold and Maude, The Graduate, Straight Time, Who's afraid of Virginia Wolf.... Hal Hartly films...mostly his early ones.

Saw a vampire film awhile back, even though I am not really into vampire films all that much....It was called LET THE RIGHT ONE IN.... Swedish and slow....Like a Bergman film...It was great.
Hell, let's just say I like dark, humorous film makers, which could be anything from the Cohen Brothers to Todd Solondz to David Lynch. (although I thought INLAND EMPIRE was pretty much unwatchable)

Elvis Costello, Neko Case,Pavement, X, Amanda Palmer, Arcade Fire, Blitzen Trapper, Bikini Kill, Peaches, The Clash, XTC, Elliot Smith, Led Zeppelin, John Coltrain, Johnny Hartman, Fleet Foxes, Joni Mitchell, Fleetwood Mac, Al Green, Gillan Welch, Guided by Voices, The Zombies, The Kinks, Lucinda Williams, Billy Bragg, Public Enemy, Marvin Gaye, Miles Davis, Stereolab, The National, Broken Social Scene....too much music!

Food. I love to go out to nice restaurants and eat great food. ....these are my favorite places in the bay area..... Rivoli, Cesar, Nopa, Pizzaiolo, Doña Tomás, Range.

Irreverence
Hope
Humor
Friends
Style
Chuck Taylors

Why we (the planet earth) out of all the planets, stars, galaxies, etc., in the whole universe, are here.

This is the internet...I do not share such private things.

If you are sweet, stylish.
If you like to make out!
If you are mostly unafraid.
If you say yes more than they say no.
If you are kind of a fool.
If you are a kind fool.
If you are ok with being alone sometimes.
If you can be as quiet as you can be loud.
If you can appreciate irreverence and a gallows humor.
If you found any of the above to your liking.