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I'm a political pragmatist, closet romantic, and passionate procrastinator (and apparently a lover of alliteration). I'm working on the last few major character deficiencies (as defined by me): out of shape, lack of drive (outside of my career), and the aforementioned procrastination tendencies. Overall though, I like who I am.

Right now, working a great job, living in a wonderfully cute city in Marin... close to nature and San Francisco... doing a lot of daytime dad stuff... life can't get much better than this.

Traveling a lot for work... keeping busy between that, parenting, and a minor amount of socializing.

Taking care of my son, reading and writing poetry, movie critiquing, making mix cds, laughing, taking things as they come.

I'm also really good at thinking about the future of my industry, localization. I get to influence what direction the industry takes. I know that might come across as egotistical, but it's very niche, so I really believe the work I do at my current company will have a lasting influence on everyone, which, if you knew me, might scare you a bit. ;)

• In general: My blue eyes
• In a work setting: My serious and outgoing demeanor (I don't mind telling the CEO exactly what my thoughts are on a particular subject.)
• In social settings: The amount of goofy/silly things that come out of my mouth

I never seem to remember all of the stuff I enjoy when updating my profile, so consider this list very much abridged and always in progress.

a) Catcher in the Rye and Franny and Zoey, Anything by Bukowski or Palahniuk (Choke is my current fav), Harry Potter Series, various sci-fi: (Dune series, Ender series, Hyperion series, anything by Heinlein or Asimov)
b) Donnie Darko, Gattaca, True Romance, City of God, Lost in Translation, Secretary, LOTR trilogy (extended versions of course), Fight Club, Amelie, Man Bites Dog, High Fidelity, L.A. Confidential, Happiness, Chasing Amy, Resevoir Dogs, Igby Goes Down, Wonder Boys, Princess Mononoke, Office Space, Code 46
c) The Decemberists, The Faint, The Beatles, Tom Petty, Pearl Jam, Bloc Party, Kings of Leon, Orbital, The Killers, Death Cab for Cutie, Postal Service, Nada Surf, Frou Frou, Aimee Mann
d) Thai red curry chicken, Chipotle burritos, deep-dish pizza, Casper's hotdogs, my home-made chili, bread pudding, Southern-style soul food, sushi (bento boxes, mmm)
New category: Favorite Games!
e) World of Warcraft (Dalaran Realm Horde, represent!), Oddworld, Anachronox (I used to make computer games for a living. This was one of them. It's now a cult classic, so check it out!)
Another new category: Favorite Poets!
f) Cummings, Whitman, Bukowski (again), Rilke, Rumi, Rich, Olds

1. Quality time with my son
2. Caffeine
3. Sex (with or without the kink)
4. Media intake (books, movies, music)
5. facilitated by my Tivo
6. and my iPod

(yes, I am a good consumerist whore, thank you)

For the record, the following answers for this question have officially jumped the shark:

• listing six literal things you need for basic survival
• listing more than six things to indicate what a rebel you are
• refusing to answer because "this question is stupid" (but that goes for most of the questions in this profile)
• seemingly completely random words chosen to indicate how sofa king crazy you are

what the hell we're gonna do about the "friendly" fascism in this country, how do I go about writing great poetry, how do I then get it published (well, ok, I know the answer to that one... stop being so damn lazy), general existential angst, etc.

at the movies, visiting with my brother's family, hanging out with my son, or some combination there of. I've also been known to indulge in "the karaoke", blogger/flickr meetups, and random coffee house poetry readings.

I'm starting to reevaluate my political and spiritual beliefs:

• Being "The Man" is not all it's cracked up to be.
• The existence or non-existence of God is not really important when trying to figure out how to live a spiritual life.
• I have a responsibility to counteract the advantages my white, male privilege has afforded me.

This is an OR list, not an AND list:

• If you're looking for a no-frills movie-going friendship.
• If you can handle that I'm a dad, and that it's an extremely important part of my life.
• You like to geek out to any of the following: poetry, comic books, music, movies
• You're political, left or libertarian leaning, and support Obama (Yes We Can!)