hi america. i hope you're doing okay!

i see a lot of "please don't message me if you're a d-bag" requests, so i'm gonna lead off with "i'm not a d-bag." don't believe me? for the longest time i assumed "ed hardy" was one of the hardy boys or their crazy uncle or something.

i don't mind telling you that i'm quirky and odd but you wouldn't necessarily know it at first because i pass for normal. after knowing me for a while you'll start to see that i'm wicked early for things and i really like making lists. like lists of the best mac n' cheese places and movies and rock bands and tv shows. and so forth.

i'm also a wealth of completely useless information. if we watch "jeopardy" together you will be simultaneously amazed and irritated.

for a job? i work in non-profit marketing. it's a thing! i am a director of communications. so i communicate stuff, often effectively. in this case, i communicate for a synagogue. (funny story, as i'm a secular/atheist jewish person. and i went to catholic high school. it's all a rich tapestry.)

before that i worked for non-profit arts organizations (theatres and such.)

for fun? i try to cause a ruckus. that, or baking. i'm really good at baking. i get pretty excited about my donut pan.

oh. i also draw a web comic. i presently make no money from this. i'm not sure i ever will. but i enjoy it and i have 250+ enthusiastic subscribers.

non-work-related, i am also committed to travelling more (as in, "at all.") i haven't had the opportunity. but i like to consider myself an open-minded, intelligent, and worldy person. so i best get myself going. any recommendations?

avoiding this topic.

also, finding the best food trucks.

also, remembering song lyrics.

also, jeopardy!.

also, baking.

also, quoting "the simpsons."

also, drawing you as a stick figure and surprising you with how accurate it is.

also, playing the guitar loudly.

also, my job.

also, extending a list using "also" as a modifier.

is that i'm about 10 minutes early. also, they figure out pretty quickly that i'm a red sox/pats/celtics/bruins-loving boston guy. but i'm far more tolerable than most guys you meet who are like that. really! i get along with all kinds of people.

isn't it enough to know that i alphabetize all of them? no? okay, then i'll just hit the a's: a prayer for owen meany, adaptation, alias, arcade fire, avocados.

fine, you twisted my arm: books by philip roth, sarah vowell, stephen king, john irving, john hodgman, 19th century new englanders, and more; movies by wes anderson, charlie kaufman, pt anderson, woody allen (before 1999); "the wire," "breaking bad," "lost," "friday night lights," "parenthood," "archer" and "fringe"; they might be giants, weezer, pixies, prince, neutral milk hotel, arcade fire, ween, stevie wonder, the cure, other 90's alt rock, belle and sebastian, OKGO, the killers, cody chesnuTT, and way, way, too many others to mention. i know a lot of lyrics to a lot of songs. (see: "simultaneously amazed and irritated" note above.)

yes, i'm a geek who likes geek stuff (e.g. "star trek," "star wars", joss whedon things, etc.) -- but i get along with norms as well. in other words, if you think a ferengi is some sort of an italian car, we can still hang out and have a good time. I'M JUST THAT CHARMING.

my glasses, lobster rolls, IPAs, my guitars, my acerbic wit, my donut pan.

the red sox, lobster rolls, pbr, stuff i'm gonna bake, happy hours, alphabetizing and ranking things, where i want to go next.

what a broad question. i think about a lot of stuff. hopefully so do you.

the top answers on OKC seems to be "there is no typical friday night," followed by "hanging with friends or home with my tivo and popcorn" or "lolzomgwtf."

i agree!

i hate being judged solely on my looks. it's like, i'm more than just a beautiful slab of meat. i have a brain, too, you know?

you know the secret, max.