I don't often find that people are accurate narrators of themselves, however I am confident in saying that I have a nomadic spirit and a good story can make me goose pimply to my bones (examples of this are Thomas Mann's Death in Venice and Shirley Jackson's short story The Lottery - which Nabokov cited as one of the two greatest short stories of the 20th century, and the other of course was one of his, so... - and this awesome story about Marcus Aurelius that is best to tell over a drink. Also I'm a sucker for a good urban legend).

I've done a fair amount of traveling. My top five visited cities in no particular order: Istanbul, Kyoto, Budapest, Rome, Buenos Aires. I'm from San Diego, and it shows in little ways (my penchant for high fives and calling people 'dude'). Moved to Los Angeles for college and lit out as soon as that diploma was in my hand, basically (I don't get down with the nor cal disdain for so cal though - LA has some great spots. Also, it's totally a one-sided 'rivalry' so it can't even be called a rivalry, and I try not to get down with one-sided disdain... Mutual disdain is another story).

I lived in Italy for two years, and, yes, of course I miss it.

Recently moved to SF from the east bay, and I am having a blast exploring this city.

Living it. What are you supposed to do with it? Mine didn't come with an instruction manual.

Building fires without matches or a lighter, teaching 4th and 5th graders, cooking, writing short stories, asking questions, talking about books, philosophy, history, and SNL sketches and ensembles from 1989 to 1995 and from 1997 to 1999, dancing to soul and hip hop, interacting with small children and the elderly, and hitchhiking.

I have croquet mallets where my arms should be.

Moby-Dick, Madame Bovary, Wise Blood, Invisible Man, Crime and Punishment, Blood Meridian, Catch-22, Journey to the End of the Night, Housekeeping, 100 Years of Solitude

Cool Hand Luke, Miller's Crossing, Once Upon a Time in the West, 8 1/2, Grizzly Man, Bottle Rocket, Where the Buffalo Roam, Thelma and Louise

Louie

David Bowie, Otis Redding, Shannon and the Clams, Wye Oak, Leonard Cohen, the Kinks, Missy Elliott, the Beastie Boys, Blonde Redhead, Tom Waits

I would eat a lox bagel for breakfast everyday if I could. OK, maybe not, but, mmmmm.

My lungs, my heart, my brain, how important are kidneys? because I may or may not have woken up in a bathtub filled with ice, other miscellaneous vital organs, and chapstick.

Big trips I want to take, the human experience, the reasons for things, vast unknowns, how in the world I got so lucky, the whereabouts of Carmen SanDiego.

Doing something I enjoy and I enjoy many activities so, really, the possibilities are many.

I like pineapple on my pizza. I know, I'm unfit for proper society.

I also still eat fruit snacks. Gushers, preferably.

Any of the following apply:

You could nerd out on this website for hours: apod.nasa.gov
The option to say you're very serious about your agnosticism reminds you of that South Park episode.
You are a professional baseball player or a firefighter.
You're open-minded and curious about the world in which you live. You consider yourself an adventurer at heart.