I'm a sensitive, capable, expressive communicator. I like having fun out or in. I love the friends and family that I'm so lucky to have in my life. I love helping people and I am quite fortunate to be able to do that for a living.

Currently, I am interested in putting lots of splendid people in my life.

I am an ENFJ, should that give you some context.

I help teenagers with their lives for my work. I think a lot and I talk and listen as well. It's a pretty sweet deal.

Update: I live in the town where I finished my undergraduate degree, but will be moving to Western Massachusetts very soon. I will update my location when I have sifted through logistical mish-mash.

Job interviews, cooking, acts of kindness, being charming, being funny sometimes, speaking interestingly, being sensitive where and when it counts, listening, working hard, keeping my composure and sense of humor in airports, dressing well, being pretty, and various other great things!

I make a lot of pop culture references. Rap references are something of a specialty. People have called me a hip-hop encyclopedia.

I'm told I have nice eyes and that I am very kind. I have a nice butt, too--that counts for something right?

Books: Watchmen (Moore), Invisible Man (Ellison), The Things They Carried (O'Brien). Lately, I've been getting into Klosterman's work and must say that I really like his ideas.

Music: I warn you, this is a big conversation--

I'm an enormous hip-hop nerd. I do listen to other great stuff as well. My tastes range from Kendrick Lamar to Wilco and then over to Diplo.

TV Shows: Community, Hey Arnold, The West Wing, 30 Rock, Parks & Recreation.

Movies: There Will Be Blood, Zoolander, The Graduate, The Usual Suspects.

Food: All of it, thus far. Feel free to introduce me to new food--as I will probably like it.

great people, my swim trunks, good health, music, enthusiasm, and my active brain.

music and other forms of art--hip-hop in particular, self-betterment, the important people in my life, being a positive male role model and what that entails, Sociology, Feminism, what people define as masculine, what people define as feminine, other social constructs, norms, rules, family, friends, the world I want to live in, the world we have, communication, semantics, tone, affect, what value is, where to put my time, where to put my energy, and people.

There's lots of stuff.

with friends having a marvelous time!

Or working; I work every other weekend.

I cried 3/4 of the way through The Notebook and was a mess by the end of the movie.

I'm a sap.

you like me and want to get to know me a little better!

I aspire towards being pretty active, fun, and smart on a daily basis. If you identity with those criteria as well, I would encourage you shoot a message my way!

Semi-related: if you are a little put-off by how late I message you, I completely understand. I'm not trying to creep. I just happen to get home from work at 12:30 AM. The evening shift is rough.