A gyroscope in my best moments, endless singing and delight at the world and its forms. A dreamer, writer, guitar strummer, often nocturnal. I like my beers malty without cloying sweetness, my food as old-fashioned, local, and unprocessed as possible, my connections free of pretense. Balance, justice, equality, love--these are important. I think I've found the right balance here--the city air, the city sounds and sights, all running electric on my skin, and yet: here there are stars.

DISCLOSURE: I am socially liberal; you ought to be too if you want more than a few seconds of awkward online conversation. Politically, however, I'm not what is today considered "liberal" -- I'm a Kropotkinian anarcho-communist. Current affairs being what they are, I tend to vote more in favor of "liberal" politicians, though.

DISCLOSURE: If you are prone to grammatical atrocities, I will pick at them. It's/its, there/their, your/you're, and please God, nobody gave anything to "my sister and I."

For the first time in my life, things feel relatively settled. I love my town, I don't mind my job, and I'm standing still while the storm swirls around me. It's a powerful feeling.

I work, I write, I watch movies, I play music, and I do my best to make small differences in people's lives.

Writing, singing, coming up with brilliant ideas that someone else needs to help me bring to fruition, being friendly. I've been told I'm fairly articulate, too, but I can't really judge.

Could be my crappy posture or the hat (I LOVE HATS!) or the fact I'm walking down the street singing Glen Hansard songs.

Books: I'm currently keeping track of all the books I read in a year, and reading 8 books in rotation. It's a lot of fun. I tend to read a fair amount of horror fiction, books on spirituality (on a major gnostic kick right now), Vermont history. I like to toss in a few books that are not what I usually read, too--other nonfiction, a smattering of literary stuff. I reread It every couple years and still love it. Faulkner remains a favorite from college.

I read a handful of webcomics with dedication.

Movies: Somewhat eclectic tastes. I tend to watch a lot of horror movies, sci-fi, and indie films. I think horror movies reached their artistic peak in films like Rosemary's Baby and Let's Scare Jessica to Death and I think the tendency toward graphic torture stuff has ruined the genre. In the other direction, I love Once and was floored recently by The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel .
Other favorites: V For Vendetta, Night of the Living Dead (1968), Christopher Nolan's Batman movies.

TV: Usually stuff that lasted a decade or stuff that was canceled prematurely. Friends, Twin Peaks, MASH, old horror anthology shows, Firefly, Criminal Minds. I was surprised to learn how truly well-written Gilmore Girls was. My roommate has been introducing me to the different incarnations of Transformers , too.

Music: Mildly obsessed with Glen Hansard. Generally: an eclectic range from indie-pop stuff like Death Cab and Belle & Sebastian to folkier stuff like Richard Shindell and Dar Williams; nineties stuff like The Frames, Sixpence, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Oasis; classic rock from the 60s and early 70s (Beatles and Dylan and Neil Young especially); old country, big band, and western swing. If it's a Top 40 song that came out in the last 10 years, I probably haven't heard it, and I'm fine keeping it that way.

Food: cheese, beer, hearty bread and crackers, fresh veggies and fruit, canned fish and meat (sardines are GOOD!), pasta, rice. I will murder you for an actual ripe avocado. Basic stuff mostly, but now and then I treat myself to sushi or Vietnamese or a burger. Oh and I pretty much only look at the meat section at the grocery store to see if they have any organ meats on special. I really miss pickled tripe.

That's silly. We can all do without pretty much everything that we *whinewhine* "Can't live without!!!"
I need clean air, clean water, healthy food, and people to interact with. And whatever the animating force is that hides behind the universe.
On the other hand, I'd be much less happy without music, books, coffee, good beer, and a chance to get online now and then.

Really it's best if I list my geek-outs here.
Glen Hansard music
my pilot script
good beer
my religious perspective and those of others
Victorian architecture--North Burlington has some incredibly distracting houses!!!
music
movies
books
sarcastic comments
ways to fix the world and love others

On a literal Friday night, I'm usually working. My schedule varies a lot (yay service industry jobs) and I seem to close a lot of Friday evenings. On the night before a day off, or a night when I don't have to work until the following evening, I'm often out getting a drink with a friend, singing karaoke, wandering by the lake, writing, etc. There is no typical.

I never really learned to drive.

Just a head's up: if you view my profile and like what you see, don't wait for me to message you. Generally if someone looks at my profile but doesn't send a message, I'm going to assume I didn't catch your attention and a message from me wouldn't really be to your liking. That being said, "You should message me if..."

You're somewhere between hipster and hippie...

You want to discuss alternatives to a two-party plutocracy where the rich own everything that aren't just replacing it with a one-party oligarchy where the government owns everything, and if there's anything that can be done in a small way to nudge us closer to those alternatives...

You know the difference between good beer and cheap beer and want to have a pint...

You're connected to the local film scene and want to know more about my show idea and/or want to give me money to get it rolling [pleeeeaaaassseee???]

But seriously, if it seems we could be friends, and maybe eventually more, hit me up.