I feel like the world doesn't have enough creative people, so I create: I'm a musician, painter, and cook. Only had a couple mishaps (one kitchen fire!). I just love the process of making something from nothing, it's fulfilling. I connect with creative people, they're much more fun than squares.

I live for traveling, I just got back from an AMAZING trip to St. Petersburg - that city is right on! Whether it's something exotic or floating the river in Austin with my sis, I dig the movement and the way it jars you out of your daily grind. Going places reminds me of the joy of discovery.

I've got a really dry and dark sense of humor. If you mention that you're a convicted felon for stealing a blimp on the first date, you're awesome and i'll bake you cookies.

I'm an unrepentant foodie. I need no excuse whatsoever to head into the kitchen or a new restaurant. A cold front moving in, you say? Why don't we make french bread all afternoon! (actually had this thought) I love cooking for the people I care about, so if we jive dinner is inevitable.

I'm two semesters from finishing my MBA and I work in finance, which is groovy because of math is sweet. Not a big fan of wearing ties tho.

Didgeridoo
Sarcasm
Cooking
Jiving with people
Playing Music
Grand Larceny

I'm chill so I get along with just about anyone. Oddily enough the people I jive with are people's friends who "usually don't like anyone I introduce them to." Pretty handy! Can't stand frat boys, though. Popped collars and saying "bro" unironically makes me sad.

(Currently)
Music: Grizzly Bear, Radiohead, Phoenix, Nas, The Os, Wilco, Ghostland Observatory, Gojira, Mastodon, Atmosphere, !!!, Broken Social Scene, DJ Shadow, Allman Brothers, Kings of Convenience, Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings, Rainer Maria, Cake, Trail of Dead, The Bad Plus, Miles Davis, The XX, The Bad Plus +40 billion others

Food: Pho (!), Barbacoa Tacos at La Paloma, Sushi, BBQ Pork Buns, Steak Fajitas, Curry

Books: You Shall Know Our Velocity!, Nudge, Bittman's How To Cook Everything, Anything by Poe, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, McSweeney's, Anything by Vonnegut

Movies: Cheesy monster movies, comedies

-Music makes me whole
-Food burns my fingers and makes my mouth dance
-Travel makes me feel alive (especially trains!)
-Naps make me optimistic
-Friends & Family make me feel like a goober (good thing)
-Art makes me happy or really pissed off (depends on the artist)

Where to travel next.
What I'm going to cook next.
New songs.

Playing with my band, partying, bar hopping (usually greenville), seeing a concert, cooking my newest obsession, knocking out a new painting ( further ruining the security deposit), trying a new restaurant

I've got an awesomely embarrassing nickname story. Much better told in person, though.

I've got two tattoos of which I'm very proud. I'm anxious about my second session on my quarter-sleeve, this one hurt SOOOO much more than my first. It's gonna be gorgeous though, so it'll be worth it.

I'll probably respond, but bonus points for:

-You're groovy.
-You're a little bit of a hipster about musical taste (I know I am).
-You're creative! Creative people > everyone else on the planet.
-You've got tattoos. Cool stories about them even better.
-You're seriously dig food.

Bonus points are redeemable for plastic army men and tootsie rolls.