I hang from bars at the gym, like spicy foods that make me cry, put milk in my mug before my coffee, and make sure to call my mom every three days.

A recovering lawyer now working to try and make other lawyers happier with their career choice. Try to make my way to China at least once a year for work or to spread the capitalist gospel and good ole American values.

Picking restaurants. I find myself getting calls from friends all of the time asking for a recommendation, once even getting a call on my mobile in China from a friend wandering about the West Village in need of a good place to eat dinner. I took that as a major compliment.

I'm guessing my smile, though it's hard to know what other people really notice since it's pretty difficult to get a good look at yourself and borders on unacceptable arrogance to ask such a question of people.

Books - Midnight's Children, Wind-up Bird Chronicles, the Swimming Pool Library, Catcher In The Rye, On Beauty, The Slap, really any long and winding book with lots of characters and moving parts

TV - Mad Men, Big Love, 30 Rock, Gossip Girl, Modern Family, The Wire, The Office, Golden Girls, Family Guy, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Friday Night Lights.

Food - almost anything, as long as it's good without trying too hard.

1. Coffee
2. iPod
3. Something to read
4. Granola
5. Gym
6. Loved ones

Whether to get another tattoo and what I want to write about next.

Out for a late dinner at a restaurant I've been wanting to try or one of my stand-bys with one (or a few) of my closest friends imbibing wine and other spirits, and then if not too tired from the week that was or dinner, perhaps making it to a bar for a drink or two.

I was on Teen Jeopardy back in the day and Alex Trebek is really not a nice guy.

You're content with who you are, like coffee, wouldn't mind going to the gym or on a run, have a really good work of fiction to recommend, and like what you've read.