I kept telling myself that I wanted to move back to Colorado, but here I am freshly displaced to Brooklyn, in search of a bagel shop to call my own.

Enjoying it, traveling when I can, and working too often.

hiking. biking. running. reading. cooking. racing. skiing. guitar playing. learning. watching the night sky from a dark mountain. visiting friends and visiting family. Oh, I don't know anything an "over-educated" kid does who knows he doesn't yet have the universe figured out.

Whistling.

My beard and my dashing good looks. Erhmmm, maybe just the former?

A few good books: Travels with Charlie, Siddhartha, In Cold Blood, the entire Calvin and Hobbes collection. Periodicals: The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Slate.

Sans cable, shows are typically on binge status: Breaking Bad, Parks and Rec, Arrested Development, Scrubs, The Office, Jeopardy.

Of Montreal, The Weakerthans, The Tallest Man on Earth, Sharon Van Etten, The Arcade Fire, Built to Spill, Radiohead, Passion Pit, Childish Gambino, St. Vincent, Sufjan Stevens, Wilco, Best Coast, etc.. And just about anything on All Songs Considered/KEXP/The Alternate Side.

Rye bread.

Considering last year I donated or sold almost all of my belongings, I'm not sure I can answer this, but I'll give it a shot:

1. Curiosity
2. A sense of home
3. Good vision.
4. The ability to revisit questions like this.

the succession of chemical reactions that led to this word.

Grabbing drinks with some friends or resting up for a race the next day. Sometimes both.

I still don't really know how to smile with my mouth open.

you enjoy the outdoors and having activity in your life, you'd like to convince me where the best bagels, coffee shops, markets, venues or whatever are in the city, or you listen to as much NPR as I do.