I would describe myself as a simple person who is easily delighted by life's simple pleasures.

back off man, i'm a scientist.

I'm addicted to playing the ukelele. I run excessive distances at a very slow pace. I also love yoga, rock climbing, and biking. In another life I would probably be a chef and/or yoga instructor. but for now, science pays the bills.

my long, curly brown hair.

that and the fact that I'm an irresistibly charming person that people instantly feel at ease with.

also, personally, I've always felt that I have extremely sexy shoulders.

Here are a few other things that come to mind:

books: Murakami, Vonnegut, Hemmingway, Joyce, Steinbeck, Tolstoy, Doestoyevsky, Nabokov, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Kundera

movies: Robert Altman, Jim Jarmusch, Stanley Kubrick, David Lynch, lots of foreign/indie/artsy movies

music: I guess my favs are Leonard Cohen, Tom Waits, Nick Cave, Bob Dylan... but I like all sorts of music. I'll listen to anything good.

food: i can get seriously passionate about lots of vegetables. but there's something about eggplant that just stops me in my tracks. a good babaganoush can bring tears to my eyes.