**I just want to start off by saying that this is amazing, and I sincerely hope you think so too.
------> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=El3lMf_Mfhc <------- **

photographer, traveler( <3 the west coast of the US, Italy, Switzerland, France, Iceland, Amsterdam, Peru, many more coming...), hockey player, appreciator/drinker of delicious beer, reader of The Onion, philly-road-biker, enthusiast of jazz, hip-hop and hummus.

I like argyle socks and have way too many t-shirts.

I like to buy pasta that's made into shapes(like bowties!)

I've got myself a most excellent job working for a photography/video/media company just outside of Philly(photoshopper, photographer, videographer, all-around master-of-funk, etc).

I do lots of other fun things too, like play ice hockey and when the fancy strikes me, I like to walk around and photograph inanimate objects. Also living in West Philly, enjoying the cheap rent, Clark Park, impromptu tours of the mansion in Woodlands Cemetery(and it's ever-changing wildlife inhabitants; a red fox apparently now makes his/her home there), and Desi Chaat house.

I also work at every Flyers home game editing photos for immediate upload to a major image agency; as well as other Flyers-related photography gigs. It is pretty damn awesome, but it also makes for some long ass work-days for sure.

>trivial pursuit, 90's edition.

>inserting people into photographs they weren't originally in.

>quoting Spaceballs

>narrowly escaping death every time i ride my bike in the city. it's fun, you all should try it some time.

>peeling clementines apart in just 1 piece. BOO-YAH!!!

probably my gingerness, but since I don't have a soul, you can point and stare at me, it's all good.

food - small sampling: green beans, rye bread, stir-frys, pineapple(especially on pizza), thai cuisine, milk, indian cuisine, orange juice, reese's peanut butter cups, broccoli, meat, honeycrisp apples, celery(it's crunchy water, people!!), non-meat, beans, raisinets, santa fe pizza from Varsity Pizza in west philly, honey roasted peanuts, chinese takeout, hummus, fresh locally-produced food(yay farmer's market across the street from me!).

music - interesting to look back on all of the music I've listened to in the past 10 years or so, every genre comes and goes in cycles of course; jazz though has always been there. I just love it! preferably in a live setting, but WRTI works just as well. aside from that, probably all kinds of stuff nobody else on here likes. I <3 wefunkradio.com(this is internet radio at its best. a delicious blend of hip-hop, soul, and funk in healthy 2 hour long doses. so good. so, so, good!!). but I can always listen to miles davis. NIN and tool are nice. as are the grateful dead and allman brothers. classical pieces work for me too. hip-hop from the 80's and early-mid 90's makes me happy. wu-tang clan is gritty, grimy, and forces uncontrollable head-bobbing. dragonforce is nice music to drive to. pink floyd; forever will be my love. & many many many many others I also classify as great. honestly, I haven't listened to any current music in a long time. I'd like to amend that sooner rather than later.

books -currently reading The Stand(yeah yeah a lot of people loathe Stephen King, and guess what...I don't care!) and just finished reading Life Of Pi - it was 100% wonderful. Suggestions for what's next? Other somewhat recent finishes include....Harry Potter series(yes, I'm aware that I'm 30 and JUST got around to reading them), The Omnivore's Dilemma, American Gods, A Thousand Splendid Suns, etc. Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole was another recent one; immediately became one of my all time faves. love Bill Bryson's wit and style. need more bookzzzz!! formerly read other works of non-fiction, fiction, horror/suspense, cultral anthropology, quantum theory, etc.

tv - cable-less, but at least I have Netflix(Portlandia, Breaking Bad, American Horror Story-|holy crap season 1 was so good!!!!|-, jury is still out on The Walking Dead however...), Jeopardy, endless Seinfeld and 30Rock re-runs, the 3 Stooges at odd hours, Simpsons seasons 4-10 on dvd, and easily downloadable Curb Your Enthusiasm episodes. movies - Woody Allen. Mel Brooks. Kung-Fu. Nerdy Sci-Fi. B-Horror. John Candy. {{Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Ghostbusters(I), Back To The Future(I-III), Spaceballs}} = the movies I can and will watch over and over and over again and never get tired of. etc.

>my bicycle.

>late 60's-mid 70's miles davis albums(A Tribute To Jack Johnson - yes,please.)

>delicious beer(Flying Fish Grand Cru - gotta show the love for Cherry Hill brew))

>homer simpson slippers

>scrap paper

>some kind of device that takes photos.

>WXPN's Funky Friday

>being able to count past 6

>GoogleDocs

--how many of us on this website have actually walked past each other on the street or interacted with each other in some kind of abstract fashion like that?? Philadelphia is a VERY small city sometimes...

--not eating foods with high-fructose corn syrup. seriously. try it sometime. it's unfortunately much harder than I expected....

--what's going to happen to Jeopardy if/when Alex Trebek dies?

--when given the choice between escalator and stairs...why do the stairs go practically unused...sad.

--hiking Mt. Kilimanjaro in 2014?
and on that same vein, many other potential travel destinations. like that dinosaur park in Pee Wee's Big Adventure.

maybe I'm videotaping a high-school football game. or maybe I'm photographing a hockey game. or maybe I come home from work, take a nap, then go to a a bar of some sorts or a movie or a friends place. or maybe I'm passed out in a ditch in the middle of nowhere(not too typical, but hey, anything could happen).

I'm not the biggest fan of guacamole/avocados in general. I mean, they're tasty and all, but I just don't go as gaga over it/them as I think I sometimes should. Prove me wrong, please?

>you like to drink good beer and listen to some live jazz - all at the same time. because...mmmmmm..that would be just perfect.

>or if you can spot Larry David in seinfeld episodes.

>or if you enjoy eating meals that require chopsticks.

>or if nice weather outside means you want to go and toss a frisbee around or go play mini-golf or go ride a bike or have a picnic or go for a hike or do anything besides NOTHING.

>or if the smell of a campfire is heavenly to you.

>or if you're on a mountain of some kind in any of your pics.

> you've never typed, or said, the word "Brobdingnagian"