I'm compulsively creative, have terrible handwriting, and stay up way too late. I love good shows in small venues, black coffee, and learning new things. I've realized that kindness is a strength not a weakness, and I try to live every day as consciously and deliberately as I can. With mixed results.

Bay Area born and raised, but like the song goes, 'you don't know what you've got til it's gone.' Fortunately for me, SF was just one long, boring drive away from the parking lot of LA. I'm thankful for all the great experiences doing the TV thing in Southern California gave me, but now that I'm headed down a slightly different creative career path I couldn't be happier.

Finding my new favorite place to eat
Being on time
Always being open to new experiences
Being masculine without being a douche

I don’t know. The cleft in my chin? Thanks grandpa.

Books:
Where The Wild Things Are, The Paradox Of American Power, A Light In The Attic , Jihad vs. McWorld, I Am Legend, The Sorrows Of Empire, The Call Of Cthulhu, Rebel Without A Crew, 1984, Team Of Rivals, (currently on) Genghis Khan And The Making Of The Modern World.

Movies:
LA Confidential, Imitation of Life, Almost Famous, American Beauty, 28 Days Later, Heat, Body of Lies, The Passion of Joan of Arc, The Innocents, The Manchurian Candidate, Donnie Darko, Death To Smoochy, Last of the Mohicans, The Civil War, Rachel Getting Married, too many others to mention

Food:
Thai, Indian, Peruvian, sushi, a good turkey sandwich

TV:
Portlandia, The Walking Dead, Mad Men, Community, Homeland, Modern Family, Breaking Bad, Game of Thrones, American Horror Story, Law and Order, Deep Space 9, Buffy, Babylon 5, The Mentalist, Fight Quest, Project Runway, Batman: The Animated Series, The Shield, Dexter, Family Guy, Battlestar Galactica, The X-Files...

Podcasts:
This American Life, Mysterious Universe, Slate’s Political/Culture Gabfest, Left, Right, And Center, Pseudopod, Democracy Now!, Drabblecast, Reddit’s No Sleep, Tales of Old, The History of Rome, The Moth

Nature - Despite my experience in the Boy Scouts, I still love the outdoors. Being out in nature puts things into perspective like nothing else. Sleeping out in nature reminds me of my place on the food chain.

Good food - I can’t cook anything more complicated than mac and cheese. I think this is part of what makes discovering new foods and great restaurants that much more exciting.

A comfortable hoodie – When I’m not going out I live in them. My favorite has a banana slug on it.

Collaboration – Seems trendy to call this a ‘partner in crime’. A good idea/experience/view is better when it’s shared.

My laptop - Good for staying connected, though not necessarily for making real connections. I do a lot of work on my laptop, and it’s an important creative outlet. Paper and pencil are pretty important too.

Iphone - Never thought I would be one of those people. But yeah…

Weekend plans
Story structure
Self improvement
How to make the world just a little bit better. (I’m serious about this one. The other day I went dumpster diving for a bunch of stuffed animals someone threw away. They’re going to make a huge difference to about thirty underprivileged kids).

Enjoying a night out in SF or Oakland.
Making my way though one of Netflix's oddly specific sub-genres.
Trading in a late night for an early start Saturday morning.

I eat gummy bears one. at. a. time.

You think we might click.