First off. I'd like to apologize. I started the ironic t-shirt fad back in middle school. It seemed like a great idea at the time. It clearly got out of hand. So, yeah. Sorry about that.

I work at a nature non-profit as an animal handler/educator. Basically I teach kids and old folks about wildlife (for the time being anyway). I'm a foreign service brat. Both my parents were U.S. diplomats and I grew up around the world. Been snowboarding for 10+ years. Wish I could do more of it. So I'm working for the time being, trying to figure out what to do next. I'm also a "certified" bartender, which is to say I took a 2 week bartending class for the hell of it.

Working at a non-profit. Working with animals is great but I'm not big on kids so its not my dream job. Grad school at some point, though for what exactly I'm still figuring out.

Decent snowboarder (the screenname was supposed to be a reference to that, but I don't think Option is too widely known as a brand). I make some decent mixed drinks too. Used to play the drums. I should pick that up again.

the glasses I normally wear. I always take them off for pictures. I should probably get contacts at some point.

Books:
Easier to list authors. Aldous Huxley, Ray Bradbury. George Orwell. F Scott Fitzgerald. Ernest Hemingway. Neil Gaiman. Arthur C. Clark. Issac Asimov. Chuck Palahniuk. Any essayist who can argue well (Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, etc.)

Movies:
Animal House and Inception are my two favorites. Beyond that, I like psychological thrillers, horror movies that don't depend on sheer gore/disgust, sci-fi. College humor movies (old school and others). Not ashamed to say that I loved the Jackass movies too. And Casablanca. Documentaries have their place.

Shows: Family Guy, South Park. Any of the Star Treks except Enterprise. Almost anything on Adult Swim except some of their weirder abstract comedy.Firefly. Futurama. 30 Rock. Dead Like Me ( cancelled and obscure, but I like it). Attack of the Show. X-Play. The Daily Show. Law & Order (the original and SVU). X-files. A lot of stuff that I can find on netflix basically.

Music: I could be one of those people who lists every band they've ever listened to. Better yet, I could call my tastes "eclectic". I won't though. That's way too much typing. Does anyone really ever read the whole list?

Food: Pretty open to anything, though I'm partial to Italian and Mexican. I just don't like cheese. So much food gets drowned in the stuff. Cheese and bacon, the two crutches of food. Adding them is basically admitting you can't make the food well, so you have to bring in a popular back up.

the internet
my car
...I'll get back to you on the rest

Grad school or what I'm going to do with my life in general. Some of the writing projects I'm working on when the creative urge hits.

Out with friends or relaxing at home, abusing netflix or my xbox.

That I'm here to begin with.

I was at one point a decent horseback rider (western/rodeo). I've also ridden a bull and been a rodeo clown.

Also, I think the number 7 is absurdly unlucky. I always have for some reason.

I seem like someone you'd get along with. That's probably a good place to start. also helps if you like dark, dry, sarcastic humor. That being said...is there wet humor?

Or maybe if you're interested in seeing some concerts or checking more of DC out. I've been living in the area for a while, and I still really don't know the city.