I keep re-writing this. How the hell do you summarize yourself?

Art is a big thing for me - I draw, write, or assemble images every day. A life without the creative would resemble the innards of a Wal-Mart.

Nice women who are genuinely kind and caring will find me a genuinely kind and caring guy. Intuitive and artistic and politically left and animal and kid loving and passionate would be gravy.

“You have forgotten the One
who doesn't care about ownership,
who doesn't try to turn a profit
from every human exchange.”
― Rumi, The Essential Rumi

“They held each other and kissed and pushed each others darkness into the corner, believing in each others light, each others dream.”
— Hubert Selby Jr. (Requiem for a Dream)

“all right
Buddah gets a backstage pass
but all his friends have to pay”
― Jim Carroll, Void of Course

I handle library research and operations at a large university. I create subversive art to provoke and challenge myself and random strangers. I'm trying to get published.

Images - collage, photography. Cartooning.

Back rubs.

I'm a cat-whisperer.

I've been told my eyes by several very breathtaking optometrists.

Books: Hemmingway, Tolkien, Margaret Atwood, Cormac McCarthy, Russell Banks, Chuck Palahniuk, John Fante, Brett Easton Ellis, Jim Carroll, Frank Lima, Bukowski, Hubert Selby, Milan Kundera, Raymond Carver, Noam Chomsky, Naomi Klein, Stephen King, Herman Hesse, Edith Warton.

Movies:
400 Blows
Pather Panchali
Monty Python and...
Gummo
Lawrence of Arabia
Drugstore Cowboy
Coen Brothers stuff
Werner Herzog
French New Wave!

Music:
Sonic Youth, Bob Dylan, Jesus Lizard, The Wipers, Big Black, Lou Reed, Pixies, Dinosaur Jr., Swans, Eels, Mark Lanegan, Nirvana, Misfits, Pogues, Social Distortion, Melvins, The Fall, Richard Thompson, Roky Erickson, PJ Harvey, Cat Power, Lou Reed, Elliott Smith, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Nick Drake, Grinderman, Mazzy Star, My Bloody Valentine, Sonics, Shangrilas, Universal People, Curtis Mayfield, X, Mark Lanegan, Tom Waits, Mission of Burma, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Leadbelly, Jesus and Mary Chain, Christian Death, Lucinda Williams, Steve Earle.

Shows:
Game of Thrones, Breaking Bad, Walking Dead, Portlandia, Nurse Jackie, Downton Abbey, Kids in the Hall, Californication, MST3K, Big Bang Theory.

Food:
Everything.

My three nephews provide me with so much - I feel very lucky to get to be in their lives.
Art - including movies, books, music, etc. etc.
The next trip.
Laughter
Friends
Passion

The nature of self-delusion in humans in power, how one can hold two completely contradictory notions without having a complete mental breakdown.

True spirituality and how to put that into practice in a meaningful way.

Also: collage and drawing - what images work to spark, inflame, or entertain.

Often having drinks with friends. Live music. Seeing movies. Trying new restaurants. Locked in heated battle with the sketchbook.

I believed in Santa approximately two years longer than the other kids.

You are passionate about something.