I enjoy trying new things, and even though I recently (finally!) left school, I strive to always be learning. My current venture is learning how to cook better so I won't be so reliant on recipes. I tend to seek out new challenges and people who can challenge me, especially intellectually.

I can be a bit difficult to get to know because people tend to find my sarcasm off-putting, but behind the sarcastic demeanor, I'm pretty easygoing. I try not to take anything (especially myself) too seriously.

I recently abandoned my quest for the elusive PhD in English and left my graduate program to become a union organizer. I help workers in higher education organize to form unions and negotiate contracts that will enable them to support themselves while they do what they love. I'm passionate about what I'm doing and excited to be starting a new career path.

Logic problems, sudoku, puzzles, Scrabble--other forms of nerdery.

Books: The Sound and the Fury, Absalom Absalom!, The U.S.A.Trilogy, Yonnondio, The Girl, The Passion, GUT Symmetries, Tropic of Cancer, A World to Win, Winesburg Ohio, Letters to a Young Poet

Movies: Documentaries, gangster films, film noir, musicals--a little bit of everything. Some favorites include: Amelie, The Apartment, Best in Show, Bound, Chasing Amy, Double Indemnity, The Edukators, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Fight Club, High Fidelity, Little Miss Sunshine, Meet John Doe, Monsieur Verdoux, Office Space, Playtime, Ratatouille, Rent, Run Lola Run, Secretary, Slumdog Millionaire, Spirited Away, Sullivan's Travels, The Sweet Hereafter, The Triplets of Belleville

Music: Ani Difranco, Cowboy Mouth, Indigo Girls, Jackson Browne, Jimmy Buffett, Melissa Etheridge, the Offspring, Rufus Wainwright, Stargazer Lily, Melissa Ferrick, Bad Religion, Tom Waits, Mike Ness, The Weepies, Utah Phillips, The Reverend Horton Heat, Dropkick Murphys, Rancid, Violent Femmes, She & Him, etc.

Food: I don't want to live anywhere lacking good seafood and/or sushi.

Laughter. Everything else is expendable.

But as far as material things go, I wouldn't want to do without: my iPod, books, movies, tv/dvd player, camera, and passport.

Places I'd like to visit and/or live someday.

Home watching a movie, at the bar or just hanging out with friends.

I can't really think of anything I wouldn't be willing to admit here, so I guess if you want to know, just ask.

You appreciate sarcasm.