I'm the sort of guy who keeps a lot of balls in the air all at once. At the moment, for instance, I am in the middle of a novel, composing a few songs and editing an OKCupid profile. And that's in my spare time. I also have a job which seems to fill my weekdays for some strange reason. It involves computers. They seem to think I'm good at it and I'm still waiting for the day they realize the kid with the Creative Writing degree has been faking it all along. In the meantime, they've promoted me to management. It does raise some serious questions about the level of competence of everyone else I work with.

As the above may have indicated, I have a sarcastic and self-deprecating sense of humor and I tend not to take life too seriously. No matter the circumstance, I try and have fun. When I was a kid, I had an accident and spent a while sitting on the sidewalk holding a bloody shin, telling jokes to the nice jogger who was getting me help. She was kind enough to laugh. I suspect it probably wasn't my shining moment, comedy wise. Or who knows, perhaps I just need to do something that will require stitches to leave them in... OK, I like bad puns too. Although that's pretty much a true story.

I like stories, both telling them (see being a writer) and hearing them. Everyone is interesting when talking about something they are passionate about. And that's when you can learn some really interesting things. So tell me about what gets you excited. Do you have anything cool to teach me? Or something dreadfully dull?

I also like good beer (sorry Rockies, you've been tapped and found wanting), staying up past my bedtime and thumb wrestling.

Trying to quit my day job and make a living as a writer. I have a plan to make this absurdly unlikely plan just wicked difficult and I'm working on it.

Other than that, I'm just trying to be the best parent/friend/person I can be.

Storytelling. Pulling random facts out at odd times. Singing off key.

Probably my propensity to take any random thing and use it as a springboard into some story or interesting thing I just read.

Books: Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Steven Brust, Dumas, William Blake, Stanislaw Lem, Sherman Alexi, C S Lewis, JRR Tolkien, Rumi, Warren Ellis

Movies: Doctor Strangelove (or how I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb), This is Spinal Tap, The Big Lebowski, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Lawrence of Arabia, The Lord of the Rings, Hero (the Jet Li one), Kevin Smith's films, Seven, Serenity

TV: Anything Joss Whedon or Aaron Sorkin, The Unit, Greg the Bunny, The Tick, Veronica Mars, Hex, MI5 (Spooks for you folks from the UK), Californication, Dexter and I have a habit of watching any bad show a friend has worked on, even after they've left (not counting reality shows. I love my friends and all, but not enough to watch Big Brother).

Music: PIG, Nine Inch Nails, Bad Religion, Opeth, Billie Holiday, Bach, Tori Amos, The New Pornographers, The Cure, Faith No More, Pixies, Borknagar, Buck Tick, Josh Ritter, Apoptygma Berzerk, Iron Maiden, Jane's Addiction, Social Distortion, Johnny Cash, The Misfits, Titus Andronicus, The Gaslight Anthem, The Impossible Girl. Basically, I love music in any form I can get it.

Food: Thai, sushi, dim sum, Indian... OK, really, I'm not all that picky.

Although all of those can and will change at a moment's notice with little or no warning.

My daughter.
My iPod.
An instrument (preferably with a Digital Performer set-up handy, so I can keep up the illusion that I know how to play).
My notebook.
My sense of humor.
Gravity. Seriously, without it, we'd all have bone density issues.

Stories and songs I'll never have time to write, how to fix American politics, and how I'm going to get into outer space (yeah, I know I just said I can't do without gravity and now I'm saying I'd like to. What can I say? I'm a complicated fellow).

And why on Earth anyone would refer to the gods by their Roman names. It's like blasphemy or something.

Either watching my daughter, out with friends, in the studio doing music or writing. Or sadly, exhausted and just passed out. So basically... the same stuff I do every night.

If you've got a question, ask. Honestly, I think that would be way more interesting than me trying to come up with something innocuous, but perhaps a little bit naughty. Don't get me wrong, I like naughty, but I also like to tailor my message to my specific audience. I'm sure after a bit of chatting, I could come up with something shocking that wouldn't make you lose (too much) respect for me.

you think we'd hit it off.

Or if you want to thumb wrestle.
Or do something fascinating.
Or do something dreadfully boring, but can talk about it in ways that make it seem interesting.
Or you think I have good taste in books, movies, TV and/or music
Or you think my taste sucks, but that you can save me.
Or you have a better plan for surviving the upcoming zombie apocalypse than I do.

I dunno. If you're still reading, go ahead. I'm easily amused.