After carrying my camera around the world from China to Sudan and those *stan countries in between I'm settling down for a bit. I come from Kentucky/Goergia/Michigan and don't know much in the Miami area but can always find something to do.

I explore, find hole-in-the-wall restaurants, walk down unknown roads, talk with people from completely different backgrounds, step outside of my comfort zone, push others outside of their comfort zone, listen most of the time, but debate with acumen when necessary. I prefer coffee to alcohol and anything to sitting down in front of the TV for two nights in a row.

I'm still in the learning phase of my life. By day I'm a freelance photographer. I've worked for newspapers and been published in TIME(only once), but crave long-term projects (which I just returned from). Photography is my excuse to learn and ask questions, then share what I learned. I might not do it my whole life, but I like it for now.

www.IncendiaryImage.com

I do other things, study languages, know a little guitar, have nun-chuck skills...

Really, I'm just getting back into the normal life routine, I've been sleeping under the moon for too long and have strong urges to go back to it.

I took the LSATs and like the idea of going to law school, but not being a lawyer.

Not peeing in the bed.

None of us know the answer to this question.

My music tastes are wide ranging, every band is a trinket from a friend: The Avett Brothers, Old Crow Medicine Show, Yann Tiersen, Steve Earl, Ryan Adams, Nick Drake, Lupe Fiasco, Rachid Taha, Cheb Mami, Stravinski,...http://www.last.fm/user/ddegner

Books? Anything worthwhile...Dostoevsky to Camus. Guns Germs & Steel analysis to James Nachtwey balls-to-the-wall reporting, John Irving when I'm in the mood, Michael Chabon when I'm not. Steinbeck for that last page.

TV? Not much...I usually only follow one show at a time. Throughout college it was SCRUBS, now it's 30 Rock.

Movies? We didn't have a TV when I was growing up so we would go watch 3 movies in a row some weekends. Now I'm a little more selective, The Professional still touches me. The Matrix/Fight Club/The Edukators inspire me. I've seen No Country For Old Men about 7 times and forgotten most of the good ones.

I eat simple/homemade food, sometimes I make a real dish like baked macaroni or curry. There is one meal called Laghman (basically noodles and vegetables) that when cooked right is extremely satisfying. If anyone in can cook this for me I will become their servant (I was permanently kicked out of China so there isn't much of a chance I can get the real thing again).

Small backpack, shirt, shoes, jeans, Leica
I clean up with an evening jacket, but that's really all I need.

I think about the same things as everyone else...life, big questions, minutia, sex, and where are my keys.

Last Friday I was at a Sufi mosque talking with South American muslims about the internal struggles of political islam. The weekend before that I was at a surprise birthday party. I don't think I have a typical Friday.

I have 12 toes.