About the author….

1) I have what has been described to me as a wry, dry, self deprecating sense of humor.

2) I find the most mundane of house hold chores therapeutic. Folding laundry is relaxing.

3) I am addicted to caffeine, embodied in little silver cans of diet cokes(actually my favorite is coke zero, but I am willing to compromise). I have given up cigarettes and potentially would give up alcohol, but caffeine is a war that cannot be won with me. I am not a functional person without caffeine. Fair warning to those who try and pry it away from me.

4) I enjoy puzzles and puzzle games. My latest addiction that consumes my daily attrition of work is online scrabble. I would like to think that I am good at it, but that in turn would be admitting that I am good at something, which in turn would contradict statement 1 and my constant self deprecation.

5) I enjoy pushing myself to limits and testing these limits. I am not really a competitive person, except unending struggle with myself. Hence, I enjoy running. For those who think of running as painful, my answer is ‘pain is for sissies.’ However, despite my enthusiasm to run and work out, I do not want to be deceitful. I aspire to and could easily afford to lose a few more pounds. I have not recently been mistaken for an Abercrombie and Fitch model (by recently, I mean never).

6) As the aforementioned statement indicates, I am somewhat of a sado-masochist. Thus, I enjoy watching mildly entertaining, but otherwise bad movies on HBO. Among my prouder watching accomplishments- Bow Wow’s performance in the stellar ‘Roll Bounce’ and Nick Cannon’s performance in ‘Drumline.’ I am also a fan of romantic comedies (my most recent foray was 'Definitely, Maybe'), although I will not necessarily always fess up to it. I openly embrace my inner dork and my first love is science fiction. Yes, I love Star Wars (first trilogy only).7) I am a huge football fan (on Fall Sundays I have a tendency to become non-communicative)8) An addendum to statement eight, I am a huge sports fan in general.

9) I typically get into longwinded, usually irrelevant conversations about non-important details of something or another(my most recent conversation was about if power walking is an Olympic sport, then competitive eating should be one as well). Typically, the threat of physical violence is the best way to curb these impulses I have.

10) Although I say I am a registered Democrat, I am not. Truthfully, I am fiscally Republican, but socially Democrat (in layman’s terms, I believe in low taxes and the right to choose). I try to keep an open mind to debates, but generally, have little patience for blatant ignorance.

11) I enjoy malty ales and medium bodied red wines. Bass or Smithwicks is my beer of choice on tap. I order my steaks medium rare, more on the rarer side if I have my choice. I am a bit of a foodie, or I try to be. I enjoy eating and cooking(oftentimes, unsuccessfully) good food.

12) I am horrible with names, great with faces.

13) Another addendum to the previous statement. I am generally absent minded.

14) I aspire to be a writer, but I am somewhat bashful to share my work an ideas. I am hardly ever satisfied with my work, and I constantly think that it can be improved. I realized, recently, that people who consistently ask about how my writing is going are doing so more because they genuinely care and want to know, and not to annoy me on reminding me on how little I have actually progressed.

15) I love music of the indie rock genre. Lately, I’ve been listening to more and more lo-fi. By far and away, She&Him's Volume One has been my favorite album of the summer. Zoey Deschanel is a musical goddess.

16) I do own comic books. I make no aspiration to be cool. I watch the cartoon network fairly regularly as well.

17) I believe in God. I do not necessarily believe in the church. Interpret that as you will.

18) I dream in color.

19) For someone who claims to be a writer, I am not as well read as I would like to be. I would name some of my favorite authors, but as I stated before, I am horrible with names and forgot all of them. I am always open and grateful for suggestions however.

20) My dog is a little bit crazy. He twitches and snores in his sleep. Its cute, in a weird, endearing sort of way.