LOVES & INTERESTS

intricate patterns. a full bookshelf. Puma. sexy watches and shoes. grapefruit. nerdery. learning languages. dancing in the living room. chopping vegetables. Calvin Klein. microns and inking drawings with them. checking my newsfeeds. the “new email” sound. opening packages. roller coasters. Apple. infomercials. Diet Pepsi. irony. the piano. a scoop of apple cider sorbet and a scoop of black raspberry chip. artistic video games. accents. New York and the subway. DAAP. working in studio. laughing fits.

TALENTS

figuring things out. composition. fixing computers. functioning without sleep. strange competence in a multitude of disciplines. being often right without arrogance. inner confidence. perfectionism. speeding to completion. typing and keyboarding. web and graphic design. hunting cool tees.

MUSES

Rufus Wainwright. Björk. Fiona Apple. Audrey Hepburn. Dave Eggers. Tim Schafer. Tadao Ando. Salvador Dalí. UNStudio. Flora and crew. my family. Scandinavia. Japan. Sarah Vowell. Eero Saarinen. John Hodgman. Alvar Aalto.

TURN-OFFS

schlock. overcrowded sidewalks. cilantro. slow electronics. sugary sodas.

FACTOID

When I was ten, an episode of Are You Afraid of the Dark? made me afraid of my computer at night.