I'm a conventional per who is quite peculiar; the most normal freak you're likely to find... I'm gregarious, uncanny, and ahead of my time. Soothingly idiosyncratic, you might say. I'm not tall (5'7"), I'm not rich, and I'm not going to lie to you. Time to absorb some facts! I grew up in New York City, I went to a hoity-toity private school, I majored in Film Studies, and I've been bi-coastal since college. I've worked for a game company, a financial group, a ren's books publisher, Essence magazine, a Japanese media company, and a greeting cards designer. I loves me the critters; I've had newts, fish, mice, rats, cats, and plants as pets. I am not tall, I like to swim and ski but don't get to do either very much, I have talented hands, and I speak my mind. Oh, and I want to know more about you. As for work, I'm a broad-spectrum creator; I'm a graphic designer, illustrator, writer, editor and occasional tutor. For fun I eat movies with my eyes. I'm really good at: \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\*** Being creative *** I write, I draw, I do graphic design, and I was once a Lego ninja. Oh, I'm also a premise factory. I build worlds. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\*** Talking and listening *** I like to talk (on the phone, on chat, via email, and in per). I love it. Being self-aware as I am, though, I try hard not to talk too much. Sometimes I do anyway, but I usually catch myself and clam up within an acceptable amount of time. I'm also a really good listener. I like to hear things, chew information with my toothy brain, mmmm. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\*** Japanese *** While I'm by no means fluent, I'm better than most people at reading, writing, and speaking barely-useful fragments of Japanese. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\*** Giving compliments *** Being partly Irish, I definitely have the kiss of the blarney stone. However, I don't blow sunshine up people's butts. If I compliment someone, it's because they deserve it. This means you! \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\*** Being surprising yet also reassuring *** Am I a seemingly outrageous rogue who's a sweet guy at heart? Or am I a seemingly nice guy who's a scoundrel at heart? I dare you to try and figure that one out.