A Place Called Right On

25 Random Things About Me

1. I love Hoagy Carmichael.
2. I like to play cardgames.
3. I burn incense whenever and wherever possible.
4. To me, MarketPlace is soothing.
5. I prefer my walkman. I like cds and ipods and stuff like that, but my heart belongs to tapes.
6. I feel like I don’t even know what random means, man.
7. I always run up the stairs instead of just walking up the stairs.
8. When I swim, my favorite stroke to do is the backstroke, although freestyle has its good points.
9. I can’t handle caffeine. Sometimes decaf is too much. An allergy, maybe?
10. I highfive still.
11. I started a book club in Brooklyn where we’re reading one of my favorite books: Infinite Jest
    
12. Come to think of it, it’s also pretty random that I’ve been on a DFW listserv since I first read IJ in 1999. It is called wallace-l and, despite the recent death of Wallace himself, it remains very active.
13. Although it is true that I am no longer a cataloger, I continually follow the goings on with the Library of Congress Authorities. I like to know what words/terms are used for other words/terms, and I especially like to read the scope notes.
14. I keep my windows open all year round.
15. I got a pretty bummer grade in Syntax but I still love solving syntax and morpholgy problems, diagraming sentences and taking DFW or Faulkner sentences and making one of those Chomsky grammar trees for them.
16. I was always mostly for dogs but in the past few years I’ve grown to love cats.
17. Having non-human living things around me is important. This includes plants and cats but not necessarily intruding squirrels.
18. I’m very self-conscious, but I mostly laugh a lot because things are so often really funny.
19. I think my parents are two of the funniest people I know. They have completely different senses of humor, and they’re both good at making people laugh, which I’m pretty proud of.
20. I love Buffalo, and I love to talk to other Buffalonians about its charms and hellfires.
21. Mixtapes are still really important to me.
22. I’ve co-edited one zine.
23. I’ve curated one art exhibition.
24. I’ve made one short film.
25. And I’ve recorded one ep.

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1. I was born outside Buffalo, NY.
2. I’m adopted.
3. I’m an aspiring minimalist. Aspiring meaning I am a slob but want to repent.
4. I started playing piano when I was 9.
5. I don’t like clothes that advertise.
6. I usually get totally obsessed with things, then lose interest in them entirely, like a mosquito.
7. I apparently have a thing for irish-italian girls who took gymnastics and dance and went to catholic school, as that is representative of almost every girl I’ve dated.
8. The more houseplants the merrier.
9. I wasn’t a vegetarian until I lived with Alissa for years and felt stupid about only eating meat when we ate out. Then I read the Buddha Graphic Novels and realized that in our society I don’t need to kill animals to survive, so what’s the point? I do feel bad for the plants though.
10. I make an awesome pizza.
11. I do “Fall Studies” each September where I pick something to obsess about officially. Last Fall was Pizza. It was supposed to be learning the clarinet but I need new pads.
12. The Fall before that was Ruby programming @ Harvard. I flunked but went to all the classes.
13. I am horrible at budgeting money.
14. I am in the process of getting braces for the first time ever.
15. The winter climate is slowly getting on my nerves.
16. I think being a writer or artist is a key to any door you want to open.
17. I hate when people complain it’s too hot in the summer and then complain it’s too cold in the winter.
18. Using an all Mac computer environment has made me much happier on a daily basis.
19. I’m hardcore into DIY. I even wrote a song about it called “Make everything you can.”
20. I spent many years tormenting Alissa using incorrect ellipsis..
21. I’m doing this in part because I want to clog Jarrod’s inbox with more stupid spam memes.
22. This is the first spam meme I think I’ve participated in, and planned to before #21.
23. I’m learning to play Go. I’m obsessing over it, though anything that is 4000 years old and still played has a lot of material to work with.
24. I just started opening paper mail after something like a two year haitus.
25. I am still interested in the basic stuff I was interested in when I was 12: drawing, music, comic books, writing, playing games.

em:

1. I was born outside Buffalo, NY.
2. I’m adopted.
3. I’m an aspiring minimalist. Aspiring meaning I am a slob but want to repent.
4. I started playing piano when I was 9.
5. I don’t like clothes that advertise.
6. I usually get totally obsessed with things, then lose interest in them entirely, like a mosquito.
7. I apparently have a thing for irish-italian girls who took gymnastics and dance and went to catholic school, as that is representative of almost every girl I’ve dated.
8. The more houseplants the merrier.
9. I wasn’t a vegetarian until I lived with Alissa for years and felt stupid about only eating meat when we ate out. Then I read the Buddha Graphic Novels and realized that in our society I don’t need to kill animals to survive, so what’s the point? I do feel bad for the plants though.
10. I make an awesome pizza.
11. I do “Fall Studies” each September where I pick something to obsess about officially. Last Fall was Pizza. It was supposed to be learning the clarinet but I need new pads.
12. The Fall before that was Ruby programming @ Harvard. I flunked but went to all the classes.
13. I am horrible at budgeting money.
14. I am in the process of getting braces for the first time ever.
15. The winter climate is slowly getting on my nerves.
16. I think being a writer or artist is a key to any door you want to open.
17. I hate when people complain it’s too hot in the summer and then complain it’s too cold in the winter.
18. Using an all Mac computer environment has made me much happier on a daily basis.
19. I’m hardcore into DIY. I even wrote a song about it called “Make everything you can.”
20. I spent many years tormenting Alissa using incorrect ellipsis..
21. I’m doing this in part because I want to clog Jarrod’s inbox with more stupid spam memes.
22. This is the first spam meme I think I’ve participated in, and planned to before #21.
23. I’m learning to play Go. I’m obsessing over it, though anything that is 4000 years old and still played has a lot of material to work with.
24. I just started opening paper mail after something like a two year haitus.
25. I am still interested in the basic stuff I was interested in when I was 12: drawing, music, comic books, writing, playing games.