CURRENT MISSION

Being Present

ABOUT ME

An oxymoron, by name and personality. Simultaneously aloof and neurotic. Curious.

PHILOSOPHY

Smarter people have said it better than me:

"Intrigue, after all, is rational, something the mind can sink its teeth into, and defeat it with the good digestion of reason, a hopeless prospect for the toothless heart, and God only knows what innocence will do next."
-Pg. 405 "The Recognitions"

"We are shown how to fashion masks of ennui and jaded irony at a young age where the face is fictile enough to assume the shape of whatever it wears. And then it’s stuck there, the weary cynicism that saves us from gooey sentiment and unsophisticated naïveté. … What passes for hip cynical transcendence of sentiment is really some kind of fear of being really human, since to be really human (at least as he conceptualizes it) is probably to be unavoidably sentimental and naïve and goo-prone and generally pathetic.”
-DFW, "IJ"

"You must take your chance on what you are. And you can't sit still. I know this double poser, that if you make a move you may lose but if you sit still you will decay. But what will you lose? You will not invent better than God or nature or turn yourself into the man who lacks no gift or development before you make the move. This is not given to us."
-Saul Bellow, "The Adventures of Augie March"

"To the man who has lost in love, what will help him? An explanation?"
-LW

Interests

Outdoors, Art, Science, Music, Movies, Sports

• arts
• fashion
• movies
• music
• outdoor activities
• sports
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

Music ranges from country to rap. Classical to Indie

My favorite books all seem to be written in the 1900s, more specifically, the 1950s and later.

Before Sunrise/Sunset, High Fidelity, Eternal Sunshine...