age: 26 (Sep 10, 1985)

MEMBER SINCE: March 2005

occupation: idealist (aspiring grad student)

stats: 5' 7", 165 lbs, myopia

fantasy: Banging a drum and singing my ass off with the Polyphonic Spree

crush: Aubrey Plaza

heroes: Tim O'Reilly, Dan Higgs

sign: something clever, certainly

body mods: Hollowmen on chest, work in progress of Dante's Inferno creeping up my right leg, five-legged elephant on left shoulderblade. PG County/Washington, DC, outline on left upper arm. many more to come. Consult pics section.

i lost my virginity: and then lay awake for an hour and half thinking "If she ever turns into a zombie, I'm going to have to kill her and it's going to be really emotional. Shit." Not kidding.

makes me happy: coffee, stout, IPA, scotch whiskey, good friends, garlic, ginger(s), drone music, contact microphones, arcades with vast rows of pinball machines, collaboration, good tippers, foggy mornings, parentheses, the word "myriad," friendly open-mics, geeky shit, art, frugality.

most humbling moment: getting beaten and robbed that one time, trying and failing (but eventually succeeding) to quit smoking, trying and failing (but eventually succeeding) to graduate from college

into: music, drums, effects pedals, feedback, drones, the jawharp, bowed metal, photography, drawing, printmaking, psychology, sociology, criminology, feminism, queer theory, dogs & cats, UrbEx, SubUrbEx, music trivia, listening to and making music, watching and making movies, public radio, DC, NYC, PDX, B-Town, Cinci, SF