*I take my coffee black and have done so since the age of twelve.
*I have a finger twitch and bite my nails--neither bad habit I've been able to remedy.
*I think there is nothing more fascinating than the English language.
*I have a strange and completely useless memory: I can memorize poems, passages of prose, and movie scripts after having read or heard them about two times, but unless I look down every now and again, I wouldn't be able to remember what shirt I'm wearing.
*I have a deep passion for the motion picture, and have been deemed a "snob" by several of my contemporaries and family members; however, I think my affinity for Star Wars and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles disproves that myth. In any case, some film-artists I like include Ingmar Bergman, Frederico Fellini, Jean-Luc Godard, Jean Cocteau, and Chuck would most likely say I'm bluffing, but I think Michaelangelo Antonioni is fun, as well.
*I'm vastly fascinated with John Merrick--both his biographical and fictitious life.
*I like Earl Gray tea, Pinot Grigio, and Peanuts cartoons.
*I'm absurdly shy and, at times, overly polite.
*I think poetry is the most elegant form of literature.
*Black-and-white will always be more appealing than color.
*I like egg-plant, art rock music, and the color green.
*I have a cat, Lenore, that only pays attention to me when my roommate isn't home. Some way or another, I think this is symbolic.
*I see Niko Endres and Grace Bruenderman everywhere I go--they're valued members of my karass.
*I like Kurt Vonnegut's use of simple language and plain speech. He's also the reason I know the word "karass." Other authors I like include Vladimir Nabokov, J.D. Salinger, Kenneth Koch, Frank O'Hara, Anne Sexton, Yukio Mishima, and Ilya Kaminsky.
*I have a sixth edition Picture of Dorian Gray with the original binding, a pamphlet handed out at a T.S. Eliot reading, and five frames of celluloid from The Elephant Man. If I let you touch these things, it means I like you.
*On that note, I try very hard to like everyone I come in contact with and I am generally successful at this task. In this regard, I think that people are too hard on one another--myself included.
*I'm boring.
