starting over

I’m completely changing my friendster profile, so here is what I USED to say about myself. Y’know, for posterity (or as Yuki would say, “Posteriority”.)

Hometown: The Midwest. Yes, all of it.

Occupation:Actor/Teacher/Ruffian

Interests:Acting, directing, stage managing, dying my hair, performance art, teaching, painting, make-up art, drinking, drawing, singing, dancing (and boys who can dance), sleeping, tattoos, piercings, kissing, Glenlivet, Lucky Strike Lights, Sriracha chili sauce.

Favorite Music:The Josh Joplin Group, Poe, Prodigy, Suzanne Vega, Busta Rhymes, The Goondocks, The So and So’s, Concrete Blonde, Princess Superstar, Lamya, Audioslave, Ivory Smith, Roger Miller, Evanescence, QOTSA, Ted Leo/Pharmacists, MC Paul Barman

Favorite Books:Waking the Moon (Elizabeth Hand), The Secret History (Donna Tartt), The Guide to Getting It On (Seriously, have you read this book?), Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Edward Albee), Adrienne Rich, Pablo Neruda, T.S. Eliot

Favorite TV Shows:Sifl & Olly, Six Feet Under, Inside the Actors Studio, Buffy, The Real World, Conan O’Brien. Recently, I’m obsessed with Queer Eye for the Straight Guy - Especially any episode in which Carson falls down.

Favorite Movies:Kill Bill, Hackers, Death to Smoochy, Willow, Birdy, Spice World, The Matrices, Xanadu, Evil Dead 2, Snatch, any movie with me in it, and Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. I like my movies either GREAT or campy and mock-able.

About Me:I’m an actor and preschool teacher in Seattle - I also teach at the Children’s Theatre dramaschool and do fun stuff (mmm, fire and chemicals) with Mad Science. {Editor’s note: Sadly, Mad Science of Seattle went belly-up on Nov. 5, so I’m going to have to play with chemicals in the privacy of my own home. RIP, fun-ass place to work. My weekends won’t be the same without you. Of course, I DID get to keep that sexy lab coat…} I’m an Annex Theatre company member, but I’ll act for whoever will let me. I do the “broke as a joke” look with style and dig the life of a starving artist. I have “Beauty is Terror” tattooed onto my body, to make sure I don’t forget. My friends are either math dorks or music dorks or science dorks or art dorks or theatre dorks or computer dorks, but they’re all definitely dorks. (Of course, it takes one to know one.) The more you know: www.annextheatre.org/ (My theatre company) or www.exitheatre.com/ (7 Strangers) or www.livegirlstheater.org/ (Pioneer Square Ladies) or www.stagedirect.com/massmurder (Watch my trailer!)

Who I Want to Meet:God, I don’t know. Raise your hand if you’re fun to hang out with - okay, you in the back. Yeah, you.

Okay, now it’s your turn. What about you?