I’m a homo, single, non-scene, former military (still kinda, hint to sport). Mac man, don’t know nothing about no PCs.
I’m a low carbon footprint kind of guy, defines my lifestyle, bike and public transport around town, don’t eat beef to minimize greenhouse methane production, but with continued deep remorse and internal reflection, I haven’t been able to get foods manufactured from the pressed curds of lacteal fluids extracted from the female of the bovine species out of my diet.
I try to keep exceptionally good care of things, so that they stay in good condition to have a long life so they don’t need to be replaced with new. For example, we don’t use steel utensils with stainless steel cookware, or else it gets scratched; use wooden ones, instead. Applies to my body, also.
I’ve got little to no tolerance for greed, conspicuous consumption, or leaches of society at both ends of the spectrum, not a fan of substance abuse nor abusers, including EtOH and THC.
I have severe allergies triggered by some fragrances and tobacco, including “third hand” (the byproducts absorbed on skin and clothing that makes smokers wreak but they don’t know it because they can’t smell it on themselves). I prefer being outside.
I get the NY Times M-F when I am in town.
I often have music/NPR on low in the background (FIP, KCRW or KDFC or KQED). I don’t like anything loud. I want to hear all the notes, and consequently wear hearing protection on when at street fairs, on BART, on planes, in movie theaters for action films, or on the rare occasion when I go out to bars.
I periodically take in (with your concurrence) a carefully selected and screened CouchSurfer for a few days, usually a student or young professional from a foreign land who would truly appreciate the opportunity to crash on a local’s office futon and explore SF by Bike.
Most of my local friends are runners whom I met at SFFR. Most of my non-local friends are alumni from my college, and many of them like to crash here when they get the opportunity for a port call in SF.
I’m pretty proud of my pizza, my purple, my public service, my people who are my friends, and perhaps a few other things that start with “P.”
I’m an engineer in other jurisdictions (never took CA PE exam), and I am a California state licensed general contractor but have never contracted with anyone.
I had a full-ride scholarship through college as a varsity athlete at a non-Ivy League public liberal arts college. My only competition was Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Georgetown, Harvard, MIT, Penn, Princeton, and Yale. I never raced with or against Brown. Bonus points if you can figure out my sport.
I’m very active in a myriad of public benefit non-profit organizations local and national. I’m the former president of the neighborhood association who immediately preceded our state senator. One hat has me traveling extensively in the winter and spring.
Substituting the words “work” “eat” “sleep” “work” “exercise” or “sex” for “drink” in this questionnaire, I am probably a workaholic, foodaholic, sleepaholic, workaholic, exerciseaholic. I probably am not an alcoholic.
Ya, I’m apparently also a Donkey Hole. I get called names now and then, for innocent actions as:
- Photographing Über cars parked in and blocking the Bike lane, hence forcing me to ride around them into the traffic
- Telling SUV drivers they are going the wrong way down a one way street
- Tossing my stuff into the TSA x-ray machine because the person in front of me has yet to take off their jacket and empty their pockets of their iPhone and wallet
- Asking the woman who tossed her cigarette butt onto the sidewalk in front of our home to “please pick it up and properly dispose of it” so I wouldn’t have to
- Asking a dog walker to not let his dog pee on the rear sprocket & chain of my Bike
If you think you spotted grammar or spelling errors on any of these pages, they were intentional. Once you get to know me, you’ll see that I’m kinda like a haven’t-tried-pot-yet Anna Madrigal. And obviously from all of the above, a very serious and happy person.
Now, about you