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About me

Gender Male
Industry Non-Profit
Occupation Alumni Affairs officer
Location San Francisco, California, United States
Introduction I'm a 30 year old San Francisco resident by way of Virginia, currently working as an alumni affairs officer at a major research university in the Bay Area. I mainly write about politics, sports, music, and culture. I am a 1999 graduate of the University of Virginia with a degree in Foreign Affairs. I am hoping to begin a master's degree program in Journalism in the next few years.
Interests Virginia Cavaliers, bourbon, jazz, black & white photography, foreign affairs and politics, music, writing, reading, sports (NFL, college and pro football, college basketball)
Favorite Movies High Fidelity, Ghostbusters, The Big Lebowski, Clerks, Old School, The Shawshank Redemption, Lost in Translation, All the President's Men
Favorite Music U2, CCR, Tom Petty, The Walkmen, A Girl Called Eddy, Rachel Yamagata, Jack Johnson, Ben Harper, Thievery Corporation, Coldplay, Common, John Legend, DMB, Aqualung, Jeff Buckley, Kanye West, My Morning Jacket, French Kicks, Bloc Party, Ed Harcourt, Ray LaMontagne, Iron & Wine, Howie Day, Trashcan Sinatras, Kings of Convenience, Bruce Springsteen, Van Morrison, Rolling Stones, The Beatles, hip hop, anything from Motown or other classic soul, Sam Cooke, most forms of jazz, British Invasion
Favorite Books Going Nucular, Sex, Drugs & Coco Puffs, High Fidelity, Don't Think of An Elephant!, All the President's Men, Tropic of Cancer, From Beirut to Jerusalem, The Grapes of Wrath, In Our Time, Dispatches, Charlie Wilson's War, The Many Aspects of Mobile Home Living, What's the Matter with Kansas?, Home Land, Franklin & Winston, The World is Flat, Culture War?, The Tipping Point, To Hate Like This Is To Be Happy Forever, The Undercover Economist, Crashing the Gate