odd people, laughter, triathlons (sprint and Olympic distance), adventure racing, competitive nose picking, whitewater kayak (Class IV), acoustic guitar, mountain biking, skinny dipping, travel, necking, literature, movies, camping, rollerblading, tennis, squash, road biking, smooching, reading the New York Times cover to cover on Sunday mornings
Music
Quashi A friend of mine just turned me on to this Icelandic band, and they ROCK... They sound like a cross between Beast Boys and Rage Against the Machine, and their music is what drives my adventure racing training right now...
David Wilcox, Ellis Paul, Rufus Wainwright, David Grey, Rage Against The Machine, XTC, Squeeze, Crowded House, Sting, Linkin Park, Evanescence, De La Soul, Death Cab for Cutie, Massive Attack, EBTG, The Postal Service, Depeche Mode, James Taylor
Movies
Dangerous Liaisons, Payback, The Dancer Upstairs, A Few Good Men, Raising Arizona, LA Confidential, The World According to Garp, Heat, The Natural, Bull Durham, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Snatch, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Gross Point Blank, High Fidelity, The Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles, Time Bandits, Fandango, Out of Site, Get Shorty, Swingers, The Princess Bride, Swimming With Sharks, The Usual Suspects, American Beauty, Silence of the Lambs, Monty Python (all of it...), Snatch, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Gross Point Blank, High Fidelity, The Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles, Time Bandits, Fandango, Out of Sight, Get Shorty, Swingers, The Princess Bride, Swimming With Sharks, The Usual Suspects, American Beauty, Silence of the Lambs, Napolean Dynamite, The Matric (only the first one), The Empire Strikes Back, Heat, Gladiator, Ronin, Aliens, The Big Blue
Television
The West Wing, Frontline, Chapelle Show, The Daily Show, Scrubs, Reno 911, Rescue Me
Books
Patrick O'Brian (the Aubry - Maturin series), To Kill a Mockingbird, Kavalier & Clay, A Prayer for Owen Meanie, Horatio Hornblower, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Dune, The Fencing Master, The Dark Tower series (generally not a big Steven King fan, but I've been enthralled by this complex storie for almost a decade)
Heroes
Dr. Martion Luther King Jr., Lance Armstrong, Roland of Gilead, my grandpa,
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD
Graduated: 1995
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Master's Degree
Major: International Relations
1993 to 1995
University Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR
Graduated: 1992
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major: German and Political Science
Minor: Communications
Greek:
Sigma Nu
About me: Tall ( 6'5" ). Moved to Seattle in Nov 03 from San Francisco. I'm spending a lot of time with Rufus, my Rhodesian Ridgeback puppy (check out my blog for details of our adventures). Slightly goofy sense of humor. High energy, but mellow (if that makes any sense). Speak German and Italian (lived in both countries, and have traveled a fair bit). Voracious reader. Lived in NYC for a while, and miss it. Have also lived in DC, Regensburg, Rotterdam, Bologna, and San Francisco. Have taste for Ben & Jerry's New York Super Fudge Chunk (best eaten with a cereal spoon and an oven mit), travel, good conversation and fine company. Am a big believer in active Saturdays and slothful Sundays. Love playing "name that movie quote". Have a weird encyclopedia memory, which enables me to rock at Trivial Pursuit, but regularly dumps where I put my car keys. Am into outdoor activities (mountain biking, hiking, kayaking, and adventure racing, which combines all three).
I'll be doing Primal Quest 2008 with Team Goonies. I'm a bit intimidated and EXTREMELY excited!
Here is another great AR video about EcoChallenge
Here is a video of a race I did up in Quebec in 2006.
Part 2 of the video...
Who I'd like to meet: Looking for training partners (running, swimming, cycling), activity partners (mountain biking, hiking, camping)
