likely if you're at this site you already know who i am. but who knows maybe you just surfed on in here, or my name popped up in a google search engine. maybe you were visting a site i created and followed a link.

however you got here, most of what i would call "personal" can be found on my blog page. the blog (when its updated) generally has what's on my mind and recent news about my life. but for those looking for more about me i offer the answers from an email questionaire a friend sent me.

i think sums me up pretty well. these responses are from a couple of years ago so where things have changed i've made a [ note ] of it. its not quite the actor's studio questions but you get the idea.
LIVING ARRANGEMENT:
the edgewater neighborhood in chicago

[ formerly lincoln square neighborhood in chicago ]

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT OUIJA BOARDS?
not much.

YOUR FAVORITE T.V. SHOW:
bones, the closer

[ these days sarah and i really like to watch shows on dvd ]

WHAT'S ON YOUR MOUSE PAD?
no more need for mouse pads, we got the mac pro mouse that uses a laser not a ball

[ vincent van goh's starry night ]

FAVORITE BOARD GAME:
monopoly or trivial pursuit

[ a great game sarah's family introduced me to called acquire ]

FAVORITE MAGAZINE:
theonion.com ( i know its not technically a magazine )

BEST PART:
it's consistently damn funny

FAVORITE SOUNDTRACK:
passion/music from the last temptation of Christ by peter gabriel

FAVORITE SMELLS:
vanilla, the ocean

WORST FEELING IN THE WORLD:
doing #2 and then realizing you're out of tp.

BEST FEELING IN THE WORLD:
hanging out w/my friends anywhere

FIRST THING YOU THINK WHEN YOU WAKE UP IN THE A.M.:
brush my teeth or shower?

ROLLER COASTER - SCARY OR EXCITING?
exciting

HOW MANY RINGS BEFORE YOU ANSWER THE PHONE?
answering machines are so nice. . .

FUTURE DAUGHTER'S NAME:
other than ruling out bertha i haven't thought about it

[ her name is zoe ]

FUTURE SON'S NAME:
i like alex, but that's not set in stone either

FAVORITE FOODS:
pizza, steak & mashed potatoes

CHOCOLATE OR VANILLA?
tough one. chocolate shakes, but vailla ice cream if its a cone or bowl.

DO YOU LIKE TO DRIVE?
i love it

DO YOU SLEEP WITH A STUFFED ANIMAL?
that's just way too personal

STORMS - COOL OR SCARY:
indoors=cool outdoors=scary.

WHAT TYPE WAS YOUR FIRST CAR?
trans-am (mattel hot wheels)

IF YOU COULD MEET ANYONE DEAD OR ALIVE - WHO WOULD IT BE:
too many (see below) i also think the dead thing is a cop out. dead is dead. the conversation would be just a trifle one sided.

FAVORITE ALCOHOLIC DRINK:
maker's mark on the rocks, but i do like a good scotch

DO YOU EAT THE STEMS OF BROCCOLI?
yep.

IF YOU HAD ANY JOB YOU WANTED, WHAT WOULD IT BE?
host of a "charlie rosesque" or later with bob costas-like tv show. and on that show i'd get to meet LIVING people i'd want to talk to: van morrison, laurence fishbourne, bono, m. jordan, shelby foote, etc. etc.

[ so long shelby (1916-2005); as homer was to the illiad you were to the civil war ]

IF YOU COULD DYE YOUR HAIR ANY COLOR, WHAT WOULD IT BE?
hair, what hair?

HAVE YOU EVER BEEN IN LOVE?
truly, madly, deeply

WHAT IS ON THE WALLS OF YOUR ROOM?
john coltrane/blue train, van gogh/starry night, mattisse/icarare, corbijn/U2 concert, lots of pictures of my friends & family, a wine sack from spain

[ edward hopper painting "the long leg" ]

IS THE GLASS HALF EMPTY OR HALF FULL?
my cup runneth over. . .

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE SNAPPLE?
lemon ice tea

FAVORITE MOVIES:
Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, English Patient, Cool Hand Luke, Star Wars, The Godfather 1 and 2, Glory, Heat, Pulp Fiction, 12 Angry Men, Casablanca, Millers Crossing, City of God, and the Big Lebowski.

ARE YOU A LEFTY, RIGHTY, OR AMBIDEXTROUS:
righty

DO YOU TYPE WITH YOUR FINGERS ON THE RIGHT KEYS?
yep, except for the #s

WHAT'S UNDER YOUR BED?
an old star wars lunchbox, harmonica, notebook

[ ah, remember those posters that used to hang on my wall? ]

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE NUMBER?
22

FAVORITE SPORT TO WATCH:
professional & college football