Reads voraciously,
especially historical novels.
Has played at playing
the piano for over 20 years.
Loves traveling,
even on business.
Loves antique & modern
orchestral music and classical guitar.
Is only marginally
aware, at best, of any given aspect of pop culture.
Loves art, good art,
and will not hestitate to offer his humble opinions.
Ditto design.
Spent the better
past of my youth drawing, even did a stint in college as an architectural
illustrator for extra cash.
Secretly
yearned to be an architect.
Climbed a fire tower
(more than once) in college to drink beer, howl at the moon and
sing Johnny Cash songs with best friend who played a mean three-string
guitar.
Often remembers,
just before going to sleep, how it fresh the world looked with
the chilly early morning mist and sunlight on the water when first
unzipping the tent and stepping out into the morning on a camping
trip taken nearly ten years ago.
Has had his heart
broken only once, and that was enough for one decade.
Attempts to maintain
a self-study of French to keep in mind a different way of looking
at the world.
Wishes his muscial
sight-reading would improve without rigorous exercise. Regrets
that will never happen.
Wishes he packed
twently more pounds of muscle without exercise. Also regrets that
will never happen.
Loved the films Shakespeare
in Love and Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead and
hides these facts from his former English professors.
Loves Peter Gabriel,
Sting, Laurie Anderson, Everything but the Girl, Edith Piaf, Cole
Porter.
Secretly wishes he
had the patience, inclination and proper facilities to cook.
Supresses urge to
rent movies with subtitles with friends.
Cannot abide bare
walls.
