Thinkit: How Did This Happen

What is your connection to Indiana?  Do you live someplace near Indianapolis?

I live in or near Seattle, WA.

How did you become involved in an Indiana-themed Blog project?

It’s Heidi Gluck’s fault.  She shared the link on her Facebook and I took the bait.

Have you ever been to Indiana?

Yes!  I lived in Chicago for four years and worked for Amtrak during most of that time so I’ve crossed through the state on innumerable occasions on my way to points east.

How about Indianapolis?  What is your interest in or connection to?

Kurt Vonnegut and the 2012 WNBA Champion INDIANA FEVER!  Go Feve!  I can’t wait to see them at the White House meeting the pres next summer.  OMG.  Coach Dunn is the best and the funniest in the freakin’ league.  They had such a great season.  NOBODY thunk it.

How long have you lived in or around Seattle?

Um, since 1996, so … (pause for math) sixteen years and counting.

Are you a Washington native?

CALIFORNIA, baby. 

How did you become interested in blogging?

I’ve felt that Facebook and (dating myself) MySpace were not risky enough.  I wanted to put my name on something that could generate more heat.

What do you do, most days?

Get on the bus and commute across Lake Washington from Kirkland to Seattle where I work for a crazy Internet and Real Estate and Space Launch company that also owns several local sports franchises.  I usually read on the bus in the morning and listen to music on the way home.  It’s like, an hour each way (blurggggggh).  I am a technology professional.

Where do you see yourself in five years?

I would like to be retired from the daily grind, playing bass with a couple of bands and making jewelry from a 500lb cache of semi-precious stones I inherited from my grandpa about twenty years ago.

Word association:

Internet: bogus
Ideas: borrowed
Bicycle: dusty but serviceable
Sandwich: bahn mi
Ballard: Avenue

What is your favorite area of Seattle or nearby?

I work in the ID (International District) which is very colorful but I’m kind of fond of the Interbay, Myrtle Edwards Park area.  I love the trains and the water and the mountains and the sunsets.  It's world-class lovely.

What bands and/or musicians?

Local bands: Kissing Potion, Good For You, Soul Senate, Thaddillac, Cascadia Ten
National or non-local: Juliana Hatfield, Nada Surf, Carolyn Wonderland, Sarah Morrow, Fanny Franklin, Catherine Popper, Savoy Brown, Aimee Mann

Anything else worth mentioning?

I love my dog, Chloe, and my wife, Annemarie.  I’m a lucky duck.