I like liquid forms and sunny faces

I am a(n)

individual

City

Cambridge

State

MA

Zip

02139

Date I Joined Fight With Tools

June 26, 2008

Gender

Male

Sexual Orientation

West

Racial/Ethnic Background

American Mutt

About Me

I was born in Suffern, New York, and spent my first 4 years in a gated community called Tuxedo Lake Park. When I was 5, we moved to Cambridge, MA. I attended Shady Hill School, a private elementary school in Cambridge that shaped much of my personality today. Exceptionally open, academically intense, socially oriented, physically inquisitive, Shady Hill was a fantastic experience. Another forming element of my character has been my family life. My parents divorced when I was seven. The middle of three children, we often battled amongst ourselves for scarce material and emotional resources. I attended Cambridge Rindge and Latin High School. My dad remarried a wonderful woman named Valerie, and they had a son named Alexander. I left for Colorado, and attended the University of Denver. I took a year off after my freshman year, and was a lift operator at Vail before travelling to Santa Cruz, CA. I learned a great deal about activism and radical community engagement. I returned to DU, and started a program called Free Skool. I helped plan the Peace Jam 10th Anniversery (where I saw the Flobots for the first time.) I ran for student senate and won. My senior year, I was extremely engaged. I studied Digital Media at the University. After that senior year, I spent a year in Denver, floating around the community. I lived in an intentional house (mad house) called Fort Stupid, learning more about community involvement. I recently moved back to Boston to live with my family. I am finishing my degree (I never quite finished it ;-)) and am looking to get a high paying job in high technology or biotechnology sales. In the mean time, I am spending plenty of time on the beach with my little bro Xander.

How I would like to change the world:

I would like to get large amounts of money and found autonomous zones.

I would like to train the next generation to be heroes.

I would like to break people free with art.

Tools I Have

I am exceptionally knowledgable about all subjects technological. My dad is an internet entrepreneur. He started his first internet business in 1994. I have grown up in environments surrounded by networked computers. Recently, I have approached technology from a spiritual perspective. I understand it's place in society. I know it's boundaries, thanks in large part to my friends letting me know when I go over them in my advocacy. I have become a huge advocate of appropriate technology.

I am a people person. I can talk and listen for hours. I can cold approach people very easily. I enjoy meeting strangers. I can emphathize very well. People are drawn to me, and I am drawn to them. I am extremely easy to get along with. I know lots of terrific people.

I am a romantic. I become passionatley engaged in things. I still see the big picture while being wrapped up in things.

I am smart. I learn new subjects quickly. I have a photographic memory.

I am driven. I wake up early. I have many leather bound books, and my apartment smells of rich mahogony.

I understand the balance between economics and progress.

Tools I Need

Money.

More like minded community members in the Boston area.

Favorite Bands

The Flobots, Nas, Kanye, Jay Z, Common, Talib Kweli, Mos Def, RHCP, Gogol Bordello, Nirvana, A Silver Mt. Zion, The Clash, the list goes on and on...

What issues are you most passionate about?

yes