ALIASES: Bri, Bri-Guy, Uncle B, just plain B

SEX: male

ETHNIC MAKE UP: Half Portuguese, Quarter Irish, Quarter Mish Mash of White Texan Ancestry

NATIONALITY: American- something I'm not ashamed of, despite my concern over the increasing imperialism of our government

AGE: 31

PLACE OF RESIDENCE: Orange County, California

OCCUPATIONS IN MY LIFE: sign holder, landscape gardener, miniature train conductor (you betcha!), security guard, video store clerk, caretaker of disabled kids, essayist, tutor

BENEFACTORS: Me mum

MARITAL STATUS: Bachelor

SEXUAL ORIENTATION: I have a certain kinship with Jack Twist and Ennis Del Mar

POLITICAL ORIENTATION: Coming from a background of liberalism, but commited to dialogue

POLITICAL PARTY: most recently a Democrat

PROPOSED NEW POLITICAL CATEGORY: Bleeding Heart Centrist (Listen, love, and learn, and maybe we'll be able to overcome the insidious "culture wars")

DESIRE FOR AMERICA: Renewed respect for the Constitution, reverence for all human life, greater decency among our leaders, and less bitterness and fear among the population at large.

RELIGIOUS ORIENTATION: Roman Catholic Christian

SPIRITUAL STATUS: a dying believer in the Living God, a fallen believer in the Risen Christ, a sinful member of the Holy Church

MORAL STATUS: a (sometimes) penitent sinner and recovering drug addict; pray for me, I've quite often been a mess

GREATEST LOVES: Beauty, Goodness, and Truth (especially Beauty)

GREATEST DREADS: Loneliness, Ennui, Death, Cruelty Toward the Gentle and Vulnerable, Elitism, Religious bigotry, Antireligious bigotry

SOCIAL STATUS: Cool Nerd/ Spirited Loser/ Intelligent Fool

TALENTS: drawing, writing, thinking, talking, singing

SUCKS AT: most things practical and/or lucrative

PERSONAL TRAITS ON A GOOD DAY: smart, entertaining, compassionate

PERSONAL TRAITS ON A BAD DAY: narcissistic, desperate, withdrawn and hopeless

GENERAL INTERESTS: Music, joking around, adventure and exploration, theology, philosophy, psychology, the mystery of Reality

FAVORITE MUSIC: Doo Wop, Soul music, the Beatles, the Smiths and other 80's bands, the Strokes, the Killers

FAVORITE COMEDIANS: Chris Farley, Paul Mooney, Dave Chapelle, Chris Pontius and Steve-O

FAVORITE PLACES: Los Angeles, Death Valley, Mexico, Rome, and Yosemite National Park

MOST WELL LOVED CELEBRITY: Heath Ledger

HEART THROBS: Blink-182 and Jake Gyllenhaal

FAVORITE SPORT: I dislike most sports, but I really love hiking; additonally, I will climb up just about anything to impress my friends- plus I'm good at using bamboo Japanese fencing swords to scare the hell out of people

SOURCE OF SUPPORT: Family

SOURCE OF CONSOLATION: Friends

SOURCE OF MERCY AND SALVATION: The One True God, having given himself to us in Jesus Christ; the prayerful intercession of friends on earth, purgatory, and in heaven

SOURCE OF ENLIGHTENED GUIDANCE: the Roman Catholic Church

SOURCE OF CONTINUAL DISMAY: Worldly Existence as we know it; the stubborn ways of my own poor heart

GOAL IN LIFE: To find joy, love, and beauty, to help others, and somehow (over the rainbow and just past Big Rock Candy Mountain) to find my vulnerable little self right in the middle of Paradise