About

Um, have we met? Maybe. If I look familiar, you may be confusing me with Alan Ruck.

Who the hell is Alan Ruck? Duh, he’s Cameron Frye, from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.

What is all this Gone South nonsense? I moved down to South America, where I am an Urban Youth Development Volunteer in the Peace Corps.

What country are you living in? Can Sarah Palin see it from her house? I doubt it. I’m in Paraguay.

But Paraguay is next to Russia, right? Not quite. See the map below:

I live in the International Space Station. Can you give me your coordinates so I can check out your site from space? Not really sure what my coordinates are, but you can check out my site on Google Earth.

What’s the deal with this word “Skipper”? You a big Gilligan’s Island fan or what? Its a nickname that caught on in college for unknown reasons. I tried my hand at rowing in college, but gave up after a semester. (Waking up at 5 in the morning isn’t really conducive to a normal freshman’s social life). Nevertheless, the name stuck amongst my friends from college.

And college was where? I went to school at the University of San Diego.

Oh, San Diego State! I went partying there once and lost a pinky toe in a freak keg-stand accident! Sorry to hear that. And no, the University of San Diego.

Pirates or ninjas? Ninjas. The whole pirate thing is tired.

What’s your jam? I love indie rock, indie pop, and any music that contains clapping. Pinback, TV On The Radio, Modest Mouse, Tapes ‘n Tapes, Broken Social Scene, Arcade Fire, The Rural Alberta Advantage, Black Mountain, The New Pornographers, and Metric are a few of the faves.

Any horrible fears? Snakes, possessed children in horror movies, and Dick Cheney. 

Do any of those things exist in Paraguay? Snakes.