Q&A
Favorite creatures?
Cats, birds, bats, tarsiers, snails, amphibians (newts, frogs, salamanders, y todos), raccoons, bugs, lemurs, possums, nudibranchs, mice/rats... I really dig learning about microscopic organisms too.
What are you jamming to?
If you want a taste tune in to
Morning Bunz, a monthly
music show I co-host. I usually listen to 'oldies' (mostly from the 40s-70s)
but I understand that term also doesn't quite mean
anything. As I write this in October 2025: I'm on a big Kraftwerk
kick, listening to a lot of nostalgic early to mid aughts rap,
and a ton of percussive dance/pop music from the 80s-present.
Some (wide) genres I enjoy are:
jazz, R&B, soul, samba,
bossa nova, crappy 90s/00s pop,
(old) country,
blues,
grandpa music (como Bobby Darin, Roy Orbison, etc.), various electronic genres (jungle, drum and bass, ambient, etc.),
emotional-guitar-men (Neil Young, Elliott Smith, etc.),
Crazy Frog, folk, cumbia, merengue, disco, funk,
I'd add pop but I feel like that also doesn't actually communicate much,
I have deep fuzzy nostalgia for archaic emo, hardcore, etc. don't make
me type out their dorky subgenres.
I also like finding music based on the instrument used. I really enjoy:
vibraphone, slide guitar, tabla,
tombak/doumbek, santur, neyanba,
various dulcimers
What are you reading?
I am usually reading folktales from around the world.
I particularly enjoy medieval Sufi stories and poetry;
they often have a lot of very playful humor. I like
thinking about how people have always been drawn to
comedy/comedic affects. I also like reading nonfiction
about history, science, and math. I don't read fiction
often anymore, but I'm not a hater.
Favorite scents/notes?
citrus blossoms, gardenia, damascus rose, jasmine (all of the above, irl ONLY)
oud, warm, woody, resin, petrichor, amber, bergamot, vetiver, cedar, cypress, fir, moss, cardamom, pepper, ylang ylang, orange blossom, musk, beeswax, smoke, tobacco, sandalwood, you get the gist.
Favorite season?
It is a tie between autumn and winter. I think spring is objectively the best season... but my personal preference is the tie above. I love the cozy feeling that the cold seasons bring. I don't reside in a snowy place. Winter and autumn just bring rain, which then wakes up all the nature that turned dusty and yellow in the summer. It feels very inspiring each time! I love to see the lively renewal of an environment that appears/appeared so dormant and hopeless.
Favorite nature zone?
I love being in a dense old growth forest, filled with ferns, mushrooms, moss, and all the good stuff. I love how cluttered and alive everything feels there.
Favorite fruit:
nice ripe summer tomatoes
