My name is Chris.

I live in Topeka, KS, known for Brown vs. Board of Education, Fred Phelps and Westboro Baptist, and changing its name in 2010 to Google, KS.

I live in an airplane bungalow, a house I share with my girlfriend Jen, her son, her cat, my dog, and a cat who belongs to no one (she's a free agent).

I was born in 1980 in Bartlesville, OK, home of Price Tower, the only skyscraper in the world designed by Frank Lloyd Wright aka my favorite architect. Seeing Fallingwater in person is on my bucket list. Moving back to Oklahoma is not.

My parents moved to Topeka in 1981 and took me with them. I grew up in and around Topeka, graduating from Topeka High School in 1999. I attended Emporia State University for a degree in English and in 2003, joined the AmeriCorps NCCC in Perry Point, MD. In late 2003, I moved to Flagstaff, Arizona where I worked at the mall AND met the love of my life, who is also in this picture.

We all moved back to Kansas together because nothing says "Great place for an interracial, atheist, non-traditionally gendered alternative queer family like the hometown of godhatesfags.com," amiright?

I am good at a number of things. I can assemble prefab furniture with minimal swearing. I am exceptional at procuring ceramic roosters. I know how to read. I have excelled at not beating Super Mario Bros 3 for 20 years and am an accomplished player of no musical instruments.

One time Beth Ditto bought a cigarette from me for $1 outside a concert in Phoenix. I tried to turn down the $1 but she insisted with the proclamation, "No, really. I have a lot of money," which I thought was hilarious. She didn't give me a shout out during the concert, though, which I would have liked a lot more than a dollar. Damn you, Beth Ditto.

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