"Believe it or not, Cincinnati has a small but respectable ski hill."

"An adventurous, somewhat left of the political center twenty something"

"I got tired of living my life in a constant state of emergency."

The fact that I'm out there enough to plan a trip like this isn't enough insight into who I am?

OK. I'm 28, and lived most recently in Cincinnati, Ohio. I grew up in Jonesville, Virginia, a tiny tiny town in the mountains of the tip end of the state sandwiched between Tennessee and Kentucky.

"Feed for the Insatiable Appetite"
In the past six years I've worked for six television stations, moved nine times, and hiked over 500 miles of the Appalachian Trail. I've worked as a TV news reporter, an anchor, and most recently as a promotion producer for the NBC station in Cincinnati. The listless nature of this trip is nothing new.

"Upright and Locked Position "
As with all TV types, I sometimes struggle to have a life outside work. Mary Alice Williams once said "Television requires ten to twelve hours per day in the full upright and locked position." Basically, if I'm not working, I'm sleeping, on the computer, or doing something outdoors. Probably either running about five miles a day, mountain biking, or hiking somewhere.

My first love, though, is skiing. I started as a kid on the icy mountains of North Carolina, and after a childhood of sucking at pretty much every other sport, it's something I'm actually good at. Believe it or not, Cincinnati has a very small but respectable ski hill. Still, a couple of trips west or northeast each winter are a must when you're stuck in the Midwest.

If you're wondering how an adventurous twenty-something landed in a conservative town like Cincinnati, it was a long road... or actually a fairly short road with many curves, stops, and detours. I went to college to be a TV news reporter and anchor. I did that for about three years in Johnson City, Tennessee; Altoona, Pennsylvania; and Raleigh, North Carolina.

"The Creative, Behind the Scenes Side of Things"
I got tired living my life in a constant state of emergency, as is required by the news business, and quit what was a fantastic job for someone my age at the NBC station in Raleigh. I took about six months hiking the Appalachian Trail and visiting friends and family, then got back into television on the creative, behind-the-scenes side of things. The CBS station in Peoria, Illinois was willing to take a chance on me and I stayed there for almost a year, when my current boss came calling. I spent a little over four years there.

Since no one has offered me a princely advance for my memoirs, I'm guessing I'm pretty much writing to myself here. If for some ungodly reason this isn't enough about me, do check out the details for more than you could ever possibly want to know.