Aaron Ridings

What is your name?
Aaron Michael Ridings

How long have you lived in Portland?
Last 7 years

Do you consider Portland your hometown?
Yes

What is the first time you noticed that Gayness existed?
I had 2 gay uncles

What is the first time you noticed this about yourself?
In 2nd grade I asked my mother for school clothes made from gold lame fabric

What would you consider a guilty pleasure?
Lattees

You’re having a dinner party of 6 , whom would you invite?
JFK, Obama, Toni Morrison, Pura Fe, Harvey Milk, Thomas Jefferson

What would you consider a perfect meal?
Baconne dolce

What would be a perfect day off?
Reading a book at Powell’s with a cup of coffee

Favorite color?
Green

Favorite book?
Hollywood be Gore Vidal

Favorite movie?
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Favorite word?
Justice

Least favorite word?
Discrimination

Favorite swear word?
Frack (from Battle Star)

What is your profession?
I Work for Multnomah County

If you could with a snap of a finger what would another profession you would like to do?
I like what I am doing now

What is a sound you love?
My sonar beep on my blackberry, telling me I have received a text

If you were to be reincarnated as anyone or anything what or whom would that be?
A cowboy

Whom would you like to meet dead or alive?
Jesus

What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Good company and doing the things I love