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Hello. I am the Wikipedian known as Davidals, 41-year-old native of North Carolina; I've lived in Charlotte, Boone, Chapel Hill and Carrboro. Alongside varied sporadic Wikipedia contributions, beginning roundabout 2004, I've contributed to a handful of other publications and several online sites, with cultural studies, music, film and literature as key areas of focus.

I'm a pisces, a Meyers-Briggs INTP, born in the year of the rooster.

Jobs held have included writing film & music reviews, purchasing for a music distribution company, varied levels of retail, editing for publication, multi-tasking in a food co-op, and touring bassist for a rock/punk band. I began playing bass guitar when I was 17. I am listed as a contributor to the Senses Of Cinema film journal; varied bits of writing appear on several not-especially prestigious websites.

My extended family at present can be found in New York, New Jersey, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Wisconsin and California; various family members have - at some point in time - lived in Jamaica, Lebanon, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, The Philippines, and France. I love to travel though it doesn't happen nearly as often as I would like. Thus far, I've visited 17 states in the U.S., 86 of the 100 counties in North Carolina, and 4 other countries. There are many, many places in the world I would love to see.

In 1998, the PBS series P.O.V. aired the documentary Family Name (directed by New York-based filmmaker Macky Alston), which investigated in depth the family history and genealogy of both the black and white sides of my paternal family lineage. I am a distant cousin to artists Romare Bearden and Charles Alston.