My parents were hippies. They met at an ashram, where they were studying how to be enlightened.

This doesn't seem like one of those 'truth will set you free' situations.

I'm a musical theater aficionado, a.k.a. loser.

I'm an east coaster, you know, I'm brought up in Toronto where it's very much like, kind of a miniature New York in that there's a subway and you're surrounded by people a lot and, you know, you bump into people and you have interactions and you communicate and la la la.