Ben Murphy

George Mason University, Santa Fe High ...Public Schools Are Good

Electioneer

Roman Catholic, DNC, ACLU, SMYAL, PFLAG, New Mexico, Virginia, DC Democratic Parties, Infiniti Q45, Adrian Fenty for Mayor

Government, Trips to Manhattan, clubs, biking, running, Enjoy my X Box when its cold outside and my running shoes when its warm

The Bible, The Cat in The Hat (I can recite it), Thomas Harris (Hannibal, Red Dragon, Silence of the Lambs, Dante's Inferno, Bill Clinton "My Life"

Dave, Independence Day, Something About Marry, Napoleon Dynomite, Mysery, What About Bob, Goodfellas, The Godfather

I'll listen to anything...including country when I'm in the car. Generally my friends dont enjoy my music so they bring (i.e. Shawn P., David F., Aric, Kristin

Hardball with Chris Matthews, Family Guy, Monday Night Football, Simpson, Countdown with Keith Olbermann, Rome, Desparate House Wives

Leo

Nothing I enjoy more than writing about myself, don't you feel the same way? Its never fun to write your own bio, eulogy, resume, ect..

I was born in New Mexico, my parents are still together, they are very liberal, fun, well dress and generally the parents every gay son would want. My mom's side of the family has been in NM for just about 400 years. She is a real estate agent, stunningly beautiful, with impeccable taste for food, wine and dress. My father is a lawyer and a recovered alcoholic, he still mentors new A.A. members. He's also my best friend. I have two siblings, a younger sister and a younger brother. My sister is a student at the University of Arizona and my brother is a very cool pot smoking snow boarder in Colorado. He rarely holds a job - or a cell phone number for long - but he creates beautiful art.

I moved here to Washington, DC in 1998 to attend George Mason University. I found this small state school on a college scouting trip with my mom in high school.

I had decided I wanted to move to Washington, DC when I was in the sixth grade after visiting on a student trip. I fell in love with the way Washington looks like from across the Potomac on the George Washington Parkway. The way the light catches the reflection on the river and shimmers off the bright marble of the Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial.

In 2003, a year after leaving GMU I started my first real, post-college job at a lobbying and consulting firm. It was a terrific job that had me traveling across the country, working too many hours but doing really interesting work for progressive causes. My boss was an old union guy and taught me a lot in that year and half. In 2004, after bumping into Babak at the Fleet Center during the Democratic National Convention I decided to take a job at his firm, I was his loyal assistant until reccently deciding to take a risk and move to Manhattan. I now call this small island home, time for a new adventure!