Writing a self-description for an “About Me" section is surprisingly difficult. I’m not a writer, but I write. I haven’t published any books, yet I’ve written thousands of articles—covering film, music, reading, and the things I care about. When it comes to reading, I consider myself an “ordinary reader,” clearly borrowing from Virginia Woolf’s title. I’m not particularly adept at social graces, but I believe writing allows me to be someone less bound by the mundane. After years of reviewing films and music, conducting interviews, and essentially telling other people’s stories, I’ve decided to return to my own room—perhaps to write a novel, an essay, or a script. I’m Ethan—maybe someone you’ve come across in a newspaper column or on the liner notes of an album.

寫一段「關於我」的自我介紹，出乎意料地困難。

boyethan、(OR)伊森、Je suis Ethan，我有各種名字。

我不是作家，但我一直在寫作。我還沒有出版過任何一本書，卻已經寫下數千篇文章，內容涵蓋電影、音樂、閱讀，以及所有我在乎的事物。

談到閱讀，我始終認為自己只是個「普通讀者」——這個說法當然借用了維吉尼亞・吳爾芙《普通讀者》（The Common Reader）的書名。我並不擅長社交，也不是一個善於應對人情世故的人，但我相信，寫作讓我成為一個不那麼受日常瑣碎束縛的人。

多年來，我評論電影與音樂、採訪創作者，說到底，始終都在述說別人的故事。如今，我決定回到屬於自己的房間，或許是為了寫一本小說、一篇散文，或是一部劇本。

我是 Ethan。也許你曾在報紙專欄裡讀過我的文字，或是在某張專輯的內頁文案中看過我的名字。