6 things about me:

1. A friend of mine recently told me: "I wish I could put your sense of reason in a bottle and serve it to people."

2. I consider myself an introvert, but some have disagreed with this — I also love meeting new people and having long, interesting conversations. Anyway, I do date extroverts!

3. I've been a vegetarian since I was 10. Don't worry, I get plenty of protein, iron, zinc, and vitamin B12. (I just had a nutritional screening. Surprisingly, I'm a bit low on potassium — a good excuse to eat even more avocados and bananas.)

4. I've decided to prioritize being happy and well-adjusted (which applies to myself and others). I've seen too many bright, original people hold themselves back with neuroses and angst.

5. I'm ethnically Jewish but not at all religious.

6. I tend to think and talk in paragraphs rather than sentences.

At the beginning of 2011, I got a job in the city and moved here. I work for a state appellate court, doing a job that's close to perfect-for-me. In my free time lately, I've been recording some music.

Playing guitar. Questioning assumptions. Civil discussions about controversial issues.

My hazel eyes and the fact that I look younger than I am.

Books: Lots of nonfiction. Lately I've been reading a lot of economics and philosophy. I used to read more straight-up analytical philosophy, but the books I've been reading lately might be better described as "wisdom": Human, All Too Human by Nietzsche, The Conquest of Happiness by Bertrand Russell, and the Discourses by Epictetus.

Movies: Woody Allen, Hitchcock, Kubrick, Back to the Future, classic comedies.

TV shows: The Office, Seinfeld, Stella, The State, Arrested Development, I'm Alan Partridge, Saxondale. (Those last two are both British sitcoms starring Steve Coogan — I've been delving into his work after seeing him in the movie The Trip.)

Music: I'm open to almost anything, and I don't worry about picking music to fit my personality or the times. I love classical, jazz, rock, Motown, and more. A few favorites: the Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Buddy Holly, Sam Cooke, Leonard Cohen, Stevie Wonder, Queen, Prince, Cyndi Lauper, Tori Amos, Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, Bjork, Regina Spektor, St. Vincent, Grizzly Bear, the Postal Service.

Foods: butternut squash, mushrooms, red peppers, asparagus, risotto, gnocchi. I love vegetables, and I'm willing to try anything as long as it's vegetarian.

Moleskine notebooks, fresh parsley, olive oil, autumn, 9th chords, my little brothers

How should society balance equality and freedom?

Have we advanced to the point where there are no more truly original ideas left to be thought?

Is there anyone on a dating site who would not describe themselves as "laid-back" or "spontaneous"? (I've been interested in the different ways people interpret this part of my profile — I didn't mean it to be ambiguous!)

You like going to cafes, bars, restaurants, parks, museums, galleries, karaoke, and would like someone to go there with you. You'd like to read books to each other and talk about them. You like playing chess or Scrabble. You're independent, resilient, able to cope with life. You live in New York City like being here.