I live in north Brooklyn which means I have a beard and opinions about music (though not the judgmental kind). I'm smart enough to realize how dumb I am (most of the time), and dumb enough to think that sharing a studio apartment with a buddy for 2 years was a really good idea. I care about things like the environment, but not in an "I'm going to tell you all my opinions on why you suck" way, more in an "I don't fly a corporate jet everywhere" way. Also, I don't have a corporate jet, or any plane, really.

I'm trained as a community organizer, have worked as a writer, and am leaning towards public service. I'm from upstate. Like, real upstate. Not Westchester upstate.

I just got back from a two-month bicycle trip from LA to NY. I will not show up to a date (first or otherwise) in spandex, I promise.

Oh, and I think you should dance like everyone is watching. It keeps you in line.

I've been working as a writer for a couple of websites (TED.com), recently full-time, though currently freelance. I wanna do something more focused on working with people, which is hard when you're skill set is locking yourself in a room for a few hours. I also: am on a dance team, write a blog, stay sane.

dancing (may be an overstatement)
Cooking
Bicycling (fixing them, not falling off them)
trivia (not the kind that wins you drinks at bars)
writing, reading, listening comprehension
I have mastered the cat nap.

I make eye contact. I ask questions and I'm actually interested. And I've been told I have a good handshake.

Things people don't notice: My height (boring), my impeccable fashion sense (it's very, uh, peccable).

Shoot.
Books:
Cloudsplitter, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72,The Rachel Papers, whatever I'm currently reading. I get really excited about a good book.

Movies:
Apocalypse Now, También la lluvia, Dark Knight. Bad movies: Terminator, Judge Dredd.

T.V.: Cosby Show, Cosby show, Cosby show, and The Wire, Battlestar Galactica, Parks and Rec, Louie

Food: Indian food (spicy, spicy), Mexican food, the things I cook when I pay attention to the recipe just the right amount.

Family
friends
Good food, including decent wine/beer
bicycle
music
books

How to best help people, how to learn something new, how to better myself, how to be happy/content, how to sneak naps at work, where and how to travel next

Having a few beers with friends, preferably on a rooftop, somewhere, or barring that, somewhere with good beer and better dancing music

I once rode my bike 120 miles in a day to impress a girl. She wasn't impressed.

You're looking for a relaxed date--out, somewhere. My momma always told me not to cook on the first date.