I'm a 27 year old guy, living in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. I'm Dutch, but I have lived in Davis, California, where I did research at UCDavis for my Master's thesis, and Toronto, Ontario, Canada, for an internship. I love to travel and experience other cultures. I also like movies, games, badminton, running and lots of other stuff. I'm also trying to not fail miserably at golf.

I'm a bit lazy, but I do keep in shape.

I love going out on the town for good food, good bars, and good conversation, but I'm also happy to spend a lazy night cooking a nice meal watching a good movie on the couch with good company.

I think I'm a pretty easy-going, well-rounded person, with broad interests. I believe a good sense of humour, and learning new things is a big part of enjoying life, which is always my biggest goal. I value humour, honesty, intelligence, and affection in other people.

I've always been interested in American culture and politics and I've had a strong affinity with the English language from a young age, probably for this reason. I like other languages too though, especially German and Latin. I'm currently trying to add Spanish to my list of spoken languages, and hoping to move on to Portuguese after that.

I like square brackets.

I currently work as a software engineer for a company in Amsterdam.

Are you still here? Wow. Alright, moving on...

-Sleeping in.
-Giving footrubs.
-Forgetting to remove exactly one metal item from my person before stepping through a metal detector.
-Learning languages.
-Awkwardly inserting film quotes into everyday conversations.

"Wow, you're tall!"

Terry Pratchett (Discworld, Good Omens) books, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series, science fiction (Neuromancer, Ringworld, Ender's Game series). I've been reading a lot of sci-fi classics lately. I just picked up my first James Joyce novel, so we'll see how that goes.

Some of my favourite movies are Pulp Fiction, Amélie, American Beauty, Magnolia, Alien, Full Metal Jacket, Contact, Snatch, Ghost in the Shell, Bourne trilogy and other films anywhere between Moulin Rouge and Die Hard.

I'm addicted to Lost, 24, and Scrubs. I don't need rehab. I loved Flight of the Conchords.

Lots of different music. I just go by what I happen to hear, and then investigate further.

I like to eat food on a regular basis, especially Mexican, Italian, and Chinese. I dabble with basic cooking, but am trying to learn more.

1. Good food.
2. Frequent travel.
3. Love.
4. (Physical) affection.
5. The internet.
6. Itemised lists.

Things that are probably not as important as I think they are. Like whether the route I take biking to work is optimal, or what happens to all the socks we lose in the laundry (working theory; they're all in a huge pile on Mars).

I like some of the music that was made during the 80's. There, I said it.

You are still reading at this point, and you feel like saying something more than just "hi!".

I always reply unless your message is terrible. No pressure.