Rage, fear, ballistic acts of free will.

It is, at one moment, wooing the young girls with tales of Rome and the feeling of lying inside a mild steel cage, driven simply by traction and gasoline. The next it is ramming energetic fists into the face of no one at all. It is unease. It is the passing shadow of a sacred time, with no man to be held accountable to. It respects neither the Father nor the Police.

It contemplates night in the shadows of dim starlight and vows to change the world in whatever fashion. It bends curves in unjustly tampered cars; always screaming into another day, and without regard for change. It burns. It occasionally twists motorbikes into lumps and spires of metal in an act of vengeance against nothing in particular. It abuses both drink and drugs, and it sprawls on the hallowed grounds of its musical heroes, enjoying simply the notion of art. It worships the fight and the prowess of those who don't care. It does not wait, it does. It acts. It screams and makes exaggerated hopelessness gestures to the skies above. It is profane. It snarls and bites and plays the dog. It becomes sad and full of rage without reason. And also, it ages.

It begins to grow into an era of both Law and Order, and it is far too big for either. It cannot subside, for the rage will grow stronger. But also it grows without outlet. It cannot purge. It festers, dying slowly, until only a shell of its brilliance lingers. It is talked about in small towns and revered by those that have not had a taste of it. It is electricity. It is hatred and love, with nothing in between. It is without respect for the detriment of nature, or the perils of chance. It fears only its own timeline, and becomes all too aware of its own frail existence.

It is youth, and it is all that we have. And now it fades.

Having as many adventures as possible in the shortest amount of time. This means a variety of things.

Reading, history (mostly classical Roman period and ancient Greece, but lots of other time periods too!), traveling, survival, backpacking, camping, exploring, drawing, mythology, movies, video games, being at peace when everyone else is panicking.

Usually my manly, swashbuckling beard, if I'm sporting it. If not, either my rapier wit or dashing good looks.

Favorite Books:
Ender's Game, American Gods, Neverwhere, really anything Gaiman has written, Cryptonomicon, anything by H.P. Lovecraft, Jurassic Park, World War Z, the Princess Bride, House of Leaves, Into the Wild, the Lord of the Rings, Ilium, the Dresden Files series, the Manifold trilogy, Eragon books, anything by Sophie Kinsella

Favorite Movies:
Indiana Jones, the Shawshank Redemption, Jurassic Park, Star Wars, Back to the Future, the Princess Bride, Blade Runner, Fight Club, the Big Lebowski, the Matrix trilogy, Equilibrium, the Lord of the Rings trilogy, Alien, Aliens, Pulp Fiction, The Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, 12 Angry Men, 300, Kill Bill Vol. 1 & 2, Airplane, Contact, V for Vendetta, Mirrormask, Pan's Labyrinth, Serenity, Six String Samurai, The Fifth Element, Cool Runnings, Children of Men, the Prestige, Memento, Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, Fearless, Stardust, Cloverfield, Brick, Juno, Romeo + Juliet, Wristcutters: A Love Story, Spirited Away, Kiki's Delivery Service, Princess Mononoke, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Gran Torino, 2001: A Space Odyssey

Favorite Music:
The Moon Seven Times, Explosions in the Sky, Eisley, Enya, Iron & Wine, Sound Tribe Sector 9, Imogen Heap, 65daysofstatic, Ann Sweeten, Pendulum, Orbital, The Postal Service, Pelican, Particle, Death Cab for Cutie, Conelrad, Sigur Rós, Super Metroid Metal, Amos Lee, Justin King, Incubus, Murder by Death, Nobuo Uematsu, Acoustic Alchemy, Jonathan Larson, disappearer, Amon Amarth, Tears for Fears, Russian Circles, Protricity, Doomriders, The Beatles, Iain Ballamy, Fleetwood Mac, Led Zeppelin, Aesop Rock, David Bowie, Meanwhile, Back in Communist Russia, Juno Reactor, Iona, Mark Mothersbaugh, John Williams, Justice
It would be ridiculous to list them all here, but if you happen to have a Last.FM, feel free to friend me!
http://www.last.fm/user/Mirandus

It didn't ask for my favorite TV shows, but some TV shows are good enough to make friends over!
Favorite TV Shows:
Battlestar Galactica, Lost, Firefly, Ninja Warrior, Cowboy Bebop, MacGyver, the Colbert Report, Rome, House, The Wire, Deadwood, Farscape, Deadliest Warrior

Favorite Food:
Pasta, chicken sandwiches, Simply Lemonade

I was going to put something mundane here but I figure honesty is the best policy:

Booze, orgasms, tits, explosions, badass guitar riffs, and any kind of food deep-fried and smothered in country gravy.

How to build things in my spare time that nobody else would even consider building. I'd love to own my own zeppelin, wouldn't you? Cruising around above town chilling out in the clouds? Or a sailboat. I want to build a sailboat eventually.

Previous project: Microwave generation at a distance and electromagnetic pulse theory (project abandoned due to injuries to self, inadequate microwave shielding, lessons learned)
Current project: Self-improvement via nutrition and exercise.

..doing anything except what would be considered 'typical'. I remember a few months ago, a routine trip with friends to the local bar ended up with us going cliff diving at 4am in a moonlit lake. Most excellent.

I am a man with few secrets. Ask me anything in the right way, and you'll get an answer.

..anything.

I love meeting and talking to new people (note: even though this is primarily a dating site, I'd still like to talk to new people anyhow).

Feel free to hit me up anytime on instant messenger, about anything.

AIM: a tyrannosaurus