I'm off-kilter. An ex once lovingly described me as a "ball of arrogant ass under a layer of charming, with funny sprinkles." Add arbitrary, too, because I kinda like that description.

I'm a knowledge junkie. All those little bits about the world as it is are fascinating to me. Did you know that pinball is only legal in major cities because of how well one Roger Sharpe played the game in front of the New York City Council at a meeting to discuss it's status as a game of chance, in 1976? Or that marine biologists were short-sighted enough in naming a "giant squid" to have had to up their verbular ante to "colossal squid" for a new species that exhibits abyssal giantism? The world is a fascinating place, and I can't get enough of it.

I have a serious lust for travel. This is probably something to do with the above. On my list (for once there's some extra money around, whenever that the hell happens!) is: Ireland, the Greek Islands (especially Milos), those churches built on the top of vertically-walled mountains in greece, London (for Stonehenge), Yellowstone....and the list of wants can go on and on!

I'm most happy around people who can challenge others, socially and intellectually. Not as confrontation, but as a way to keep ourselves entertained!

My family gets a good portion of my time (older family, no kids yet). I'm constantly fixing something, moving something, or helping.

I live by my own standards, and think that everyone should. The irony in this has not entirely permeated my brain.

College. I'm riding the fence between finishing my education in psychology or biology. More details on this as the owls report back to me.

Looking for a decent job - I'm not required to work a regular job, financially, but I find myself really wanting to. And the extra money would be nice. Can you say.....flatscreen?

I take care of my 80+ grandmother, the woman's a spitfire and I love her dearly. It's a living arrangement that we both enjoy. It may change as circumstances do, but don't expect to change my mind about it before then.

Pulling punches while talking to people is something I do only to avoid hurting others uneccessarily. I don't have many subjects that are taboo.

Listening, fixing stuff, making hard choices. I'm a pretty epic reader - I blow through a book fast, with great retention. Talking to people I don't know yet.

Size. I'm almost six and a half feet tall, so the first thing most people do when they meet me is look up.

I asked some friends, and they said the next most noticed things about me are that I laugh a lot, and I sometimes talk like a dictionary.

Okay, I'm tired of getting pigeonholed because of my tastes in music and whatnot. So I'll just say there that I listen to whatever music I like - if I wanna sing along to "Dancing in the Moonlight", then to Hell with how geeky it is. Same applies to Mozart, Megadeth, and Fleet Foxes. (And that my tolerance for rap can be measured in nanoseconds)

Mark Twain is my idol. His books have been my favorites all my life. Other than that, I have a WAY too healthy appetite for books. I've recently been reading A. Lee Martinez, whose short, funny books are a great distraction. Steven Brust, who writes mainly fantasy books (which are also good), writes a few that are absolutely grounded - those are wonderful. Brokedown Palace, a story he wrote that's heavily styled after a hungarian folk tale and a very strong allegory for moving forward with your life. Aaaanyways, I love books. Modern literature, science, fiction, classics....the book is one of the best inventions ever.

Fight Club is probably STILL my favorite movie, but there's definitely a place on the list for Stranger than Fiction, Serenity, Superbad, and anything coming out of Apatow and Aronofsky (exception of Reqiuem for a Dream. That movie was like a cinematic punch in the unmentionables.)

No foods. I kinda just eat to live, ya know ? Hmm...a little less vague would probably be good. I'm a big carnivore - my dinners have been known to actively infuriate vegans. (which isn't that big a worry because they're weak from lack of protein!) Anything prepared really well can be good, though. There's a great mac-n-chicken at Rock Bottom Brewery (go if you haven't been!), I have a favorite Italian place (it's in SF), and steaks are always a winner.

My friends (great folk, all)
Family
Adventure! (Big or small!)
Books
The internet (for info downloading!)
Animals!

This world, a better world, and what it takes to bring the two together.

Ah, student life. There's no difference between my weekend and weekdays. So, on a night when I don't have assignments that need doing or money to be made, I'm usually doing one of the following :

Going out with friends (movies/shows/events)
Staying in with friends (games, movies again, just hanging out)
Reading/Tv (Tivo, I love you. Don't make me choose between you and the bookshelf.)
Date Night (when I've met someone I'm interested in - which is not so much the now)

I read someone's profile who thought that this question just dumped you into a game of internal one-upsmanship that ended with the responder either feeling like a wimp or saying something they didn't want to say. "Most private thing" is kind of a loaded gun.

I think I'll just use something that is pretty apparent in person, but people online don't always know: I have *no* game. Whatever the gene is that allows people to put on their fake dating face, I don't have it. This generally allows my foot to become friends with my mouth at least once on a first date, but pays off later when we get to skip that period of "renegotioation" people hit when they start to ACTUALLY get to know each other. And I'm told it gives me a real knack for compliments, because they mean more when they're actually true.

You want to spend some good time together. I'm open to most kinds of relationships. Friendship, dating, and romance are all great ways to spend time!