I live in Mountain View, and I work in tech. I visit SF twice weekly.

I'm a huge sci-fi geek (see below). I love tech, and related to my career interests, I can't stop thinking about how to improve existing technology and figure out new ways to use it to enhance human life.

I love the outdoors. I don't get to do it often enough, but I love camping, hiking, etc. I like all kinds of recreational activities, like kayaking (and really, anything on the water or related to the beach), rugby, ultimate frisbee, snowboarding (I have an Epic pass this upcoming season!), just running around or swimming or whatever.

So what else? I love cooking Paleo meals, but for now, I'm kind of a 5-trick pony: omelettes, chicken salad, steak and Brussels sprouts, ground beef with grilled artichoke hearts, and meatza. These don't sound particularly novel, but believe me, they're delicious. Or don't believe me--if you're lucky, you'll get to judge for yourself.

I was a math major as an undergrad, and went to law school, thinking that would be a good, practical implementation of my interest in philosophy, but I realized that law wasn't really for me (long story!). Meanwhile, I developed a passion for management, and coupled with my longstanding background in tech, I found my current career passion: product and project management.

I'm super excited about philosophy, especially epistemology. I love coming to understand how our minds work, especially on the conscious level--how we form concepts, what constitutes objectivity, and figuring out the details of proper induction.

I'm also kind of a sex-maniac. Well, maybe that's not the best way to put it--I rarely actually have sex (much to my dismay)--but it's always on my mind. I guess I'm pretty picky. Hookups with random strangers don't really do it for me. I need to have some kind of legitimate emotional bond with a person before jumping in the sack. But I consider myself pretty sexually liberal--I like situations that have heightened sexual energy and vibes, and I like things like nude beaches. Haha.

Maybe some less important things...I used to play piano (pretty seriously for about 10 years), I sang in middle and high school, I'm pretty obsessive-compulsive about data logging and retention (e.g., I check in on Foursquare, Miso, MyFitnessPal), I don't know anything about fashion and rarely buy new clothes, I love hot weather, I'm (was?) an Eagle Scout, and the rest, you'll have to find out on your own.

Here's how I roll: We meet for food or coffee or whatever; if we like one another, we meet again. Repeat. Hooking up happens when the vibe is right, and not right away.

Professionally, I work in tech in Silicon Valley.

Ideally, I'd like to make time to pursue philosophic activism, but that's on the back burner for now.

My chief non-work passion is fitness. I'm doing High Intensity Training (HIT), a particular brand name of which is SuperSlow. I love talking about it, and people are always shocked that 20 minutes twice a week can get such profound results. (Yes, it's true!) For nutrition, I'm very strict about Paleo, which I've been doing (without cheating!) since September 2009.

Romantically/sexually, my approach is more organic than most. Am I looking to date, boyfriend-style? I don't know. Monogamy? I also don't know. Some people call it "friends with benefits", but even that seems more casual than what I like. I crave emotional intimacy coupled with amazing sex, but I don't like to create artificial constructs to constrain the behavior of either party. Otherwise put, I don't have any specific agenda regarding the format of a relationship, but I love hot sex founded on an intimate friendship. It's a long discussion, one I'm happy to have, even right off the bat.

I'm really good at solving real-world problems, analyzing philosophic issues, being consistent, disagreeing constructively, knowing the difference between what I do and don't know, introspection, general athleticism, wasting a lot of time online, being really awkward around guys I think are super cute/hot, and being a really nice guy.

I'm really bad at spelling, trivia, current events, pop-culture references, just-move-your-body-to-the-beat dancing, being photogenic, knowing how to attract guys I'm attracted to.

Good-looking, friendly, intransigent

Books:
Atlas Shrugged, The Fountainhead, Harry Potter, The Time Traveler's Wife, His Dark Materials, many, many geeky philosophy non-fiction books

Movies:
300, V for Vendetta, Agora, The Time Traveler's Wife, Stargate (all of them), X-Men, The Matrix, Back to the Future, Sunshine Cleaning, Serenity, Star Trek: First Contact

TV Shows:
Downton Abbey, Game of Thrones, Spartacus, Archer, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Alphas, Homeland, True Blood, Dexter, Community, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Doctor Who, Stargate (all of them), Heroes, Merlin, Torchwood, Star Trek (TNG, DS9, VOY), 24, Buffy: The Vampire Slayer, Veronica Mars, Bewitched, Caprica, Battlestar Galactica, Coupling, Dollhouse, Firefly, Earth: Final Conflict, Futurama, Arrested Development, House, I Dream of Jeannie, Xena: Warrior Princess, Hercules: The Legendary Journies, Lost, Sliders, South Park, Glee, Once Upon a Time

Music:
Mozart, Bach, Chopin, Vivaldi, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Coldplay, ABBA, Queen, Keane, The Killers, Maroon 5

Food:
I eat Paleo in general. Here are my personal particularities on that basis:
Meat (beef, bacon, chicken, lamb, turkey), and only the main muscle part--no weird organs
Veggies are pretty good
Fruits in extreme moderation
No bread, pasta, rice, potatoes, sugar, or other carby/starchy crap.

happiness, freedom, reason, technology, a productive/fulfilling career, athletic ability

sex, time travel, technology

having dinner with good friends.

I'm uncut...

you're looking to establish a strong friendship as the basis of whatever a relationship might turn into.

It's important to me that I have a shared "sense of life" with a guy and we have important fundamental similarities in terms of philosophy. It's also great to have many superficial shared interests, but it's nice to share different interests with one another, too!

In particular, I like guys who are committed to achieving their own happiness and prosperity in life, who are as concerned with improving their minds as their bodies (and vice versa!), and who are masculine, sane, and respectful.

Typically, I like guys +/- 10 years of my age, who, if interested in politics, tend to be libertarian-leaning.