My 88-year-old grandma just told me that I keep getting more handsome the older I get. My grandma is extremely blunt and honest and did -not- say this to my brother. So that was nice.

I'm tallish, average build, though I'm working on achieving "fit" again. I like good food, travel, my family, going out some nights and staying in others, fine Scotch, good beer, and a good book, movie, TV show marathon or video game for those nights I stay in.

I'm right on the border between introvert and extrovert. It takes a lot of energy to get to the party/gathering/social event, but once I'm there, I almost always enjoy myself.

I have a wild imagination, which is -usually- a good thing, but not always. I can be too serious and self-critical, but otherwise I'm pretty laid back. I don't appreciate people who think everything in the world is a joke. Most things should be joked about to keep them in perspective, but there are things that ought to be addressed with a serious and concerned attitude as well. Sarcasm has its place, and it's not everywhere.

I'm not a very jealous person, and believe that trust, respect, and loyalty are crucial to a relationship. I guess I don't get jealous because either someone is going to be faithful or they aren't. Jealousy is synonymous with mind games to me, and I don't stick with people that manipulate my emotions for selfish purposes.

I'm pretty geeky with a sense of humor that ranges from sarcastic to goofy to dirty.

I'm not very outdoorsy by inclination, but I enjoy "the great outdoors" when I remember to go enjoy them! Day hiking trips are good. Also, I don't really follow sports, but I do enjoy going to sports games, especially ice hockey (Go Kings! Go Sharks!) and the occasional football game (sad for me, I am not a 49ers or Raiders fan! Chargers would be my team if I had one.)

I work in I.T. and spend about 3% of my time wondering if I'd have been better off in a different career. That's a rough estimate.

The above two sentences suggest that I.T. is probably the right career path for me.

In my downtime, I like to sleep, eat, watch movies, watch anime, drink at bars, go dancing (mostly at trance/house clubs), go to electronic music massives headlining my favorite DJ's, go to art museums, study Japanese, read, and play video games. Probably too many video games. I guess you could call me a gamer. Honestly, though, I mostly do that in place of watching TV. I just think it's more fun...

I'm studying Japanese (super sporadically) to eventually take an extended trip there or multiple shorter trips (or both!). I've been to Greece and would love to go back. I also need to see most of the rest of Europe. I was an Art History major (with an emphasis in Japanese art), so it would be a damn shame if I didn't tour the ruins and museums of Europe and Japan.

I try to work out at least three times a week. When the weather is good, that means 4.5 mile hikes with an approximately 1000 ft. gross elevation change. It's great cardio, and I add pushups at the top to get some definition in. I'm planning to either add swimming or weights back into my routine soon as there's a pretty sweet gym where I work.

swimming, writing (especially analytical and descriptive papers), being a big dork and a bigger geek, drinking like a fish when I go out and holding my liquor, dancing like I don't care if anyone's watching (see: holding my liquor), being too serious sometimes, and being silly and goofy other times.

I'm also really good at listening and giving advice, but I am a guy, and I sometimes get impatient if I can't "fix" the problem. Only sometimes, though.

What do you get when you cross an elephant and a rhino? HellifIknow. (say it out loud if you don't get it) Same answer.

Also, I guess: It's often been said of me that I'm a strange combination of things. I'm kind of "preppy" and conservative, and I can hold my own in most conversational circles okay, but I'm definitely a pretty big geek. I'm somewhat conservative and highly opinionated about it, and a practicing Roman Catholic, but most of my friends are none of these things, which suggests that, however opinionated I am, I don't make people feel judged and I'm pretty open-minded. At least I hope that's what it means.

I'm a proper geek: Lord of the Rings, both the books and the movies

Books: Lord of the Rings, Wheel of Time, Dune, The Sun Also Rises, I have yet to read a Shakespearean play I didn't love

Movies: original Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Matrix, Bourne Trilogy, (500) days of Summer, anything by Pixar, 40 Year Old Virgin, TRON and TRON: Legacy (more of that geek stuff),

Food: Japanese (not just sushi, though I do love good sushi), Greek, American, a great steak, Thai, Indian, Persian, Mexican and most South American cuisines. Oh, and French. I still think La Note, in Berkeley, serves the best breakfasts in the Bay Area.

Music: lately, I mostly listen to trance (Ferry Corsten, Armin van Buuren, Christopher Lawrence), trip hop (Massive Attack), a slowly growing collection of dubstep and electro, some Royksopp and Telepopmusik, some house. I also love U2, The Dave Matthews Band, Mumford and Sons, Silverstein, Strung Out, and occasionally one of the Bay Area's classical music stations; I have no idea what I'm listening to, most of the time, but I like it (I'm not making this up!).

TV: I don't watch much, and always watch shows via Netflix or other streaming services, but I'm a huge fan of Chuck, forever and ever. It's my all-time favorite TV show. I love the goofy humor, romantic comedy and drama, and I just think it's a ton of fun that totally panders to my geeky side. I also am a big fan of: Scrubs, Bones, Psych, Burn Notice, Firefly and Castle. Oh, and I recently discovered that I enjoy the oddness and surreality of Twin Peaks, coupled with Kyle MacLachlan's superlative performance as quirky, idiosyncratic FBI agent Dale Cooper. Such wonderful strangeness in Twin Peaks, though the second season was a bit of a disappointment.

my family
a good job
my imagination
my faith
good food
good stories

Nerd stuff, mostly. I'm a very imaginative person, and like to ponder "what ifs" as well as "never could be's". I'm also a huge fan of good stories and characters, whether I encounter them through books, movies, TV, or video games.

Also: ethics and theology.

And how to advance my career.

And politics.

And how to make myself a better person.

I'm either having a few friends over, going out to movies, going out to the city, museums, aquariums (I love aquariums), or drinking and dancing in the city. If it's been a particularly rough day or week at work, I may just be locking myself in my apartment and vegging out in front of a video game, a movie, or a book. I also occasionally go to game parties (mostly board games) hosted by friends. Always a good time.

About one weekend every two or three months, I head home to SoCal to visit my family including my beautiful toddler nephew. I'm an uncle!

That I'm a pretty clean person (except for dirty dishes), but I'm horrible about clutter.

You should know that I don't respond to most messages, for a variety of reasons, but if I do, I first took the time to look at your profile in addition to your photos page and actually thought about how to reply to you. I never send canned anything.

If you actually took the time to read it and like what you see in my profile.

If you like intelligent, geeky guys who are pretty well-rounded.

If you like board games or Wii or other video games.

If you like going dancing, especially to electronic music. I don't make it to clubs more then 3-6 times a year, but I make a big event of it when I do.

If you like hitting up bars on Saturday nights.

If you like travel, especially if you want to see Western Europe or Japan.

If you're interested in a potential relationship, then you should either be Catholic or be happy with the idea of dating a Catholic.

You're willing to drag me outside every now and then to help remind me of the beauty of the natural world we live in. I spend a little too much time in my head and in our shared digital universe. I love the beauty of nature, but I seem to forget to appreciate it.