I've decided to try a different tack than what I had up here before but it is most definitely a lot more like actually talking to me. I realize there is a section below for what I spend a lot of time thinking about but really aren't the things you think about most the things that really define you?

So some of my co-workers, at times tell me that I am incredibly not grown up and I always challenge that statement. I simply ask what is the difference between who I am now and who I would be if I were to "grow up"? Sure, I make happy, giddy motions when I get really excited about something I love but is that really wrong? Isn't life better when you can be so into something that you look forward to things months in advance? Of course the things I love are books, anime, video games, writing my own short stories, seeing movies with my friends, hanging out with my friends and just being in the moment with them and my family. I have a steady job that feeds me, clothes me, and keeps the electricity on in the house that I live in by myself. I am always there for my friends and family when they need me to be and I don't leave them when cookies start crumbling. Hell, I'm the guy that up ends the package to eat the crumbs. Perhaps I do say some outlandish things sometimes that cause people to question my sanity but that is only because I view the world from the z axis instead of just the (x,y) places. A flat world is boring and I think that was proven a long time ago. I make light of a lot of situations and things because I think laughing is good for you and why not laugh when you can because life can be really unfunny sometimes. If being a grown-up is not having fun just because you aren't supposed to, I think everyone else is doing it wrong, not me. I don't have the wife and kids yet that people keep telling me is the main cause why they don't have fun anymore so all I hear is "I'm doing life wrong please do it wrong like me so we can miserable together" and I just think "I'll take a pass on that. When I have a wife and I have kids life is still going to be awesome because we are going to have fun together, life isn't supposed to suck."

Back in high school I messed my knee up playing soccer so it's not that I don't like to do outdoor thing or can't do them, it is just that some activities come at a painful price to be paid the next day. That being said I am down for doing anything, I am an eagle scout so I've done all sorts of outdoorsy things like camping, rafting, canoeing, kayaking, hiking 80 something miles in a week in the mountains of New Mexico with a 55 lb pack on my back the year before I screwed aforementioned knee up and other assorted outdoors things. Most of my exercise now comes from going to the gym five days a week because I want to be fit and have a body that doesn't hold me back when I want to do something.

There, I think I've managed to encapsulate who I am fairly well and I suppose if that isn't good enough you can always ask for the much drier version. I probably cut and pasted what I had before to a word doc and saved it on my HDD. But really, isn't this version so much more fun?

Hmm. Let's see, on one side I work at I job I hate, and have done so for 12 years and will most likely do so for quite some time. Fear not though, I rarely talk about work unless I'm sharing a funny story and do my best to dodge any and all questions related to my job at social and/or family gatherings.

On another side I am currently attempting to write a book. It's a sci-fi novel and I'm keeping myself to an unambitious page a day minimum that I usually exceed anyways. I've written tons of short stories in the past that many people, not just family, have said were good so this time I'm going to actually try and who knows maybe it'll get published. I plan on submitting it to publisher or whatever when I'm done but unfortunately I broke my magic eight ball back in the day so no predictions or expectations.

Being sarcastic.

No, wait, well yeah, I am good at being sarcastic but I am really good at a lot of other things too. I don't have any special talents per se unless you figure being well above average at a lot of different things is a talent. I pick things up really quickly and I plateau at better than 95% of other people.

Also I am really good at figuring out ways to work alcohol in to dessert foods. People I know found out about my jello concoctions and now they keep challenging me to make pudding, mousse, pies, pie crust, whipped creams, ice cream, glazes and even butter ( I haven't figured that one out yet) with alcohol in them. It is getting out of control. I've had to recruit coworkers to help me dispatch of the food once made too.

I've been told my eyes are quite striking.

Foods... Omnivore.
Music... I range from Kanye West and Eminem to Paramore and Lady Gaga with some Sarah Mclaughlin and SELECT country songs that are more like pop than country. I can listen to almost anything.
TV...Bones, House and Fringe are my three favorites but I also throughly enjoy The Big Bang Theory and 30 Rock. DVR is awesome because I am never chained to a TV.
Movies...I will watch anything entertaining but Shoot'em up is one of my favorites along with movies like the Illusionist and Shawn of the Dead.
Books...Fiction and fantasy mainly. My favorite authors being Brandon Sanderson, Issac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, Robert Jordan, Anne McCaffery, Mercedes Lackey, and most of all L.E. Modessitt Jr. But I will read almost anything you put in front of me.

In the interest of not thinking of friends and family as things I will stick with hobbies and objects not in any particular order.
1. My computer and internet. Wouldn't be "here" right now without either...
2. My consoles. Gamer at heart.
3. The gym. I am there five to six times a week "self improving" an hour or more a day.
4. Books. I like to read.
5. Games in general. Games keep your mind sharp and active.
6. A Goal. Listlessness would not suit me I think.

I think about a lot of things all the time. Just ask and I'll share but only if you do the same, I dislike having to prod people.

Doing whatever I feel like doing that Friday night or working. I have hung out with friends nearly every Friday since March and I would not have traded that time for anything in the world.

I just thought of something, if I don't know you very well I won't let you touch me beyond a handshake. I feel real contact is personal and shouldn't be casual. Maybe that makes me extra weird but I am who I am. I can however be very affectionate once I get to that level.

If you like what you read and what you saw and you are think we'll hit it off. Interests/ activities of your own are a huge plus. Taking care of yourself mentally, physically and emotionally are nearly necessities.