When I was eight, I was obsessed with cherries. I ate them breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I even requested a chocolate cherry birthday cake that year. By summer's end, I had eaten a lifetime's worth of cherries. I almost never eat them anymore.

I don't believe in organized religion, leggings as pants, Quickmatch, or shake weights.

I believe in taking risks but not seeking thrills, that when it's right it's easy, and that it's better to be lucky than good.

I've sometimes been called bossy.

Changing it, and if all goes well, yours too.

using big words.

And I will bake your socks off.

Right now: Lolita, The Philadelphia Story, Arrested Development - 5.26.13!, that new Daft Punk song, coconut rice.

You're an optimist, a theorist, and a leftist; you're not a fundamentalist, a plagiarist, or an elitist.

You like cilantro.

You think you can make me laugh.

You're a man, not a guy. The world is full of guys.

You're someone I could get excited about.

You could get excited about me.

After 10+ years of dating, these are the things that matter to me: intellectual curiosity, emotional awareness, personal ambition, strong hands, and attentiveness.