Sometimes I'm on here reading profiles and I start thinking "This is why you're single." Then I realize people with glass online dating profiles shouldn't throw stones. It's all very humbling.
I put the odd in God and the erotic in neurotic.
I'm a compassionate person with an uncanny ability to pogo back and forth twixt the sacred and profane. I'm really good at listening and finding common ground with people. Granted, sometimes the parcel of land doesn't seem like much, but I'm good at making the most of it.
I'm on an internet dating sight so obviously something has gone horribly wrong, but I'm again making the most of it.
Seriously, I'm here to meet and greet, arrange a dinner or walk, and see if there is some chemistry that could lead to romance.
I'm just out here on my cyber-moped looking to find my Amelie.

Besides being tall, dork, and handsome?Beginning a career in social work after many, many years in the food/hospitality industry. I work as a counselor, with young men who are transitioning out of prison. *after some profile feedback I'm compelled to clarify I have only been to prison as a counselor, not as a customer*
I write and perform poetry and hip-hop. Kind of like rap, but without the misogyny and bling.Think pale Saul Williams. I have a genuine love for the written and spoken word.
I am Christian and attend a spirit-filled church. I realize that the Trinity is not everyone's cup of tea but c'mon Portland; the whole snarky and derisive thing gets old. You become the intolerant hypocrites you brand all the Christians to be. Oh yeah, my Invisible Space God, His Zombie Son, and I; we all forgive you.

Counseling, wordplay, puns, making people laugh, lightening the mood, listening, conveying understanding, cooking, organizing(OCDeezy fo Sheezy), soccer, and trivia.

My eyes, height, and that I'm actually paying attention to them. Lost art.

Books: Richard Brautigan is my favorite author, James Joyce, Kahlil Gibran, Mike Daily, Stephen King, Mark Twain, Herman Hesse, C.S. Lewis, Christopher Moore, Rumi, Hafiz, & many, many more.

Movies: Heathers, Hamlet 2, Jarmusch, Coen Bros., John Hughes, Fellini, The Battle of Algiers, Apatow & Co., His Girl Friday, Hitchcock, Rushmore, Stand By Me, Amelie, David Lynch, and Hal Hartley.

Shows: The Wire, Boardwak Empire, Eastbound and Down, Misfits, Homeland, The Walking Dead, Community, Sons of Anarchy, Arrested Development, Bored to Death, Home Movies, and Wilfred.

Music: Neutral Milk Hotel, Arcade Fire, E-40, Elvis Costello, Le Roux, DUBSTEP!!!, Mos Def, Aesop Rock, Beethoven, Frank Sinatra, Johnny Cash, Violent Femmes, Too Short, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Donna Summer, Handsome Boy Modeling School, The Clash, Calvin Harris, N.W.A., Marvin Gaye, The Cure, Sly and the Family Stone, Chromeo, Edith Piaf, Lyrics Born, and Sade- all day, e'er day!

Food: PAMBICHE!!!, Lebanese, Mexican, Indian, Thai, Italian, Fro-yo, My home cooking.

Never say never. I'm not going to go tempt the universe to take any of them away from me to prove me wrong.

Sex. Poetry. How God and Jesus can be so awesome and religion can be so bad at representing them. Being Light, in both the luminous and unburdened sense of the word. Earth School. I'm finally ready to get married, so where's the wifey? Grace. Miracles. How sin is inherently self punishing. Paradox. Cognitive Dissonance. Equifinality. Social Learning Theory. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. The Sacramento Kings, Oakland Raiders, and Italian Soccer- Napoli and the National Team. Missing the sunshine. How okcupid is a bunch of sixes looking for tens. How number rating people is ridiculous. How much time I spend thinking about things. Sex. (Why are my thoughts bookended by sex?)

Bored. Contemplating joining a meetup. Seriously, that's part of why I'm on here. I'm trying to fix my weekends. I may not drink, but I still enjoy socializing. I do kill it at pinball when I go out though.

I own, watch, and love- all 4 seasons of the OC. I usually take a lot of shit for that one. Not a teen soap fan, just thought that show was fun.

I used to feel bad for my co-worker when she talked about being on okcupid: "Aww, that's great. She's still putting herself out there. Bless her heart."

I don't really like any of my profile pics. I think I look better in person.

You're ready to have fun. You love 80's nerd-gets-girl movies. You prefer being alone to being with someone you're not compatible with, but you're tired of being alone so you're bravely scouring cyberspace for someone you might be compatible with.